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Making the Transition: Services for Adult Re-entry Students at MECC
"Mind is all that counts. You can be whatever you make up your mind to be."     ~     Robert Collier
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Who Is An Adult Re-entry Student?
An adult re-entry student, formerly known as a non-traditional student, is any student over the age of 25 who has returned to school after a 5+ year(s) absence from either high school or a prior attempt at college.
Typically, re-entry students are those students who have returned to college for one or more of the following reasons:
Financial difficulty due to job loss or inability to advance in career due to lack of degree/credentials
First opportunity to attend college comes once children are in school or leave home
Personal and professional growth pursing education as a lifelong dream or updating skills to grow professionally
Displaced homemakers
Single parents
Veterans
Persons with disabilities

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Updated February 2, 2006