Tuition waivers for Encore Careers retraining
01/12/2009 - 12:47:32pm
The Community College of Allegheny County and two other colleges in the Pittsburgh area have announced they will offer tuition waivers for displaced workers. The tuition waivers apply to five high demand areas, three of them in healthcare fields: emergency medical technicians,certified nurse-aide training, and phlebotomy.
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Older Worker Demonstration Grants
01/05/2009 - 10:24:58am
From a cursory read of the full announcement, it appears that colleges are eligible for these grants. A relationship with the local Workforce Investment Board is highly recommended.
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Online PhD Degrees in Nursing Under Discussion
12/14/2007 - 09:49:54am
It came as a surprise to me when I learned that the problem (at least a big one) underlying the nursing shortage in this country is a shortage of nursing faculty to teach students interested in entering the field. A solution that came to mind immediately was the opportunity for older nurses to take up encore careers as nursing faculty in greater numbers.
The latest Chronicle of Higher Education reports the positive outcomes of a study of online Doctorates for nurses.
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