Educational Research

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The paper analyzes a report from the United States Department of Education entitled "The Condition of Education: Non-traditional Undergraduates" that found significantly lower educational attainment levels for nontraditional students. The paper focuses on the limitations of this research and then looks at a report by Mark Schneider, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The paper highlights the need for more research on the undergraduate population in the United States.

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"The report from the United States Department of Education entitled "The Condition of Education: Non-traditional Undergraduates" (2002) provides a literature synopsis of educational trends regarding those students who are deemed "nontraditional." Its purpose is to analyze the environment, climate, and student outcomes at private schools and enrollment and persistence of nontraditional undergraduates. According to the report, the undergraduate population in the United States is undergoing a considerable change. The "traditional" undergraduate, who is defined as one going to college immediately after graduating high school, either working part-time or not at all, and depending on parents for financial support due to, "is the exception rather than the rule" (2002, p.1)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• National Center for Educational Statistics (2002) Findings from the Condition of Education 2002: Nontraditional Undergraduates. Website retrieved June 16, 2007. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002012
• Schneider, Mark (February 6, 2006) Comments delivered to the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. Website retrieved June 16, 2007. http://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/commissioner/remarks2006/2_6_2006.asp
• TC Record (1959). "Higher Education in Transition" Report on Higher Education in Transition by John Brubacher and Willis Rudy. Website retrieved June 16, 2007http://www.tcrecord.org/About.asp

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