Junior College Students Older, Going Part Time
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California’s community college students have become increasingly part time and older, the state community college chancellor’s office reported.
The student profile report for the two-year college’s board of governors indicates that students under 24 years old constitute about 42% of the total enrollment.
“We have more and more students in the 39-and-older category,” said Mick Holsclaw, who prepared the report. “The traditional college student--22 and younger--is decreasing, while the re-entry college student is on the rise.”
Full-time students--those taking 12 or more units a semester--make up about 21% of the total enrollment, while those taking fewer than six units constitute 40% of the student population.
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