"Nontraditional" Students Attending Postsecondary Institutions. CRS Report for Congress.

Autor/in	Apling, Richard N.
Institution	Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Congressional Research Service.
Titel	"Nontraditional" Students Attending Postsecondary Institutions. CRS Report for Congress.
Quelle	(1991), (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Students; College Students; Community Colleges; Dependents; Dropouts; Economically Disadvantaged; Federal Programs; Higher Education; Minority Groups; Nontraditional Students; One Parent Family; Part Time Students; Public Colleges; Reentry Students; Self Supporting Students; Sex Differences; Student Characteristics; Student Financial Aid; Student Loan Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Collegestudent; Community college; Community College; Familienangehöriger; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ethnische Minderheit; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Part-time students; Teilzeitstudent; Zweiter Bildungsweg; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung
Abstract	This report examines "non-traditional" students in higher education and their characteristics, the types of institutions they attend, and their participation in federal student aid programs. Using data from the "National Postsecondary Student Aid Survey of 1986" the study compares five groups of "non-traditional" students with data for all undergraduates and for "traditional" students. The five groups of "non-traditional" students include students who are independent of their parents' support, part-time students, "older" students (24 years and older), students without high school diplomas, and students who are single parents. Highlights of the report's findings indicate that there is considerable overlap between categories of "nontraditional" students; that 81 percent of single-parent students are women, 42 percent are members of minority groups, and 71 percent have incomes below $15,000; that independent students overall tend to have lower family incomes compared with dependent students; that "nontraditional" students are most likely to attend public community colleges (63 percent of part-time students are enrolled at community colleges), and that "nontraditional" students participate at different rates in federal student aid programs (i.e., one-third of independent students receive some Title IV aid while 12 percent of part-time students receive Title IV aid). Included are 6 tables and 15 references. (JB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC