What is a non-traditional student? A non-traditional student is any college student obtaining their education outside the traditional face-to-face classroom. How many college students, both ...

For generations, colleges were largely designed around the idea of an 18-year-old who enrolled straight out of high school, attended full-time and followed a relatively linear path to graduation. But ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark C. Perna is a generational expert who covers education & careers. Traditionally, it’s been considered a major disadvantage to ...

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on microcredentials, the student experience, non-traditional students, and the post-pandemic campus.

In this episode of Voices of Student Success, Inside Higher Ed’s podcast series exploring what really shapes students’ experiences, Sara Weissman, senior reporter at IHE, joins student success ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pressure is mounting to cut costs by reducing the time it takes to earn a degree from four years to three. Students, parents and ...

New Mexicans started college but never finished. WNMU's new president says it's time to change how we value learning.

Approximately 300 non-traditional students are enrolled at SUNY Cortland. Although their backgrounds often are wildly different, they all have interesting stories to tell. Allison McDaniel has ...

The number of students in higher education who don't come straight from high school is rapidly increasing across the country. Yet little research has addressed how the characteristics of ...

SUNY Cortland senior Nakeesta Langton said she likes to blend in. “Some students ask me if I’m 21 and I say ‘Yes,’” said Langton, who plans to walk in person at Commencement with family sharing the ...

Colleges and universities are struggling to stay afloat. The reasons are numerous: declining numbers of college-age students in much of the country, rising tuition at public institutions as state ...