Nontraditional Students. “Roughly half of all college students in the U.S. can be considered non-traditional students” (Hsu & Hamilton‚ 2010‚ p. 225). Although there is no highly definitive description of a nontraditional student‚ there are many commonalities found in research. The term “nontraditional students” is commonly used “to refer to those with socio-demographic characteristics that differ from traditional participants in higher education” (Chung et al.‚ 2014‚ p. 1224). Very typically‚ nontraditional
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Joshua Guillen Elchlepp English 101 6-30-13 My Family vs. The Nuclear Family During the 1950’s‚ the ideal American family consisted of a homemaker mother‚ a breadwinner father‚ and a few children who all lived in a house in the suburbs. The family was generally of Christian faith. The father would be the sole provider who goes to work all day to make money to buy the families necessities while the mother would stay home all day‚ taking care of the kids‚ prepare food‚ and
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Although the research points to many differences between nontraditional and traditional students‚ Courtner (2014) found that both of these groups rated student-faculty interaction as the highest quality of relationship on campus. Because of this finding‚ Courtner (2014) cited Graham and Gisi (2000) in saying that‚ “…it is important
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average grades. Online students found the course to be as effective to their learning as if they were in a traditional face-to-face course. This study will show that the corresponding learning experience can be equally effective for on-line learners as for face-to-face learners. An Instructional Comparison between Face-to-Face and Online Learning Today non-traditional adult students are having a hard time finding good jobs‚ and going back to school for these individuals
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Birds of a Feather: Social capital of non-traditional students The number of undergraduates enrolled in higher education in the United States has risen to new heights (NCES‚ 2012). Between 1999 and 2009 alone‚ US college matriculation increased by 38 percent‚ three times the rate of the preceding decade (Rosenbaum‚ Deil-Amen‚ & Person‚ 2006). This stunning growth is driven in large part by record enrollments of “nontraditional” students: defined as older‚ minority‚ of lower income‚ and often
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out who the applicants really are. When we apply for jobs‚ we work hard to put our best foot forward and employers often want to know what we are really like. Information on the Internet is one way to see how an individual interacts with friends and family‚ personal issues he or she may have‚ and problems he or she may have. Many of us may feel it is an invasion of our privacy to have employers looking at our personal relationships or how we use our private time. However‚ we need to accept that information
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interactions with family members—one of which includes my mother—in regards to my college career. Since I have taken time off from school to do things like get a job to eat and pay rent‚ I have put college in the background for a number of years. Thus‚ I have had uncomfortable conversations about why I have not finished school. This conversation took place leading to the time of entering the BASS program here at CSU Stanislaus. I remember getting upset‚ not sure at myself or my family members‚ because
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“It has been suggested that‚ even though non-traditional students are more apt to work full time‚ these students are not affected by working‚ commuting‚ or time limitations because they have more experience at time management” (Lundberg‚ 2003). Working forty hours a week and being a full-time mom I know all too well about having to time manage everything. Already being in the field of work‚ I know the importance of deadlines and time management. Taking away extracurricular activities and applying
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The idiom‚ “Decline of Traditional Family a National Crisis‚” is deeply rooted to an assumption that national boom results from a nation rich with traditional nuclear families. Consisting of a married man and woman living together and sharing responsibilities for offspring and for each other‚ is the view of David Popenoe‚ a sociologist who believes a nuclear family defines social and national prosperity‚ the norm. It is when deviation from such norm occurs‚ that nuclear family importance is speculated
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My presentation topic is about due to globalization many countries have seen their standards raise very quickly; it is inevitable foe people living in urban societies to catch up with the growth of materialism. Is greed the cause for family values to decline? I disagree. Before I start‚ I will show you the outline of my presentation. In the introduction‚ I will talk about globalization and China Then; I will move on to the main points and provide example of my main points I mentioned earlier.
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