Working Moms Gain Big Ground With Online Degrees
Dec 23rd, 2006
It's difficult enough being a working mom. Who could be busier? Could you imagine doing all that, AND attend traditional university classes, too? Luckily, working moms have a much better option: online degrees. And it looks like those degrees are really paying off.
According to the latest estimates from the U.S. department of labor's Bureau of Statistics, women are projected to enter the workforce at a higher percentage rate than men over the next ten years. And the fastest growth industries will be in the computer technology sector and health industry, where a college education can make a tremendous impact.
Wheeler-Farily is among the growing number of women who are advancing their careers by getting a higher education online. "It would have been impossible for me to go to a regular 'ground' college because I am a single mother and would have had to find a sitter for my four kids," recounts Wheeler-Fairly, who over the past ten years has earned three advanced degrees online in the technology field from the University of Phoenix, and is currently working towards her fourth, a PhD in organization and leadership.
As blue collar jobs transfer to lower wage nations, and as more machines replace assembly line workers and clerical work becomes computerized, women can do a great service to their careers by embarking in online studies during their children's nap-time.
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