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  • August 2008
    • School Offers Slot Machine Repair Course

      School Offers Slot Machine Repair Course

      (Newser) - A Florida vocational school is helping students hit the jackpot in the lucrative world of slot machine repair. The Sheridan Technical Center recently became the first school to offer a state-approved slot repair course, the Miami Herald reports. The inaugural class of 25 students is already underway. “We try to stay really relevant,” explained one school executive, “and this is such a new industry.” More »

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      casino   adult education   slot machines

  • May 2008
    • NFL Sends Players to Millionaires' School

      NFL Sends Players to Millionaires' School

      (Newser) - The average NFL player leaves football after 4 years. That’s enough time to make decent money—the average annual salary is about $1.7 million—but not enough to learn how to use it. So the NFL is helping out its 20-something millionaires by sending the best and brightest to a $10,000 business boot camp, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      NFL   entrepreneurs   adult education   business class

    • Prof Grapples With Fate: Teaching Dolts

      Prof Grapples With Fate: Teaching Dolts

      (Newser) - An English professor at a small US college admits that half his job is killing students' dreams—dreams that they can write, think, or even form a sentence, he writes anonymously in the Atlantic . Yet more American jobs require college credits, and his role is to force Joyce and Faulkner on these aspiring professionals—even if "their eyes implore: How could you do this to me? " More »

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      education   college   college tuition   career   jobs   adult education   continuing education

  • August 2007
    • Catch the Brain Wave of the Future

      Catch the Brain Wave of the Future

      (Newser) - With more and more online courses available, it's possible to learn anything, anywhere. Popular Science digs up the best continuing-ed choices : University extension programs: MIT OpenCourseWare Harvard Extension School Stanford Center for Professional Development More »

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      list   podcast   adult education   online courses   continuing education

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