Some financial aid advice for students. Info for older non-traditional students starts on page three.
USNews.com: 2/22/05
Nontraditional students and circumstances
Special considerations that could affect your route to financial aid
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/articles/040819/19sb_nontraditional.htm
From the AP via CNN:
Older students transforming some colleges
Friday, July 15, 2005; Posted: 11:22 a.m. EDT (15:22 GMT)
"While college president John Sygielski was busily handing out diplomas, he learned Crowder had wrapped up work on her associate of arts degree 37 years after finishing high school. Sygielski waved the cap-and-gown parade to a halt and strode across stage to a microphone, where he announced her achievement. Crowder got a standing ovation.
At 55, Crowder is one of the growing ranks of what educators call "nontraditional students": those age 24 or older who did not proceed directly from high school to college or remain there full-time to earn a degree."
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/07/15/older.students.ap/index.html
Minnesota Daily, January 30, 2006
Group strives to make U inclusive
Nontraditional students find a home in Reentry Students Organization.
By Jamie VanGeest
"Mark McKay and Tod Jones met and discussed their lives over Coronas and Cokes during happy hour Friday at Sally's Saloon and Eatery.
Both were drinking to the semester's first meeting of the University's Reentry Students Organization, which provides information, resources, support and advocacy for nontraditional students.
The group started in 2000, but McKay, a linguistics senior, has been the group's president for three years.
The designation "nontraditional students" includes undergraduate students older than 25, students with children, transfer students, students going to school part time, students who commute to campus and those who come back to the University after taking a break in their education, said Donald Opitz, adviser for the Reentry Students Organization."
Minnesota Daily, March 30, 2005
Nontraditional U students face different challenges
By Kori Koch
"Joan Marolt remembers when the $1.70 per hour she worked hard for at Dayton's department store paid her University tuition, which at the time cost $13 per credit.
During her final few semesters, Marolt took a break - that lasted 27 years - and now, the 51-year-old mother of two is one of thousands of nontraditional students at the University.
But beyond the increasing tuition costs all students face, nontraditional students take on different challenges every day that many students might never notice. "
Minnesota Daily April 6, 2004
Shared separateness pulls older students together
By Molly Moker
"Thousands of young people flock to the University every day, but students who have a mortgage, a family or gray hair are few and far between.
We tend to gravitate to each other," said Kathy Ahlers, a 46-year-old University student. "There's very few of us around; it's sort of a solitary existence."
As of fall 2003, Ahlers is one of approximately 3,300 "nontraditional" undergraduate students on the Twin Cities campus who are age 25 or older, according to the University's Office of Institutional Research and Reporting. "
April 21, 2003
Non-traditional students add variety to U classrooms
By Mary Stegmeir
"Deborah Sjostrom brings a unique perspective to classroom discussions.
The 44-year-old sociology senior said her memories of historical events like the Vietnam War set her apart from other students.
"It makes me feel very old," she said with a laugh. "But I do like the discussion-oriented classes because I feel like I have something to offer."
Because of her age, Sjostrom is part of a student population labeled "non-traditional."