Sinclair Community College
Nontraditional Students Featured in Dayton Daily News Article
Sinclair's nontraditional student population was featured in a Dayton Daily News article on March 26:
Jobs drive boomers to acquire new skills
With high unemployment, low home values and downsized retirement accounts, hundreds of thousands of baby boomers are turning to college to boost their job skills.
The number of students ages 50 to 64 increased 17 percent nationwide between fall 2007 and fall 2009, according to the latest data available from the National Center for Education Statistics.
In southwest Ohio, that number has grown at an even faster rate at many technical and community colleges, which handle the bulk of nontraditional students.
Read the full story at Dayton Daily News.
Did You Know?
Sinclair is one of only 12 Vanguard Learning Colleges in the U.S. and Canada, named for our "outstanding record of achievement in learning-centered education."
Sinclair offers the lowest tuition rate in Ohio.
Sinclair has established more than 100 transfer agreements to assist students in transferring to other colleges.
Nine of our students have made the Academic All-American First Team for Community, Technical and Junior Colleges—more than at any other community college.