{"id":2446,"date":"2018-09-07T08:10:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T12:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2018-09-07T08:10:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T12:10:32","slug":"nontraditional-students-now-the-norm-on-college-campuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/09\/07\/nontraditional-students-now-the-norm-on-college-campuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Nontraditional Students Now the Norm on College Campuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2447\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/StudentMom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2447\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/StudentMom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/StudentMom.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/StudentMom-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still using the term nontraditional students?<\/p>\n<p>Researcher Alexandria Walton Radford told NPR this week that it\u2019s time for the name to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we think of as nontraditional is really the majority of students now,\u201d said Walton Radford, who leads postsecondary research at RTI International, a think tank based in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>That means that most of today\u2019s college students meet one or more of the following characteristics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Financially independent from their parents<\/li>\n<li>Have a child or other dependent<\/li>\n<li>Are a single parent<\/li>\n<li>Lack a traditional high school diploma<\/li>\n<li>Have delayed postsecondary enrollment by a year or more<\/li>\n<li>Attend school part-time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To cater to the needs of today\u2019s students, colleges need to make some adjustments, Walton Radford told NPR. For example, higher ed institutions should determine how many of their students are working full-time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat should affect not just when you&#8217;re offering courses, but when you&#8217;re offering support services,\u201d she said. &#8220;\u2026Offering support services from 9 to 5 may not be that helpful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/ed\/2018\/09\/04\/638561407\/todays-college-students-arent-who-you-think-they-are\">Listen to the full story<\/a> and check out NACAC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacfairs.org\/learn\/search\/ReturningToCollege\/\">tips for adult students<\/a> returning to college.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted<\/em>\u00a0<em>writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still using the term nontraditional students? Researcher Alexandria Walton Radford told NPR this week that it\u2019s time for the name to go. \u201cWhat we think of as nontraditional is really the majority of students now,\u201d said Walton Radford, who leads postsecondary research at RTI International, a think tank based in North Carolina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-Ds","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}