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Building University Pathways for All

The college admissions season — when 18-year-olds choose where they will spend the next four years. For many, the classic college experience includes living on campus, pulling all-nighters at the university library, and partying with friends, all while growing into adulthood.

But more than half of those attending undergraduate institutions in the United States are not 18–22-year-olds, and they do not necessarily wish to live on campus. They are working parents, military personnel returning from active duty, mid-career workers seeking a new knowledge base, foreign students seeking a U.S. educational degree, and others. And even many working-class 18-year-olds cannot afford to attend a residential university for four years.