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Traditional Degrees for Nontraditional Students: How to Earn a Top Diploma from America's Great Colleges at Any Age
Traditional Degrees for Nontraditional Students How to Earn a Top Diploma from America's Great Colleges at Any Age Author:Carole Fungaroli Sargent A practical, witty guide for adult returning students The number of adults completing bachelor's degrees later in life is at an all-time high. Many universities have targeted this market with expensive, Internet-based programs. In this essential guide, Carole S. Fungaroli challenges the conventional wisdom that advocates distance learning for... more » adult students. She argues that adults are best suited to a traditional college experience, and she insists that even those with children, jobs, and mortgages can earn a standard, four-year degree on a great college campus. As Fungaroli shows, traditional studies at excellent universities will foster a scholar mentality that leads to top grades, greater academic opportunities, and more fulfilling careers. In addition to information on program selection, application, and financial aid, the book offers advice on such issues as overcoming fears of not being "college material" and taking part in campus life. Fungaroli writes from her own unique experience as an adult returning student. She has also interviewed score of adult students at colleges and universities across the country, including the University of California at Berkeley, Smith College, the University of Wisconsin- Madison, Bryn Mawr College, the University of Michigan, and Harvard. Appendix Carole S. Fungaroli, Ph.D., earned her bachelor's degree at age thirty, while working full time. She has a doctorate in English literature from the University of Virginia and teaches at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.« less