Joyce M. Holland, MA

CSU Dominguez Hills – Extended Education

GED 548: Effective College Teaching Presentation #1

Roger McGinneess, Ed.DOctober 23, 2004

Fall 2004

Reentry Students

Characteristics:

Average age 25 or older

Re-entry after long periods of college inactivity.

NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS

Retirees, divorcees, widowed, displaced workers, career changers, veterans, full-time employees, retraining, self-actualizers, etc.

“Baby Boomers”

• By 2011 at least 77 million are predicted to retire.

• Retraining opportunities available in coming decades

• Interested in Life-long learning

• Individualized Learning

Reentry Students in Record Numbers

• Reentry students seek out new training programs

• Life-long learning programs attract reentry students

• Numerous resources to assist

Reentry students

Reentry Student Resources

Campus Reentry Resources Centers,Scholarships, Grants, Orientation Sessions,Peer Mentoring, Reentry Student Associations, Adult Learning Centers,etc.

Non Traditional Educational Programs

• E-Campus Degrees Program

• Online-Line Internet Classes

• Online-Line Internet Degree Programs

• Television Tele-Courses

• Correspondence School Programs

• Non-Traditional Institutions

• University of Phoenix, DeVry University, Cappella University, Etc

ReferencesNational Non-Traditional Students Association. Retrieved 11.23.2004 from: http://www.nontrad.org/

Adult Student.Com. Retrieved 11.23.2004 from: http://www.adultstudent.com/

Individualizing Instruction: Making Learning Personal, Empowering, and Successful. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1990. Retrieved 11.23.2004 from: http://www-distance.syr.edu/iiindex.html

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