Bibliography for Academic Advisors Working With
Students from Diverse Backgrounds
[Updated: December 11, 2006]
Main Bibliography PageNontraditional Students/Adult Learners
- Compton, Jonathan I., Elizabeth Cox and Frankie Santos Laanan. 2006. "Adult Learners in Transition" New Directions for Student Services 114:73-80
- Fungaroli, Carole S. 2000. Traditional Degrees for Nontraditional Students: How to Earn a Top Diploma from America's Great Colleges at Any Age . New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
- Graham, Steven W. and Shawna Long Gisi. 2000. "Adult Undergraduate Students: What Role Does College Involvement Play?" NASPA Journal 38(1):99-121
- Huff, Daniel D. and Bonnie Thorpe. 1997. "Single Parents on Campus: A Challenge for Today." NASPA Journal 34:287-302
- New Directions for Student Services Volume 2003 Issue 102 "Special Issue: Meeting the Special Needs of Adult Students"
- Pp3-10 Carol E. Kasworm "Setting the Stage: Adults in Higher Education"
- Pp11-16 Ellen E. Fairchild "Multiple Roles of Adult Learners"
- Pp17-26 Janice Hadfield "Recruiting and Retaining Adult Students"
- Pp27-34 Karen M. Hatfield "Funding Higher Education for Adult Students"
- Pp35-42 Patricia J. Lefor, Meg Benke, and Evelyn Ting "Information Technology and Adult Learners at Empire State College"
- Pp43-52 Jovita M. Ross-Gordon "Adult Learners in the Classroom"
- Pp53-58 Penny J. Rice "Adult Student Services Online"
- Pp59-68 Cheryl J. Polson "Adult Graduate Students Challenge Institutions to Change"
- Pp69-80 Thomas A. Flint and Ruth Frey "Alternative Programming for Adults"
- Pp81-88 Deborah Kilgore "Planning Programs for Adults"
- Pp89-92 Deborah Kilgore and Penny J. Rice "New Directions for Inquiry and Practice"
- Spitzer, Tam M. 2000. "Predictors of College Success: A Comparison of Traditional and Nontraditional Age Students." NASPA Journal 38(1):82-98