Many career-oriented adults find that cooperative education is an ideal option. Cooperative education alternates classroom study with six months of career-related, paid work experience. Twelve colleges and universities in Connecticut offer cooperative education in nearly 60 academic fields. Your best source of help is the financial aid officer at the college you wish to attend. Your local library also may have listings of independent sources of aid that are available based on religion, ethnic group, disability, career goals or program of study.
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More and more Connecticut businesses are helping their employees continue their education. Others may bring instructors to company locations. Professional organizations and unions also sponsor credit instruction with colleges. Contact your employer, chamber of commerce or union for more information. Special grants support job training, career counseling, day care and transportation for displaced homemakers - usually women who are forced to enter the workplace because they are divorced, widowed or must support a husband who has become disabled or economically dependent.