Back to the Books ; Midcareer Grad Study Rekindles Careers
The Washington Times › August 16, 2004
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Former schoolteacher Shanna Smith saw the light two years ago while sitting in her dark, empty classroom in Louisville, Ky.
"Are you going to be in for 27 years, or can you jump off?" the now-36-year-old asked herself in a showdown with herself. "I knew I wasn't happy anymore with my job but didn't know how to get out of the situation."See the full content of this document
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Back to the Books ; Midcareer Grad Study Rekindles Careers
The answer, it turns out, came via an English doctoral program at the University of Maryland.
Graduate school, for a master's degree or a doctorate, is a big enough step for even the sharpest undergraduate. What about those who haven't set foot in a classroom for years, if not decades?That time lag mi...See the full content of this document
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