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Older students drive surge in college admissions
The piece notes a rise in applications as older adults and traditional-age students flood into colleges like Smith, Mount Holyoke, and MIT. It profiles Kimberley Rogers, a 33-year-old dropout turned honors student, plus Iowa Wesleyan and Arizona State University campaigns to fill seats, with figures on enrollment, projected growth, and early admission trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberley Rogers
Smith College
Smith
Northampton
Massi
Mount Holyoke College
Rogers
Mount Holyoke
Iowa Wesleyan College
James Lynes
Tom Snyder
National Center For Education Statistics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Mass
Neelesh Chudasama
Watchung
N.J
Liberal
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Arizona State University
Tempe
University of California, Los Angeles
Michael Cooper
Lane Technical
Chicago
Penn State
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Princeton
Duke
Cooper