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Higher education was never built for nontraditional students
Original: Higher education was never built for nontraditional students like me
A first-person essay argues that American higher education's structures, schedules, and costs were designed around traditional students and leave nontraditional learners behind. The author describes how older students, working parents, and career changers struggle with systems that assume full-time enrollment and conventional life paths, calling for institutions to redesign support around the realities of today's student population.
Why now: Debates over college access, cost, and enrollment declines are keeping attention on how well universities serve nontraditional students.
Washington PostUS higher educationnontraditional students
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- Higher education was never built for nontraditional students like me · washingtonpost.com
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