A lot of my social life on campus revolves around the Re-entry Program. Barbara Kaiser, a third year student in linguistics, thought she'd go crazy if she didn't find someone to talk to during the first year of her doctoral program. She had just finished a master's degree in linguistics with a focus on teaching English as a Second Language and decided to volunteer as a tutor in the Re-entry Program. One of Kaiser's challenges as a re-entry student had to do with communicating with her professors. My competence stands in the way.
Time management is another issue for re-entry students, especially students with children.
We can't go to the library and spend hours studying there. We have to get the books, go home, cook dinner for the kids, put them to bed, and then study. Stafford had been out of school for 15 years, was the mother of two sons, and was working as a secretary at University Hall when she decided to take a night class from UC Extension. I told my adviser that I wanted to get a good liberal education. Stafford's adviser enrolled her in an Ancient Mediterranean class.