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Non-Traditional Student – Returning to College
With the economy in recession and heading towards depression workers feel a greater pressure to keep their job skills up to date or even learn a new trade. With rising unemployment, employers can pick and chose the workers with the best and most current skills. And these workers are able to demand a higher salary then their less educated peers. A college degree is often required for a promotion or certain management positions. The United States Bureau of Census states that a college degree can increase your lifetime earnings by more than a million dollars.
Many colleges now cater to adult students, also referred to “non-traditional students,” by offering more flexible schedules. You can now complete your degree, such as the Masters of Business Administration, by taking classes at night or even the weekends at major universities. Others options include a combination of weekend, evening and online courses to accommodate the schedules of busy parents and people all ready in the workforce.
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Am I Too Old to Go Back to School ?
The other day I was speaking to someone who had just been laid off after 26 years as a software engineer for IBM. To offer my condolences, I said “I’m so sorry. It must be hard to look for a job after all of these years.”
Much to my surprise, he replied, “Sorry? I’m not sorry at all. I waited 26 years for an excuse to change my career. I’m going back to school to pursue a degree in graphic design. A lot of my colleagues are drowning in self-pity because they think they are “too old” to go back to school or start a new career, but not me. This lay off was the swift kick I needed to do something I’m passionate about.”
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Financial Aid – Why There’s a Rise in Applicants
The downturn in the economy is seeing a very little increase in students applying for financial aid in some Community Colleges. It seems that most of the applicants are applying at the larger Universities. The line for students applying for financial aid at the larger Universities seems to be going out the door and for the larger schools this is a good thing. The Universities need as much help from the government as they can possibly get. The students that give them the most in studies and grade levels are normally the ones that are applying for financial aid grants.
It is not uncommon for the middle class average student to seek help for grants and financial aid assistance because the tuition is very high at the major Universities around the country. Many of these students come from families that have already invested a lot of money in their students education and the student is not about to drop out of school. The students that seem to stay in school usually have good grades in high school and a goal to become a professional. The goal to become a professional like a lawyer, doctor, scientist or other professions that give a long term career with a high paying salary are most desired by the middle to upper class students. The Universities are not afraid of having a lot of student loans that go unpaid by these professional seeking students. Some Universities even have what they call a “Professors Grant” that helps the best of the best students to be able to remain in school getting that degree in learning needed for that special profession.
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