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Special Analysis 2002 Image 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

Conclusion

References


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References

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Berkner, L., Horn, L., and Clune, M. (2000). Descriptive Summary of 1995–96 Beginning Postsecondary Students: Three Years Later (NCES 2000–154). U.S. Department of Education, NCES. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Horn, L. (1996). Nontraditional Undergraduates, Trends in Enrollment From 1986 to 1992 and Persistence and Attainment Among 1989–90 Beginning Postsecondary Students (NCES 97–578). U.S. Department of Education, NCES. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Horn, L.J., and Premo, M.D. (1995). Profile of Undergraduates in U.S. Postsecondary Education Institutions: 1992–93, With an Essay on Undergraduates at Risk (NCES 96–237). U.S. Department of Education, NCES. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

U.S. Department of Education, NCES. (2002a). The Condition of Education 2002 (NCES 2002–025). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

U.S. Department of Education, NCES. (2002b). Digest of Education Statistics 2001 (NCES 2002–130). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.