Many colleges and universities offer classes to older students under a variety of names like enrichment and lifelong learning. They all share a desire for a fuller “midlife transition” — give or take a few years — through CU Denver’s Change Makers program. Instructors often find that older students who show up for their classes populated by traditional undergraduates create an entirely new and enriching dynamic. Older students bring social capital to the room because they’re more experienced and perhaps come from more privileged economic backgrounds. You have to chalk it up to these nontraditional students, these older students, just embracing challenge.