Collection

2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Audrianna Rodriguez; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali; Shannon Ciston; Melissa L. Whitson; Viktoria Zelenak Berendt

previous educational experiences and “enter with lower self-efficacy beliefs aboutpersonal academic skills than the traditional student.”10 In addition to this barrier, manynontraditional students experience “feelings of isolation and not fitting in, lack of access toresources, scheduling conflicts, lack of course availability and course times, financial difficulties,and the lack of catering to nontraditional students detracted from the overall college experience.”11Additionally, the challenge of balancing work, school, and life can create pressures for the adultlearner. “According to the resource scarcity theory, going back to school creates another roledomain that competes for limited resources: the student’s time, energy, and finances.”12