The 2017 edition is in progress now! Please write to booklab@georgetown.edu if you would like more information on how you can contribute. Here is the description from 2000: The number of adults completing bachelor's degrees later in life is at an all-time high. Many universities have targeted this market with expensive, substandard programs, especially distance learning that tragically keeps them off campus. In this essential guide, Carole Sargent challenges the conventional wisdom that advocates distance learning, Internet degrees, and second-rate weekend programs for adult students. She argues that adults are best suited to a traditional college experience, and she insists that even those with children, jobs, and mortgages can earn a standard, four-year degree at a first-rate college. As Sargent shows, traditional studies at excellent universities will foster a scholar mentality that leads to top grades, greater academic opportunities, and more fulfilling careers.
In addition to information on program selection, application, and financial aid, the book offers advice on such issues as overcoming fears of not being "college material" and taking part in campus life. Sargent writes from her own unique experience as an adult returning student. She has also interviewed scores of adult students at colleges and universities across the country, including the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Bryn Mawr College, and Harvard.
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Carole Sargent, PhD, earned her bachelor's degree at age thirty, while working full time. She has a doctorate in English literature from the University of Virginia and teaches at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. (Please note, the original book lists her as Carole Fungaroli. She took her mother's maiden name legally in 2002 and is now Carole Sargent. Her former last name is now her middle name). You can help with the 2017 edition of this book, or reach her with your questions and feedback, by writing to booklab@georgetown.edu.
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