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Displaced workers were unprepared for the demands of the new knowledge-based economy andfound that they required retraining to secure employment in modern, highly technical workplaces. In Ontario, the introduction of the Second Career (SC) program provided opportunities for laid-off workers to attend college for retraining. Using qualitative methods, this study explores the experience of adult students participating in a government-sponsored retraining program. The findings suggest that adult learners who return to school encounter many challenges, including the need to balance school-life responsibilities, the dynamics of generationally diverse classrooms, significant financial pressures, adaptation to a new postsecondary environment, the need to relearn how to learn, the need for academic upgrading, and bureaucratic processes. In addition, the data reveal significant impacts on SC students, including renewed confidence and hope, a determination not to fail, new skill development, preparation for and connection to employment, establishment of powerful relationships with instructors, and development of a supportive community of peer learners. The data revealed in this study provide important recommendations to key stakeholders with respect to the importance of educational planners creating conditions for success when planning and implementing a school-to-work transition program for displaced workers.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nThe near collapse of the global economy in 2008 left hundreds of thousands of workers in Canada unemployed. Countless displaced workers were unprepared for the demands of the new knowledge-based economy and discovered that they would need new skills to secure employment in modern, highly technical workplaces. Many displaced workers required an opportunity to retrain for a second career and a second chance. The Ontario government moved rapidly to respond to pressing economic challenges and launched a retraining program that provides financial support to unemployed workers who return to school to train for a new career.  \nThis article presents the results of a study that took place in 2010 at a medium-sized Ontario college. The study examined the experiences of postsecondary students who participated in a government-sponsored retraining initiative known as Second Career (SC) . The intent of the research was to add a scholarly contribution to the field of adult learning by documenting the challenges faced by this specific subset of non-traditional adult learners and the impact of the experience on the students themselves. In addition, the article provides implications for educational planners to consider regarding how to enhance the success of retraining programs at colleges. This study contributes to this scholarly field of work by examining a phenomenon that is all too common in contemporary society: the experience of adult learners driven by the need to retrain for a new career who return to a postsecondary educational institution.  \nEducational Planning 55 Vol. 25, No. 2  \nLITERATURE REVIEW  \nScholars have been examining the experience of postsecondary students for many decades. This field of study includes understanding the experiences of students who are considered traditional as well as those who are viewed as non-traditional, including adult learners. According to Stokes (2006), traditional students are those who are 18–22 years old, full-time, undergraduate students living on campus. This may in fact represent a dwindling number of students on college campuses across Canada as the demographic landscape is changing rapidly. 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