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Not Your Traditional Student: Changing Demographics on Campus

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Edward’s University in Austin, Texas in the fall of 2003 I was a 37-year-old single mother, who was also working full-time. This program also allowed military veterans to earn a quality education and credit for service. I was one of those non-traditional students. When I enrolled at St.

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HEI Resources 2025

Higher Education Inquirer

The Culture of Professionalism: The Middle Class and the Development of Higher Education in America. Grady and Aper, Jeffrey. Exploring the Heritage of American Higher Education: The Evolution of Philosophy and Policy. Universities in the Marketplace : The Commercialization of Higher Education. Princeton University Press. Bousquet, M. Johnson, B.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Another door the court left open was the legal carve-out for military academies employing similar practices. “No No military academy is a party to these cases, however, and none of the courts below addressed the propriety of race-based admissions systems in that context,” Roberts wrote. Ogletree, Jr., died in August at age 70.