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Career solutions: From trades to teaching, college enrollment spikes (access required)

by Brad Carlson
Published: August 24,2009
Time posted: 1:00 am

You know a recession is bad when recently unemployed or underemployed workers enroll in your local college to study traditionally stable but low-paying fields.Andy Hanson, dean of student services at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, said the school sees stable and strong enrollment in degree programs such as teacher education and social work.“They are always ...



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