Is Going Back to School Right for You?
Continuing education has evolved from the days when it consisted mostly of less rigorous classes aimed at retirees or others looking to pursue a hobby. Those courses were were generally less academically rigorous and did not lead to a degree or a specific skill that would help in the workplace.
Today's continuing education has come to mean much more than that, according to University of Washington (UW) Continuum College Vice Provost Rovy Branon. In his job, Branon oversees a program that offers what he described as "innovative learning paths and now serves more than 50,000 students a year in Seattle and around the globe." He answered question from The Motley Fool via email.
"Modern continuing education is much more," he wrote. "Students over the age of 24 are now the majority in higher education, and their needs are different."
Source: Fool.com
