{"id":8140,"date":"2024-01-24T21:55:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T01:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/?post_type=project&#038;p=8140"},"modified":"2024-01-25T11:50:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T15:50:12","slug":"age-is-just-a-number","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/project\/age-is-just-a-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Age is just a number"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div id=\"i4c-draggable-container\" style=\"position: fixed; z-index: 1499; width: 0px; height: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"resolved\" style=\"all: initial;\" data-reactroot=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"i4c-dialogs-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Age is just a number<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A video by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Saima Khan<\/strong><\/span>, Special Projects Producer<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-size: medium;\">In a world that often associates education with youth, there is a rising number of older adults embarking on educational avenues later in life. These individuals are breaking stereotypes by mastering new skills and pursuing degrees. This short documentary, \"Age is just a number,\" investigates this trend and explores the inspiring stories of these older adults.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Abel; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: normal;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: ABeeZee; font-weight: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Abel; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: normal;\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_video et_pb_video_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Age is Just a Number: Non-Traditional Students in Higher Education\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pa8lg2FZraM?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div id=\"i4c-draggable-container\" style=\"position: fixed; z-index: 1499; width: 0px; height: 0px;\">\n<div data-reactroot=\"\" class=\"resolved\" style=\"all: initial;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_10\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_13  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_11  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<h3><span><strong>\u201c<\/strong><\/span><span><strong>It is a challenge seeing some of the generational differences.<\/strong><\/span><span><strong>\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span><strong>\u00a0 - Anne Marie Todd, Military &amp; Veterans Services student<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"i4c-dialogs-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_5  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div id=\"i4c-draggable-container\" style=\"position: fixed; z-index: 1499; width: 0px; height: 0px;\">\n<div data-reactroot=\"\" class=\"resolved\" style=\"all: initial;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_10\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_13  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_11  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<h3><span><strong>\u201c<\/strong><\/span><span><strong>I never used to walk into a classroom of 30 people and it's dead silence. They're all sitting there on their phones.<\/strong><\/span><span><strong>\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0- John Martin, Program 60 student<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"i4c-dialogs-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_6  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div id=\"i4c-draggable-container\" style=\"position: fixed; z-index: 1499; width: 0px; height: 0px;\">\n<div data-reactroot=\"\" class=\"resolved\" style=\"all: initial;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_10\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_13  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_11  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<h3><span><strong>\u201cEvery generation has to live their own history.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0- Gail Walter, Program 60 student<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"i4c-dialogs-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_7  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div id=\"i4c-draggable-container\" style=\"position: fixed; z-index: 1499; width: 0px; height: 0px;\">\n<p>eelder pe<\/p>\n<div data-reactroot=\"\" class=\"resolved\" style=\"all: initial;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_10\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_13  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_11  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<h3><span><strong>\u201c<\/strong><\/span><span><strong>This is the traditional mindset. [My friends] cannot imagine an older person my age dancing.<\/strong><\/span><span><strong>\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0- Kristine Aldemir, Program 60 student<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"i4c-dialogs-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/Program-60-copy-6bc79b3df1d47584.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Program 60 copy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/Program-60-copy-6bc79b3df1d47584-original.png 3018w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/Program-60-copy-6bc79b3df1d47584-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/Program-60-copy-6bc79b3df1d47584-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/Program-60-copy-6bc79b3df1d47584-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/Program-60-copy-6bc79b3df1d47584-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/Program-60-copy-6bc79b3df1d47584-1080x720.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/Program-60-copy-6bc79b3df1d47584-1280x853.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/Program-60-copy-6bc79b3df1d47584-980x653.png 980w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/Program-60-copy-6bc79b3df1d47584-480x320.png 480w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/Program-60-copy-6bc79b3df1d47584.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" class=\"wp-image-8175\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_8  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span>Program <\/span><span>60 enrollment trends at Ohio State show a rise in non-traditional students over the last decade with a dip during the pandemic.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small; color: #727272;\"><strong>Credit: Molly Goheen | Managing Editor for Digital Content<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/OSU-aa60697f9a2c59d8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"OSU\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/OSU-aa60697f9a2c59d8-original.jpg 3073w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/OSU-aa60697f9a2c59d8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/OSU-aa60697f9a2c59d8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/OSU-aa60697f9a2c59d8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/OSU-aa60697f9a2c59d8-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/OSU-aa60697f9a2c59d8-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/OSU-aa60697f9a2c59d8-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/OSU-aa60697f9a2c59d8-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/OSU-aa60697f9a2c59d8-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/files\/2024\/01\/OSU-aa60697f9a2c59d8.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" class=\"wp-image-8171\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_9  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Ohio State's total enrollment data, based on Fifteenth Day Enrollment Report, shows growth of non-traditional students from 2013 to 2023.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; 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color: #727272;\"><strong>Credit: Molly Goheen | Managing Editor for Digital Content<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_11  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">National Center for Education Statistics reports total fall-enrollment data in degree-granting post-secondary <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">institutions for students ages 35 and older. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">NCES projects a 10 percent increase by 2031.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; color: #727272;\"><strong>Credit: Molly Goheen | Managing Editor for Digital Content<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4202,"featured_media":8212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<div id=\"i4c-draggable-container\" style=\"position: fixed; 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