Monday, September 17, 2018

Today's College Students Aren't Who You Think They Are - Elissa Nadworny, NPR

So here's a snapshot of the 17 million Americans enrolled in undergraduate higher education, according to numbers culled by the National Center for Education Statistics.
  • 1 in 5 is at least 30 years old 
  • About half are financially independent from their parents 
  • 1 in 4 is caring for a child 
  • 47 percent go to school part time at some point 
  • A quarter take a year off before starting school 
  • 2 out of 5 attend a two-year community college 
  • 44 percent have parents who never completed a bachelor's degree 
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/09/04/638561407/todays-college-students-arent-who-you-think-they-are