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Traditional higher education has historically done a lackluster job of offering vocationally-oriented education programs and meeting the needs of non-traditional students.
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Initiatives like the ED-X partnership between Harvard and MIT promise to give non-traditional students elements of a world-class education online, and for free.
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"The proportion of non-traditional students in universities has rocketed over the last few years, and I celebrate that achievement, " said its chief executive, Diana Warwick.
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Everyone else, if they so chose, could go to one of the many California Community Colleges, which were open not only to high school graduates but also to qualifying non-traditional students.
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This held true for both traditional college students, teenagers and young adults whose parents often benefited from the credits, and for non-traditional students, typically older students who could take the tax credits themselves.
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