Retaining Non-Traditional Students in Higher Education
A Personal Non-Traditional Student Retention Story It was my high school guidance counselor who asked me if I planned to apply to colleges while at the end of my senior year. I was lucky to have that because that is how I found out there was a recruitment and application seminar that I could go to that would help me fill out the application form for community college. I don’t even remember how I learned of being accepted, but I do remember finding out that I would have to take some placement tests, one for English and one for Math, which I was surprised about. One of the first things I needed to do was find my way around campus so I could take those placement tests, in addition to finding other locations, such as the financial aid office, registrar’s office, bookstore, and library. I had no car, and the community college was 9 miles outside of town so I also had to figure out how to use the bus system to commute because I couldn’t walk. It wasn’t until I was in my 6th year in c...