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Heading back to college, this time to learn a trade

July 8, 2007/

Upending one role that community and technical colleges used to take, students with four-year degrees are using them to get jobs.

What these grads find are one- and two-year programs that qualify them for living-wage jobs such as nursing, graphic arts, home remodeling and repairs, and IT and paralegal work.

By H.J. Cummins

Minneapolis) Star Tribune

Full Story: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003779245_tradeschool08.html

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