College Grads Changing Careers to the NYPD
The ranks of New York City’s finest are being joined by increasing numbers of refugees from other New York career sectors, notably the financial services area. Applications to the Police Academy rose 54 percent in 2008 over 2007, when there were 17,212 applicants. The wider pool of candidates has enabled the department to become [...]
Midwest Coalition of States Proposes College Credit Bank
According to the Chicago Tribune and several other news sources today, a dozen Midwestern states are studying the creation of a college-credit exchange that could make it easier for college dropouts to finally complete their degrees.
The project would create an electronic database where people could post documentation about the college credits they have earned [...]
University of Texas Announces New Bachelor’s Degree Completion Programs
The University of Texas (UT) says that millions of Texans have started college, but never completed a bachelor’s degree. The census statistics appear to back UT’s analysis up: in 2000 29% of the population had some college credits but no degree, or had made it to the associate’s level but not beyond. Commuting [...]
Colorado Working Family Man Inspired to Return to College
Today, Colorado’s Longmont Times-Call profiles a man who was inspired by his wife to trade in a lifelong career for something radically different.
Eric Olinger had been working for lumber companies for 15 years, ever since graduating high school. Times are tough all over, however, and the nation’s unemployment crisis met him with a recent [...]
Upstate South Carolina Sees Upswing in Trade School Enrollment
The recession is making a major dent on South Carolina — as employment falters, enrollment at vocational schools continues to rise, and classes are filling up fast.
“Many general education classes such as basic English and math are full,” Greenville Online reports, but more than just general education classes are affected. Veterinary technician schools and [...]
Cosmetology School Sparks Passion in Career Changers
Across the country, people are finding themselves out of work or unsatisfied with their current career. No matter the case, the result is the same: thousands upon thousands pursuing new skills and new credentials to help find something new and better. Trade schools are among the most popular back-to-school options, and among those, cosmetology schools [...]
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