Adult Students
Books | Vermont Schools | Other Links | Software Resources
VSAC’s Adult Outreach Counselors can help you with the career decision-making and college application processes. Call to set up an appointment with a VSAC Adult Outreach Counselor in your area. To make an appointment, call toll-free 1-800-642-3177 and ask for Outreach. (All services are free.)
Books
Search our catalog online at www.vsac.org/LibrarySearch. Patrons may borrow books by coming to the Resource Center in downtown Winooski, or by making an interlibrary loan request through their local school or public library.
| 100 Things Every Adult College Student Ought to Know (2000) | Call # 378.19 Hardin |
| 501 Ways for Adult Students to Pay for College: Going Back to School Without Going Broke (2006) | Call # 378.3 Tanabe |
| Adult Students: A Painless Guide to Going Back to College (2007) | Call # 378.198 Tanabe |
| Adult Students: An Insider’s Guide to Getting Into College (2004) | Call # 378.161 Tanabe |
| Adult Student’s Guide: The Only Comprehensive Guide for the Nontraditional Student (2001) | Call # 374 Grossman |
| Adult Student’s Guide to Survival and Success (2008) | Call # 378.1 Siebert |
| Adults in College: A Survival Guide for Nontraditional Students (2002) | Call # 374 Schindley |
| Do What You Are (2007) | Call # 155.2 Tieger |
| Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live (2001) | Call # 158.1 Beck |
| Going Back to School: College Survival Strategies for Adult Students (2001) | Call # 378.1 Bruno |
| A Guerrilla Manual for the Adult College Student: How to Go to College Almost Full Time in Your Spare Time…and Still Have Time to Hold Down a Job, Raise a Family, Pay the Bills, and Have Some Fun (2000) | Call # 378.1 Doolin |
| New Beginnings: A Reference Guide for Adult Learners (2002) | Call # 378.1 Simon |
| Traditional Degrees for Non-Traditional Students: How to Earn a Top Diploma from America’s Great Colleges at Any Age (2000) | Call # 378.198 Fungarol |
| Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want (1983) | Call # 158.1 Sher |
Vermont Schools
Schools That Offer Evening Classes, Distance Learning, and Off-Campus or Low-Residency Options
Bennington College offers a low-residency MFA in writing and literature — www.bennington.edu/go/graduate/mfa-in-writing/the-low-residency-format
Burlington College's Independent Degree program is a brief-residency program designed for students who have already earned at least 30 college credits — www.burlington.edu/content/distance-learning
Castleton State College offers evening classes, though in order to complete a degree, students need to take daytime classes as well — www.castleton.edu
Champlain College offers a number of degree and certificate programs during the day, the evening, and online — www.champlain.edu/cps
College of St. Joseph offers a variety of evening programs for adults — http://www.csj.edu/adult-learners/
Community College of Vermont offers evening and weekend courses statewide and through distance learning — www.ccv.edu
Goddard College offers BA and MA degrees through its low-residency and off-campus programs — www.goddard.edu
Green Mountain College offers master’s degrees in environmental studies and business administration through distance education — www.greenmtn.edu/grad_programs.aspx
Johnson State College's External Degree Program (EDP) invites adult learners with at least 60 credits to complete their BA degree through a flexible program of studies in their own communities — www.jsc.edu/Academics/ExternalDegreeProgram/default.aspx
Lyndon State College offers evening, online, and occasional weekend classes. Responsive to the needs of adult students, LSC works to accommodate varied schedules — www.lsc.vsc.edu
Marlboro College offers several low-residency and online master’s degrees, an online bachelor’s degree completion program, and several online continuing education classes — http://gradcenter.marlboro.edu
Norwich University offers several online graduate degrees — http://graduate.norwich.edu/
Saint Michael’s College offers several completion options for its master’s degree programs, including weekend and evening classes — www.smcvt.edu/graduate/programs/default.asp
SIT Graduate Institute offers degree and certificate programs through a combination of low-residency and online courses — http://www.sit.edu/graduate/
Southern Vermont College offers evening, weekend, and low-residency classes — https://www.svc.edu/admission/continuing.html
University of Vermont's Continuing Education offers non-degree courses in the evening, summer, and online to help adults advance in their careers — http://learn.uvm.edu/?Page=programs.html. Continuing Education also offers evening and weekend online courses for degree programs — http://learn.uvm.edu
Union Institute & University offers low-residency, no residency, and online options — http://www.myunion.edu/
Vermont College of Fine Arts offers low-residency Masters of Fine Arts in writing, visual art, and writing for children & young adults — www.vermontcollege.edu/about/low-residency-mfa
Vermont Technical College offers distance learning options for several of its programs — www.vtc.edu/right.php/pid/2/sid/287
Woodbury Institute of Champlain College offers a low-residency MS in mediation & applied conflict studies and an online MS in law — www.champlain.edu/Woodbury-Institute.html#about
Area Vermont Career and Technical Centers offer:
- Evening and/or weekend classes geared towards adults (both free and fee-based).
- Daytime programs geared towards high school students that are also open to adults (by state law).
- Free for adults without a high school diploma or with a GED.
- Fee-based for adults with a high school diploma or adult diploma (on a space-available basis).
Vermont Career and Technical Centers:
Barre Technical Center (Barre) — (802) 476-1487, www.barretechnicalcenter.org
Burlington Technical Center (Burlington) — (802) 864-8436, www.burlingtontech.org or http://ce.bsdvt.org
Center for Technology, Essex (Essex) — (802) 879-5559, www.go-cte.org/welcome.php
Cold Hollow Career Center (Enosburg Falls) — (802) 933-4003 ext. 15
Green Mountain Technology & Career Center (Hyde Park) — (802) 888-4447, www.gmtcc.info
Hannaford Career Center (Middlebury) — (802) 382-1012, www.hannafordcareercenter.org
Hartford Area Career and Technical Center (White River Jct.) — (802) 295-8630, www.hartfordschools.net/Schools/HACTC/tabid/56/Default.aspx
Lyndon Institute (Lyndon) — (802) 626-1109, www.lyndoninstitute.org/podium/default.aspx?t=123872, www.nekcareersolutions.org
North Country Career Center (Newport) — (802) 334-7140, www.northcountrycareercenter.org
Northwest Technical Center (St. Albans) — (802) 527-6513, www.nwtcace.net
Randolph Technical Career Center (Randolph) — (802) 728-9595, www.randolphtech.org
River Bend Career & Technical Center (Bradford) — (802) 222-5212, www.rbctc.org
River Valley Technical Center (Springfield) — (802) 885-8300, www.rvtc.org
Southwest Vermont Career Development Center (Bennington) — (802) 447-0220, www.svcdc.org
Stafford Technical Center (Rutland) — (802) 770-1033, www.staffordonline.org
St. Johnsbury Academy (St. Johnsbury) — (802) 748-8171, www.stjacademy.org/page.cfm?p=335, www.nekcareersolutions.org
Windham Regional Career Center (Brattleboro) — (802) 451-3589, www.wrccvt.com
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Other Links
VSAC’s Distance Learning pathfinder offers many useful links for adult students.
VSAC’s Short-Term Training Opportunities & Certificate Programs pathfinder offers links to short-term programs throughout Vermont.
VSAC’s Adult Student Handbook (PDF) offers advice on career exploration, college training, and financial aid for adult learners.
The Assessment of Prior Learning course, available throughout the Vermont state college system, allows you to earn college credit for life experience — www.ccv.edu/APL/index.html
The CLEP exam (College-Level Examination Program) and the DANTES exam (Defense Activity for Nontraditional Educational Support) help you earn college credit for prior learning:- CLEP — www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/about.html
- DANTES — www.dantes.doded.mil/dantes_web/danteshome.asp
Vermont Department of Education offers many services to Vermont adult students, including the Adult Diploma Program, adult education, and GED testing — http://education.vermont.gov/new/html/mainstudents.html
Learning Works (Vermont Adult Learning, Central Vermont Adult Basic Education, The Tutorial Center, and Northeast Kingdom Learning Services) provides adult education and literacy services, work readiness programs, computer instruction, GED preparation, ESL classes, essential skills classes, guidance for the Vermont Adult Diploma Program, and more — www.learningworksvt.org
Adult Student Center offers information on getting started, choosing a school/program, and hints for studying — www.adultstudentcenter.com
College for Adults walks students through career planning, the college application process, and tips on preparing for college — www.collegeforadults.org/index.html
Software Resources
VT Guidance Central is a web-based, personalized, self-guided program that provides comprehensive career, college, and education planning tools
You can use VT Guidance Central as a tool to:
- explore career possibilities
- plan the training you need for specific careers
- search for colleges/universities that fit your desired criteria (e.g., location, size, programs/majors, activities, costs)
- learn about financial aid options
- and much more!
Visit the VSAC Resource Center in Winooski to utilize other assessment, career, and education planning software tools.
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Compiled by: VSAC Resource Center, Updated: 11/14/11
The Vermont Student Assistance Corp. was established by the Vermont General Assembly in 1965 to help Vermonters obtain the information and financial resources they need to pursue their education goals beyond high school.
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