The 36th Annual Adult Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) Conference was held on March 10-11, 2016 in Orlando, Florida, on the campus of the University of Central Florida. There were 48 presentations from scholars and practitioners from 20 states who participated in the conference. The contributions to these proceedings represent the best of the presentations by scholars in adult higher education from a practitioner perspective. Papers in these proceedings include the following: (1) Experiencing AHEA 2016: None but the Humble, Become Good Teachers of Adults (Jeff Aulgur); (2) Why do We Separate Adult from Traditional-Aged Students? (Xenia Coulter and Alan Mandell); (3) Academic Mentoring as Precarious Practice (Alan Mandell & Xenia Coulter); (4) Effective Mentoring for Nontraditional Adult Learners (Kemi Elufiede, Hope Oliver, and Darreon Greer); (5) Building Community Through Mentoring Adult Learners (Jarrad Plante & Joshua Truitt); (6) Adult Student Emotions That Negatively Affect Learning (Patricia Holt & Caroline Braun); and (7) How QM Can Break Down Barriers (Roy Kaelin). (Individual papers contain references.)