College/Unversity Finance & Business Programs Boston MA

Back to School
If you've been out of the workforce for the last five, ten, or more years to concentrate on your marriage and kids, your job skills may have become outdated, and you might be thinking about going back to school to retrain. Or maybe you've never liked your job and have been dreaming about a career U-turn. You'll find inspiration from the real-life stories about people who went back to school after their divorce, and found a new life and a more fulfilling career.
By Meg Mathur

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the median age of American men at the time of divorce from their first marriage is 33, and for women it's 31. This is a time when most people are settled in their lives -- they probably own a home, have kids, and/or have a stable career. Divorce can initiate some dramatic changes in this lifestyle, however. It makes you re-evaluate yourself and what you're doing with your life. It may have forced you to realize that the job you've had for 20 years wasn't fulfilling; you only hung on for the money and the insurance benefits for your family. Perhaps you've stayed at home all these years taking care of your children while your spouse worked, and now you have a 10-year-old university degree and no work experience to back it up.

Catherine∗ had been a teacher in Montana for two years when she moved to Chicago to be with the man she would marry. At that time, teaching jobs were scarce, s...