RE invention online; how nontraditional education is providing a competitive.
Success › Nbr. 2010, January 2010
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RE invention online; how nontraditional education is providing a competitive.
Motivated by unexpected unemployment or a desire to distance themselves from the firing line, millions of Americans are digging deep, reevaluating and reinventing themselves these days.
So many are uncertain about the future, and it's no wonder, with businesses on the brink and workers teetering on joblessness. Job security is now a misnomer, thanks to America's tumultuous economy. Throngs of unemployed and underemployed are looking to institutions of higher learning for a leg up, but funding cuts threaten their progress. Tuition hikes at state universities, eliminated classes and lower student admission rates at less pricey community colleges, and six-month waits for government-subsidized retraining all make for a bumpy road to graduation. Adult learners often have risk factors beyond grade-point averages and SAT scores that traditional universities may consider deterrents to collegiate success. They work full time. They have children. They have too few existing college credits. They have l...See the full content of this document
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