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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: adult education

adult education stories: 4 news summaries

 School Offers
 Slot Machine
 Repair Course

Envisions bright future for graduates

Aug 25, 08 8:08 PM CDT
(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... More »

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casino • adult education • slot machines

NFL Sends Players to Millionaires' School

Non-stars prep for second careers

May 31, 08 6:26 PM CDT
(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... More »

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entrepreneurs • NFL • adult education • business class

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 Prof Grapples With
 Fate: Teaching Dolts 

'I am the man who has to lower the hammer,' he admits

May 25, 08 1:32 PM CDT
(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... More »

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education • college • continuing education • adult education • college tuition • job • career

Catch the
Brain Wave
of the Future

Smarten up with the top destinations for online learning

Aug 31, 07 9:34 AM CDT
(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 • online courses • continuing education • adult education

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