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Meeting the Needs of Nontraditional Undergraduate Students (Hardcover)
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Meeting the Needs of Nontraditional Undergraduate Students (Hardcover)
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Nontraditional students are the fastest-growing population of
college undergraduates and range from a variety of definitions
including first-generation students or veterans, individuals 25
years or older, single parents, part-time college students,
independently financed individuals, or even full-time working
individuals attending college at the same time. Compared with
traditional students, who typically live on campus and enroll in
college immediately after finishing high school, nontraditional
students face a variety of challenges being enrolled in a system
that is geared towards traditional students. These nontraditional
characteristics can create barriers and a rift between personal
responsibilities, such as family, work, culture, or finance, and
the student's education. However, the outlook for nontraditional
students is not always bleak. Nontraditional students also possess
characteristics that make them more likely to succeed when compared
with traditional students. These students can display less academic
entitlement and higher levels of mental health resilience, having
dealt with "real-world" life experiences that can create a mature
and successful student such as prior work experience or caring for
a family. This book will impact the field of adult higher education
and nontraditional students by advancing and further honing already
identified differences between nontraditional and traditional
students. Further study is needed to truly comprehend this
population's needs and challenges, and to develop and implement
institutional-level changes to reduce their rate of attrition and
increase their academic success. This publication of original
research and a comprehensive book on adult education will
absolutely benefit the student population at minority- and
Hispanic-serving institutions, as well as institutions with a large
proportion of nontraditional students. This book is a tool to
address these students' requirements to meet their educational
goals.
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