Talk:Nontraditional student

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British usage[edit]

In Britain the similar term 'non-traditional background' is used to describe students applying to top Universities (Oxbridge, the London Four, etc.) that come from lower socio-economic groups, or being the first in their family to apply to University. Perhaps something like this should be mentioned here for confusion... JDnCoke (talk) 15:15, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

"Non-traditional applicants, also known as the WP cohort, are those potential HE applicants who come from a background which does not have a tradition of HE study and who are unlikely to consider HE study as an option without a significant input of awareness- and aspiration-raising support, information, advice and guidance." www.f-a-c-e.org.uk/docs/steveporter.doc

Another usage...[edit]

I find that there are two more instances where people may be called a "non-traditional student".

A student takes another BS or BA program immediately after his or her first BS or BA program, but then this may overlap with the dual-degree, which may then overlap with being a super senior.
A student enters the workforce soon after college (matriculated into college right after high school), and for whatever reason, returns back to college part-time to get a second BS or BA. SSS (talk) 00:58, 13 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why the hyphen?[edit]

All of the online dictionaries spell it "nontraditional" rather than "non-traditional." Anyone object to my renaming this article? TimidGuy (talk) 21:39, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Source about term for other countries[edit]

This source can help out about the issue of this article only focusing on America.CycoMa1 (talk) 22:41, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Applies only to undergraduates[edit]

When researching on this. It appears the term nontraditional student only applies to undergraduates. I don’t see many sources using this term for graduate students or anything outside of undergraduate.CycoMa1 (talk) 00:53, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]