Online Education Articles - Adult Continuing Education Online - Adults Returning To School

A study on the value and feasibility of pursuing higher education as an adult.

The Author

Lyungai Mbilinyi, MSW, MPH, PhD
Research Consultant, Degrees of Opportunity study

Dr. Lyungai Mbilinyi is the research consultant for the Degrees of Opportunity study on the views of adult Americans about returning to school. She has a bachelor's degree from Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn; a Master of Social Work, Master of Public Health, and PhD in Social Work, all from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Dr. Mbilinyi works full time directing a federally funded domestic abuse intervention trial at the University of Washington's School of Social Work. Her research background focuses on intimate partner violence and the intersections of race, class, and gender among social and health issues. A native of Tanzania, Dr. Mbilinyi also has a keen interest in immigrant issues in the U.S.

She has published and presented at local and national conferences on domestic violence, race relations, and immigrant issues. She served on various mainstream and culturally-specific boards in Minnesota, where she lived for 15 years before relocating to Seattle, Wash., in 2005.

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Interview with the report author

Listen to an interview with Dr. Lyungai Mbilinyi, author of the Degrees of Opportunity study.