A growing mumber of older women are going back to university. Nationwide, one-sixth of all university students are 35 years and older. The majority of these older students are women. After their childern are grown up or after a divorce, older women want to qualify for better job. The first step is often very frightening; they have to balance family life and jobs with school work. But they are proving they can keep up and compete with younger students, and that going back to university is doable.
April 06, 2006
Going Back to university
A growing mumber of older women are going back to university. Nationwide, one-sixth of all university students are 35 years and older. The majority of these older students are women. After their childern are grown up or after a divorce, older women want to qualify for better job. The first step is often very frightening; they have to balance family life and jobs with school work. But they are proving they can keep up and compete with younger students, and that going back to university is doable.
