June 14, 2002

Nontraditional Students Dominate Undergraduate Enrollments, Study Finds

By JAMILAH EVELYN

Almost 75 percent of today's undergraduate students are considered "nontraditional," because of their age, their financial status, or when they enrolled in college, according to a report released last week by the U.S. Education Department.

Each year, the department's National Center for Education Statistics prepares the report, "The Condition of Education," for Congress. The report is a compendium of facts and data on the state of education in the United States, at all levels. In

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