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Andersen, Charles J. – Research Briefs, 1990
Older students (those beyond the age of 24) represented nearly 40 percent of all college and university enrollment in 1988, compared with 33 percent in 1974. Two sets of projections are suggested to show that, by 1995, the share of older students may increase somewhat, but students in the "traditional" age range (less than 25 years old) will still…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Age Differences, College Students