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Resources, Additional Reading and Web Sites
Because Web links can change, please visit www.usafunds.org/lifeskills for the most up-to-date list.
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students. National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Journal, 35, 57-68.
Frank, F., & Gaye, H. (1997). When life gets in the way.Adult Learning, 8, 244-245.
Fusani, D. (1994). Extra-class communication: Frequency, immediacy, self-disclosure, and satisfaction in student-
faculty interaction outside the classroom. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 22, 232-255.
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Resources, Additional Reading and Web Sites (continued)
Many schools have reentry-support programs. Check out your own institutions Web site. Alternatively, take a look
at these sample Web sites:
Armstrong Atlantic State University www.adult.armstrong.edu/adults.html
Barry University www.barry.edu/ace/locations/orlando/prospective/factbook/01-introduction.asp
Chapman University www1.chapman.edu/univcoll/ac/sandiegoarea/cll_information/index.html
Florida State University www.fsu.edu/gradstudies/orientation/index.shtml
GateWay Community College www.gwc.maricopa.edu/ss/power
Indiana University Kokomo www.iuk.edu/~koadms/adult.shtml
Kansas State University www.ksu.edu/adult
Purdue University www.purdue.edu/odos/spanplan
University of Phoenix www.phoenix.edu
www.cs.umd.edu/~oleary/gradstudy/node5.htmlA survival guide with recommendations for working and full-
time graduate students.
www.apa.org/monitor/feb03/changing.htmlTestimonials from many types of graduate students.
adulted.about.com/library/weekly/aa102600b.htm and adulted.about.com About.com has a section for adult
education that contains articles and links to resources for nontraditional students. The first link goes to an
interview with a nontraditional student about some of the difficulties the student faced. The second link is to the
adult-education homepage at about.com.
www.princetonreview.com/medical/research/articles/nontrad/transition.aspAdvice for nontraditional medical
students. (Princeton Review)
www.csee.umbc.edu/~mikeg/ntmedUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County (Dr. Michael Grasso, a professor
of biomedical computing).
adulted.about.com/od/financialaidFinancial aid resources for nontraditional students.
www.nagps2.org The National Association for Graduate-Professional Students.
www.asgs.org The Association for Support of Graduate Students.