Maybe she’s a 37-year-old mother, living in a smaller community in Wisconsin, miles away from a campus, working at least part time with a variety of responsibilities – and some college credit stashed in her pocket, possibly an associate degree. Or maybe she didn’t have the opportunity to finish her degree.
That’s just one image of who the UW Flexible Option programs are geared at helping, says David Schejbal, dean at the University of Wisconsin-Extension’s Division of Continuing Education, Outreach and E-Learning. It’s the nontraditional adult student with a lot of life experience and knowledge, and the desire to put that knowledge toward completing his or her degree.
“Those students usually have a lot of life stuff to deal with that 18-year-olds don’t,” Schejbal said. “One of the wonderful things about your traditional college experience is that kids can transition from being kids at home to full-blow, adults. But once we get to be adults, as we all know, we have a variety of responsibilities: children, jobs, eldercare, community responsibilities, and all kinds of things. So for many of our students, they have to juggle all of that in addition to work, and most of them can’t go to school in the typical time frame.” [Read more…] about Are You the UW Flexible Option Student?