Drexel University halves tuition for out-of-work grad students
McClatchy Newspapers
4/1/2009, by Anita Creamer
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Drexel University, which opened its graduate studies center on Sacramento's Capitol Mall in January, plans to cut tuition in half this fall for entering graduate students who have been laid off from their jobs. According to the graduate center's dean and chief executive ...
Stay-at-home moms find job-hunting a challenge
McClatchy Newspapers
4/1/2009, by Leslie Brody
The Record (Hackensack N.J.) (MCT) - Many mothers who planned to stay home to raise children say the recession has pushed them to work _ or hunt for work _ much sooner than expected. At playgroups, employment firms, nanny agencies, therapists' offices and online discussion forums, married women are ...
Some student-athletes' parents can no longer pay for them to play
McClatchy Newspapers
3/31/2009, by John Keilman
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - Chris Labeots' fledgling basketball career might well have been saved by an installment plan. The Hoffman Estates, Ill., 8th grader is built like a bouncer, but his game is more finesse than muscle. With high school ball in the hyper-competitive northwest suburbs less than a ...
Get what's coming to you
McClatchy Newspapers
3/31/2009, by Andrea Coombes
MarketWatch (MCT) - It may not be much solace to the 4.4 million people who've been laid off since the recession began in December 2007, but a new survey shows most companies are at least remaining generous with their severance packages. Plus, laid-off workers often can negotiate a higher payout or ...
What to say, do as you are laid off
McClatchy Newspapers
3/31/2009, by Peter St. Onge
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - It's an awful moment on both sides of the desk. There are questions with no answers, emotions with no reconciliation. But there are things you should _ and shouldn't _ do the moment you're getting laid off.
We asked employment counselor Martha Finney, author of ...
You've got the interview — now prepare for it
McClatchy Newspapers
3/31/2009, by Tony Mecia
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - In her five years as a career counselor with Central Piedmont Community College, Connie Johnston has talked with hundreds of students about their careers. She helps them find good career matches and teaches them how to perfect their resumes and nail job ...
Is overnight camp the next step?
McClatchy Newspapers
3/30/2009, by Heidi Stevens
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - If summer camp is on your radar and your child has (sniff) outgrown those early, clingy years, you may be contemplating sleep-away camp. But how do you know whether your child is ready? We asked some camp experts.
"Typically children younger than 8 are not ready," says ...
Through the Web, kids of sperm-donor dads connect with siblings
McClatchy Newspapers
3/27/2009, by Rick Montgomery
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Sitting on his mother's lap at the computer, Charlie Rusco smiled when a picture of his soul mate popped on the screen. "I call him brother," said Charlie, 8, of Jack, a younger boy he first met in 2005. "We went hiking. We played in his swimming pool. We kind of got ...
‘You don't know whose homework you're grading'
McClatchy Newspapers
3/27/2009, by Bonnie Miller Rubin and Tara Malone
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - Anyone who has ever proudly carried Junior's papier-mache heart into the science fair _ only to run into the cardiologist's kid with the medical school model _ has seen what happens when the line between parental involvement and parental take-over gets crossed. Science fair ...
Pop-up books require dexterity from reader
McClatchy Newspapers
3/26/2009, by Kim Hone-McMahan
Akron Beacon Journal (MCT) - As if dusting off invisible cobwebs, Mark Soppeland rubbed his hand across the cover of the book. Gently he eased open the cover, anticipating the magic he would discover inside. ''This is my favorite,'' said the University of Akron art professor about his and his ...
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