From full-time careers and family responsibilities to retirement and caregiving, mature students are proving that curiosity and lifelong learning have no age limit
By Heather Eustace
Faculty of Arts
Each student’s experience is unique; some begin university right out of high school, while others return to study later in life. For the latter, there may be multiple priorities to juggle — full-time work, childcare or elder care responsibilities— all on top of their schoolwork.
University education later in life is a big commitment, yet a surprising number of students make that leap back to school. In the Faculty of Arts, mature students make up 13 percent of the undergraduate population (age 25 and up) and 26 percent of the graduate student population (age 30 and up).
How do they manage all their priorities? What drives them in their pursuit of education?
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