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Not Your Traditional Student: Changing Demographics on Campus

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Edward’s University in Austin, Texas in the fall of 2003 I was a 37-year-old single mother, who was also working full-time. Tara Broadie is a Peirce College 2018 graduate, who returned to finish her college degree after 20 years working in healthcare. I was one of those non-traditional students. When I enrolled at St.