Leonard, One of the best motivators I have found it to bring in graduates that have been successful in the field. The students connect with the graduates and see them as peers. The students start to see themselves in the career that the graduate talks about and for many that is the first time in their lives they see the ROI of being in school and working hard. The other motivator is to take field trips if possible to the career sites. I also use job shadowing as a motivator. On a more classroom level I use a lot of rewards such as candy or pizza. Adult students are just taller children in many ways so I reward them with candy for answering questions when we play Jeopardy for review. These are extrinsic rewards but can easily become intrinsic once the students start to realize how much they have learned. Hope some of these suggestions will work for you. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.