Constructing a clear definition of neotraditional students and illuminating their financial aid, academic, and non-academic experiences and outcomes in the 21st century

IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Tuan D. Nguyen, Jenna W. Kramer
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1 Decades of research related to the experience of postsecondary students who are adults, work full-time, or have other life roles have not led to agreement in the field regarding who is a “nontraditional” college student. This study leverages nationally representative data to illuminate shifts in this student population in the 21 st century and builds a picture of their demographics, financial aid receipt, and academic experiences. Our results suggest that, in order to capture the diversity of the 21 st century students and ubiquity of students with multiple life roles, we need to carefully define this student population; the use of the term “neotraditional” would better capture the centr al place of students with varying life circumstances in contemporary higher education. Our descriptive analyses illuminate the implications of different definitions of neotraditionality, the landscape of neotraditional student enrollment, differences in aid receipts, and changes among this population in the past two decades. We discuss the importance of how researchers, practitioners, and policymakers define this student population and the implications of such definitions for serving this population in higher education.
构建新传统学生的清晰定义,并阐明他们在21世纪的经济资助、学术和非学术经历和成果
对成年、全职工作或有其他生活角色的高等教育学生的经历进行了几十年的研究,但在这个领域,谁是“非传统”大学生并没有达成一致。本研究利用具有全国代表性的数据来阐明21世纪这一学生群体的变化,并构建了他们的人口统计、经济援助接收和学术经历的图景。我们的研究结果表明,为了捕捉21世纪学生的多样性和具有多种生活角色的学生的普遍性,我们需要仔细定义这一学生群体;使用“新传统”一词可以更好地抓住当代高等教育中不同生活环境的学生的中心位置。我们的描述性分析阐明了新传统主义不同定义的含义、新传统学生入学的情况、援助收入的差异以及过去二十年来这一群体的变化。我们讨论了研究人员、从业人员和政策制定者如何定义这一学生群体的重要性,以及这些定义对高等教育中为这一群体服务的影响。
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Journal of Student Financial Aid
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