Nontraditional implies that colleges do not accommodate this certain demographic of students. The fact that adult learners bring a set of different expectations to school changes how colleges support those changes. Universities have to understand that nontraditional students want the same care when it comes to services on supporting their goals. The hardest issue for adult learners is to balance their obligations to their education and personal life. How to handle these obligations can cause stress on an individual, so colleges have to take that into account and offer supportive services that can be flexible for nontraditional students (Pelletier, pp. 5-6,
Nontraditional implies that colleges do not accommodate this certain demographic of students. The fact that adult learners bring a set of different expectations to school changes how colleges support those changes. Universities have to understand that nontraditional students want the same care when it comes to services on supporting their goals. The hardest issue for adult learners is to balance their obligations to their education and personal life. How to handle these obligations can cause stress on an individual, so colleges have to take that into account and offer supportive services that can be flexible for nontraditional students (Pelletier, pp. 5-6,