February 7, 2003

Nontraditional Students at Private Colleges

To the Editor:

Your article "Education Department Wants to Create Grant Program Linked to Graduation Rates" (January 3) includes a claim by officials at public institutions that "public colleges educate larger proportions of nontraditional students, many of whom must work and can attend college only part time." It is important to look carefully at the data behind that claim.

The 20 four-year colleges and universities in the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and

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