Traditional student

A traditional student is a category of students at colleges and universities. Traditional students are contrasted with non-traditional students.[1][2]

In the United States, it is used to refer to post-secondary students under 25 years old who enroll directly from high school, attend full-time, and do not have major life and work responsibilities (e.g., full-time job or dependents).[3][4][5] However these days around 75% of undergrads have at least 1 nontraditional characteristic.[6]: 3 [7][8]

It is frequently observed that traditional higher education programs and policies are geared toward, and the outcome of, the previous era when traditional students were the main market for higher education.[9]

  1. ^ Kim, K.A. (2002). "ERIC review: Exploring the meaning of "nontraditional" at the community college". Community College Review. 30 (1): 74-89. doi:10.1177/009155210203000104. S2CID 143876218.
  2. ^ National Center for Education Statistics. "Nontraditional Undergraduates", Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (pp. 2-3) Accessed 10 July 2017.
  3. ^ Pascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T (Winter 1998). "Studying College Students in the 21st Century: Meeting New Challenges". The Review of Higher Education. 21 (2): 151. doi:10.1353/rhe.1998.a30045. S2CID 142073525.
  4. ^ Pascarella, E. T.; Terenzini, P. T. (2005). How college affects students, volume 2: A third decade of research. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-0-7879-1044-0.
  5. ^ National Center for Education Statistics. "Nontraditional Undergraduates", Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (p. 1) Accessed 10 July 2017.
  6. ^ Stephanie, Babb (2022-06-10). Meeting the Needs of Nontraditional Undergraduate Students. IGI Global. ISBN 978-1-7998-8325-8.
  7. ^ Yesterday's Nontraditional Student is Today's Traditional Student. Center for Law and Social Policy, June 29, 2011.
  8. ^ Pascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T (Winter 1998). "Studying College Students in the 21st Century: Meeting New Challenges". The Review of Higher Education. 21 (2): 151. doi:10.1353/rhe.1998.a30045. S2CID 142073525.
  9. ^ Chao, E. L.; DeRocco, E. S.; Flynn, M. K. (2007). "Adult learners in higher education: Barriers to success and strategies to improve results" (PDF). Employment and Training Administration Occasional Paper 2007-03. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.