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Education

Continuing Education: A Special Section
Kristen Marx, lower left, Andrea Chermayeff, Hope Tully, Arlene Houston and Erica Fitzgerald all utilized work force re-entry programs after taking time off.
Photographs by Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times; Goldman Sachs (top right)

Kristen Marx, lower left, Andrea Chermayeff, Hope Tully, Arlene Houston and Erica Fitzgerald all utilized work force re-entry programs after taking time off.

Programs to help women return to the work force after a break to care for children or aging parents are increasing in the fields of finance and law.

Continuing Education Special Section

Earning Their Stripes as Umpires and Referees

The few who make it to the big leagues or top college levels can make six-figure salaries, while others can make good part-time incomes.

Continuing Education Special Section

Culinary Schools Speed the Rise of Hopeful Chefs

For career changers looking to enter the increasingly competitive food industry, formal training is becoming the fastest and most efficient way to head a kitchen.

Continuing Education Special Section

Many Adults Falling Short of Degrees

The completion rate for people over age 24 returning to college is 61 percent. Many face financial sacrifice and academic pressure they did not anticipate.

Continuing Education Special Section

New Health Law Is Sending Many Back to School

Programs at U.C.L.A. and Columbia keep health professionals and those entering the field up to date on the issues surrounding the Affordable Care Act.

Continuing Education Special Section

A Degree Where Techie Meets Business Smarts

Young professionals in the coveted STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) are discovering they can expand their career future by getting a hybrid master’s degree.

Continuing Education Special Section

What Color Is Your Online Adult Course?

Massive Online Open Courses had more than 4.5 million students at the end of 2013.

Continuing Education Special Section

How to Profit Modestly by Moving to a Nonprofit

Colleges across the country offer programs intended to prepare unemployed corporate professionals, or those looking to make career transitions, for the expanding nonprofit sector.