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Rating: - Traditional Degrees for Nontraditional Students
Finally, a one-stop resource for everybody touched by the increasing number of adult students returning to college. Business professionals striving to recruit and retain top talent are faced with a need to understand why and how their employees want to get a degree -- 1st, 2nd or 3rd. The real-life stories, tips and telling statistics in this book provide an essential training tool for any organization.Spouses, kids, friends, and parents will also gain much from the insights offered by Dr. Fungaroli,particularly if they use the book to communicate with their loved ones, who have taken the big step to go for what they want by returning to school. Professors working with nontraditional students will find a worthwhile teacher training resource here too. As a consultant and Ph.D. student, I have been looking for this very book for almost a decade. If you are planning the next chapter in your life and a college degree is in the picture, get this book!!!
Rating: - Oh, Yes, You Can Go Home Again
I can see it now. Legions of us, aging, intelligent, eager, interested, heading back to college with Dr. Fungaroli's book firmly in hand. Traditional Degrees for Nontraditional Students has just the right combination of gentle encouragement and hard-hitting practical advice to help those of us who may be anywhere from 10 to 60 years older than traditional college students. She brings us up to date on the realities of getting admitted, doing the work, and enjoying the journey every step of the way. My guess is, she has created an army of returning scholars by writing this book. What a wonderful gift to the world. What a wonderful gift to each us us who reads this book with such eagerness and hope.
Rating: - Indispensable. Buy It Now.
Ms. Sargent has produced a work of inspiration. As a 37 year old man taking his first baby steps into the world of higher education, I suffer from not only various fears, but from complete confusion as well. Where do I start? Should I follow the recommendations of well-meaning friends and attend school at night while working full time? What the hell is "matriculation?" Of course, no one book can answer every question you might have about returning to college, but "Traditional Degrees for Nontraditional Students" comes very close. There is extremely useful information on applying for schools, navigating financial aid offices, and choosing a major. But more importantly (because it means you will actually ENJOY the book), the author strikes a pitch-perfect tone: warmth and humor tempered with enough authority to let you know she's had much experience, and knows whereof she speaks. I HIGHLY recommend this book - buy two copies in case your first one gets lost. The bottom line is that it was Ms. Sargent's book that inspired me enough to...get moving on a long-postponed dream.
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