I wanted to explore the space where adults who are afraid to go back to school are hiding.

Bad experiences while trekking along the traditional higher education path are common, but what keeps this group of people from trying again?

If they do eventually identify their underlying fear, and if they do reach out for academic help, where will they look and what will they need? I’m pretty sure that someone with the appropriate expertise and training has and is currently collecting data and working on the solution, but I had to find out, out there on the world wide web as if I had the idea first.