How To Remove Completion Barriers For Non-Traditional Students

Description  Challenge - Keeping non-traditional students enrolled Colleges need to become more responsive to meeting the needs of students who do not fit the outdated formula for attending college full-time during the day.  Key Takeaway Participants will learn how to enhance the retention and completion rates of today’s nontraditional students. The webinar will emphasize evidence-based best practices that meet both students as well as institutional needs.  Overview “Given the current lack of resources and support services for nontraditional students, many encounter great obstacles that hinder their success in higher education. Broadly, these obstacles include interrole conflict, social isolation, lack of academic flexibility, and barriers to persistence and completion.” - Courtney Hittepole, University of DenverNontraditional students now make up 70 percent or more of our undergraduate population. Statistics show that nontraditional students are less likely than traditional