Facilitator: Jim Berger, Associate Professor, Special Instructional Programs

RESOURCES

Campus Resources/Links

• WKU’s Non-traditional Students Website provides answers and resources to our local community @ http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Support/AcadAffairs/NTS/

• WKU’s childcare Resource and Referral Center is a good resource for locating childcare in and around Warren County @ http://www.wku.edu/ccrr-wku/

• WKU Non-traditional Student Organization - provides lots of links to news, stories, advice, scholarships information, blogs, and organizations @ http://www.nontradstudents.com/

• Yahoo Non-trads group - Originally a group from WKU but has expanded to include students from all over @ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Non-trads/
  

Other Resources

• Bash, L. (2003). Adult learners in the academy. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc.

• Guldberg, K, & Pilkington, R. (2006). A community of practice approach to the development of non-traditional learners through networked learning. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 22(3), 159-171.

• Kasworm, C. E., Polson, C. J., & Fishback, S. J. (2002). Responding to adult learners in higher education. Malabar, FL: Krieger.

• Lawson, K. G. (2005). Using eclectic digital resources to enhance instructional methods for adult learners. OCLC Systems & Services, 21(1), 49-60.

• Semmar, Y. (2006). Adult Learners and Academic Achievement: The Roles of Self-Efficacy, Self- Regulation, and Motivation. University of Qatar. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 491 441).

• Zamanou, S. (1993). Differences Do Make a Difference: Recruitment Strategies for the Non- Traditional Student. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 367 034).
  

Web Links

• http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/returning.jsp - Link for financial aid for the non-trads

• http://adulted.about.com/b/2007/09/04/recognize-non-traditional-students.htm - Description of Non-traditional students.

• http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2002/analyses/nontraditional/sa01.asp - Description of Non-traditional students.

• http://nces.ed.gov/pubs/web/97578g.asp - Persistence and Attainment of Nontraditional students five years after enrolling in 1989-1990.