Opportunities
What Opportunities Are Available To You
It is time in this process to determine what opportunities for education and
jobs are present where you live or can relocate. You may have some great job you
would like to have. But is the training for that job available to you? And more
importantly, is the job available to you where you live? That might be a
determining factor in the career you select. If you can not relocate, the educational possibilities may be limited for
you. Me, I had to move over three hundred miles to have available to me the
educational opportunity I needed to complete college. Don't be afraid to
temporarily relocate. You can always move back to where you began if the job you
seek is there. Chances are you will move from place to place, several times in
your work career, as I have had to do.
If you seek training which is available to you where you currently live,
wonderful. Investigate the possibilities. You might also consider a commute to school. I did that too for a while. At
one time in my educational plan, I found myself commuting one hundred miles each
way three times a week for two terms. Why would I drive 12,000 miles for
education. Well I had a good job where I lived, and I was awarded a scholarship
for where I went to school. The time went by quickly. I even graduated with
honors. It can be done.
Regardless of the type of program offered where you live, investigate all
that are available. Ask around. Go to the yellow pages. Visit the employment
security office now called One Step Center. They can certainly help you find all
the available programs where you live or where you are willing to relocate.
First on your list of places to check out should be the community colleges
near you. Many technical programs are available at this post secondary level.
Articulation agreements are established with 4 year colleges so you can complete
the first two years at a community college and the last 2 years at a 4 year
school. This worked for me. 2+2 is a great way to pay less for your education,
too. Look for community colleges which may be near where you live or not too far
for a commute.
Here's more on community colleges and other references. SOURCE
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Home  About
Community Colleges
About
Community Colleges
Community
colleges are centers of educational opportunity. They are an
American invention that put publicly funded higher education at
close-to-home facilities, beginning nearly 100 years ago with Joliet
Junior College. Since then, they have been inclusive institutions
that welcome all who desire to learn, regardless of wealth, heritage, or
previous academic experience. The process of making higher education
available to the maximum number of people continues to evolve at 1,173
public and independent community colleges. When the branch campuses
of community colleges are included, the number totals about 1,600.
This
section is your resource for community college statistics, historical
information and facts:
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