Special Analysis 2002 - Nontraditional Undergraduates

Special Analysis-Nontraditional Undergraduates

Introduction
Definition of Nontraditional Students
Interrelationships Among Nontraditional Characteristics
Enrollment Patterns
Combining School and Work
Distance Education
Persistence After 3 Years
Persistence and Attainment after 5 Years
-	Introduction
-	Persistence and attainment by degree goal
-	Timing and type of departure
-	Influence of individual nontraditional characteristics on persistence and attainment
Conclusion
References

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Persistence and Attainment After 5 Years

While a 3-year follow-up is useful for examining persistence, a longer interval is needed to assess attainment. For this purpose, 1989–90 beginning postsecondary students were studied using the 1994 follow-up, which occurred approximately 5 years after they had first enrolled.