Degree Completion Among Nontraditional College Students

With the growing number of older students attending college, one major issue concerning these nontraditional students is their overall low completion rates. We examine factors affecting nontraditional students' degree completion. Copyright (c) 2005 by the Southwestern Social Science Association.

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