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Friday, June 13, 2003
Classrooms filled with returning adults - Stephanie Armour, USA TODAY
With good jobs hard to find, many workers who never completed their studies are now heading back to school to get their degrees. They're returning to the classroom because it's hard to make the grade in this fierce job market without a diploma. But going back can also be a Herculean challenge. Workers are juggling early-morning business meetings with term papers. They're waking at the blush of dawn for online classes or attending night courses while earning paychecks during the day. Others have been laid off and are using their dwindling financial resources to finish their degrees.
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