Since the end of World War II, the number of returning college students aged twenty-five years or older has increased so rapidly in American colleges and universities that college administrators, either through lack of interest and understanding or through failure to function as proactive change agents, have not kept pace with the needs of older student populations. In recent years, as enrollment among traditional younger students has declined, enrollment among mature returning students has grown to the extent that they presently constitute more than a third of all college and university students in the United States. As a result of findings obtained in the study, the following recommendations are offered for consideration; (1) institutions of higher learning should place major emphasis upon development of Services and Programs for Returning Students; (2) colleges and universities should give greater priority to orientation program(s) for returning students; (3) returning students should be given credit for life experience and independent learning; (4) financial resources for returning student services should be standardized as line items in the institution's budget; (5) existing programs should be evaluated in order to determine their effectiveness; and (6) a follow-up study should be conducted in five years to provide statistical data for trend analysis.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc331504 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Casey, Ives June |
| Contributors | Dameron, Joseph D., Dahm, John W., Clarke, Ray Varnado, DuChemin, Roderic C. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | xi, 115 leaves : ill., map, Text |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | Public, Casey, Ives June, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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