Almost any college faculty member will tell you that the maturity, work ethic, and experience non-traditional (adult) students bring to the classroom (online or on-campus) make them likely to be higher-achievers than students of traditional college age. However, many adult students must overcome some challenges their younger counterparts never face. Their biggest challenge, most adult students will say, is dividing their time between family, school, and career without any of the three suffering. Online education, which allows adults to schedule themselves far more flexibly than would be possible in a traditional classroom based program, has enabled a record number of nontraditional age students to return to college. But, even in online degree programs, students must keep up with their assignments and meet deadlines. The ability to manage time efficiently and the self-discipline to work as hard as necessary are essential to the success of students of all ages. They are especially essential to adult students who must balance the demands of family, career, and the pursuit of a degree. Interestingly, even the most accomplished people often overlook a very simple technique that is very simple but can yield great results. Unfortunately, there is no way to add days or hours to your week, but you can find extra hours, without much trouble, to work on your studies. All you have to do is think about fifteen minute "dead" periods during your week. If you can identify two fifteen minute periods a day during which you can study, you will have added three and a half hours a week to your study time. What can you get done in just fifteen minutes? The list may be longer than you first imagine. You can email a question to a professor or classmate. You can find websites with information related to your readings or the topic of an upcoming paper. You can do some highlighting in one of your texts. Or, you can review and/or revise a few pages of notes. See the possibilities? You can do significant work in fifteen minutes. And, you can "manufacture" fifteen minute blocks of time by postponing your bedtime, awakening a bit earlier, shortening the time you spend eating lunch, or reading a bit before leaving your office at the end of your work day. The possibilities are nearly limitless. A perennial Dean's List student I know, who is in the Honor's Program at a major university, sits down to between fifteen and thirty minutes of study whenever she returns to her apartment. No matter where she has been or for how long, she never makes an exception. And, nobody remembers the last time (if ever) she earned a final grade below an "A". Everyone, no matter how busy, can find two fifteen minute periods a day to add to their regularly scheduled study time. And, the additional hours those minutes add up to can make a big difference in a student's level of success.
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Almost any college faculty member will tell you that the maturity, work ethic, and experience non-traditional (adult) students bring to the classroom (online or on-campus) make them likely to be higher-achievers than students of traditional college age.
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