NYT Offers Special Section On Continuing Education

Thursday’s Times included a special section devoted to continuing education. The cover story, by Steven Greenhouse, is about colleges that are tailoring their programs to help students find jobs in this economy. Cecilia Capuzzi Simon reports that students are hiring independent education consultants to help them strengthen their applications for selective colleges. An article by Phyllis Korkki also examines the expansion of course offeringsthat prepare students to face the world. An article by Jennifer Preston examines whether employers expect job candidates to be proficient with social media. Read more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/nationalspecial2/index.html