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Nontraditional students find a place at UNL
By Jill O’Brien
Staff Reporter
The difference between part-time
nontraditional students and full-time
students is day and night, according to
Bob Mathiasen, an academic advisor
at the University of Nebraska-Lin
coln.
Many part-time adult students old
er than 25 take one or two evening
classes, while the majority of full-time
adult students attend day classes,
Mathiasen said.
“For evening students the univer
sity is a small aspect of their life and
they spend about six or eight hours a
week on campus. They either aren’t
interested or don’thave the time. Peo
ple enrolled during the day are prob
ably a little more involved in campus
life. That’s the main thing I sec,” he
said.
In more ways than one, Mathiasen
represents the typical nontraditional
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At the age of 22, after acquiring his f
Bachelors of Arts degrees in Sociolo- c
gy and Psychology, he was finished c
with school, he said.
“...or so I thought,” he said. “Once t
I got working in the field, I soon c
realized if I’m going to advance any- 1
where, I need a master’s, so I started t
back to school when 1 was 30.” f
He attended the University of Ne- s
braska at Omaha part-time for six I
years before he received his master’s i
degree. Now, at 41, he assists nearly
900 students in the part-time evening <
program at the Division of Continu- t
ing Education and helps adults wade
through the process of re-entering 1
school, he said. <
Reasons why an adult re-enters
college or decides to build on a high i
school education vary, Mathiasen said. \
“Sometimes, people have cither
been working in a specific field and t
arc pretty maxed-out and may need I
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lore education to get oeyona tnat
ield or they are wanting to make a
areer change that would involve a re
ducation,” he said.
The “Handbook for the Adult Part
ime Student,” lists those reasons and
ithers that trigger a return to school,
'he book, available from the Division
if Continuing Education, was com
liled by Sue M. Scott, Lynnette Cottrell
nd Deanna Eversoll, director of
<vening Programs and Lifelong Leani
ng Services.
The authors covered many of the
:oncems shared by full-time and part
ime nontraditional students.
For instance, how can students
lalance an education with work, per
onal development, and family life?
“I’d say 90 percent of our students
n the evening programs are married
vith families,” Mathison said.
Although single when he returned
o school, Mathison wasn’t exempt
fom stress. Like many adult students,
ic held down a full-time job while
ittending classes.
“Time was a big deal,” he said.
Working full-time was a matter of
;eparating personal time from work
ng and school. A lot was trying to find
lome balance there.”
Adult students seeking a balance
:an turn to advisors or refer to the
idult student handbook. Other re
sources, in me iorm oi viueuiapcs aic
available from the Nontraditional Stu
dent Resource Center, Mathison said.
“Plus, every spring and fall the
Division of Continuing Studies has
workshops aimed at adults thinking
about coming back to the university.
We have a one-stop shopping center
here where adults can visit with repre
sentatives from all over campus.”
The workshops inform adul ts about
the System of Interactive Guidance
Admission or S1GI Plus, a computer
ized program. SIGI assesses an indi
vidual’s skills, and accesses informa
tion relevant to careers a student may
be interested in, he said.
Still, handbooks and videos don’t
always provide answers to problems
new adult students face.
James Buckly, Coordinator ofCam
pus Programs encourages nontradi
tional students to link up with the
Adult Student Network, which meets
every Friday, beginning August 26, at
the Nebraska Union from 12:15 to
1:15 p.m.
“It’s an opportunity to meet others
going through similar experiences —
juggling a spouse, kids, a job... things
younger undergrads haven’t dealt
with,” Buckley said. “Besides...it’s a
nice change of pace for older students
to sit in a room with people substan
tially closer in age.”
Student income taxed
By Sam Kepfield
Staff Reporter_
If you’re on your own now, away
from your parents for the first time,
that may mean many things — in
cluding paying taxes. So, how do
federal tax laws affect students any
way?
According to IRS Publication
No.4, Student’s Guide to Federal
Income Tax, the answer is that they
operate pretty much the same as on
other citizens, with a few differenc
es.
To begin with, if you work for
someone else, delivering pizzas, fed
eral income lax is withheld from
your check, along with state tax. If
you happen to be an enterprising
sort, and open your own pizza place
or crib sheet service, then you need
to make estimated tax payments on
your income.
You must do this if you expect to
owe $500 when you file your returns
— which are due four times a year,
in April, June, September, and Jan
uary 15. This is done on a 1040ES
form.
Is there any way to get out of
paying taxes? There is, surprisingly
enough. If you have a part-time job,
but don’t tnink vou’ll make enough
to pay any tax, then you can ask your
employer not to withhold your taxes.
However, you have to meet three
conditions—you didn’t pay any tax
last year, you don’t expect to pay any
this year, and you make more than
$600 and cannot be claimed as a
dependent by anyone. That $600
line is the magic number for deter
mining whether you need to file a
return or not. If you make less than
$600, then you don’t need to file a
1040 form.
How do you know if you’re a
dependent? Ask. If your parents, or
someone else, provides more than
half your support for the year, they
can generally claim you as a depen
dent. This support includes food,
clothing, payments on your dorm
room or apartment, tuition, medical
care, transportation or recreation.
You may have a scholarship or
fellowship to help
pay those tuition bills. You may also
nave to use it to pay taxes on the
scholarship itself. That’s right —
the part of the scholarship that you
do NOT use for tuition or other
educational expenses is subject to
being counted as income.
This does not apply to certain
types of grants, such as ROTC assis
tance benefits. Pell grants, or
Fulbright Scholarships, or scholar
ships won in a contest.
when the taxes arc due in April
and it comes time to fill out the
forms, you can take certain deduc
tions. If you are adependent, you can
make the standard deduction of $600,
or if you are not a dependent, then
the amount is $3700.
Chances are you can use the
1040EZ form. If you have any in
vestment income, over $400 of tax
able interest income, or fan self
employment income, then you have
to do the longer 1040 or 1040A
form, with the appropriate sched
ules. After you fill these out, it’s a
good idea to keep a copy of the return
and your W-2 forms for at least three
years after you filed the return, or
two years after you paid the tax,
whichever is later.
You should get all your W-2 forms
by the end of January. Although the
forms are due April 15, it’s a good
idea to send them in as soon as
possible. Taking the ten or fifteen
minutes to fill out your 1040EZ form
on February 1 wilt mean that you get
that refund before most people arc
even thinking about filling out their
forms.
If you have any more questions,
you can pick up IKS publications to
answer your questions. IRS publica
tion No. 4, No. 505, and No. 919 are
especially helpful, and they are writ
ten in plain English.
