Span Plan Nontraditional Student Services offers an array of support services for nontraditional undergraduate students at Purdue University. The program, based on the belief that learning is a lifelong endeavor, provides services that positively impact the personal, academic, and career success of adult nontraditional students. Span Plan has provided guidance and support for adult nontraditional students since 1968, and is dedicated to assisting these students achieve their goals.

Span Plan provides services to nontraditional students who meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Parent, pregnant, or legal guardian
• Married or in a domestic partnership
• Financially emancipated
• Coming back to school from a 2+ year break in formal education