By Barbara Bellesi, special to AOL Jobs For every great reason people have for returning to school to finish their college degrees, their busy lives seem to offer up a discouraging excuse. While adult students often have many more family and career responsibilities than their younger counterparts do, the...

Learn how to make the most of the GI Bill By Dawn Papandrea, special to AOL Jobs People who serve in the military make so many sacrifices to protect our nation, so it's refreshing to know that at least in the educational realm, Uncle Sam does his part to say thanks. As of December 2010, the Veteran's...

by Dawn Papandrea The time has finally come – you're once again heading back to the classroom, either to finish what you started, or embark in a whole new career direction. So what should you expect this time around? After all, it's been over a decade since you took notes, crammed for an exam, or wrote...

By Dawn Papandrea, special to AOL Jobs When Rebecca Barton, mom of a 2-year-old daughter, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), she knew it would be difficult to continue working as an intensive care unit nurse because of the physical demands of the job. Even with an associate's degree, her options...

By Lori Johnston, special to AOL Jobs College can be a terrifying concept for moms trying to balance a marriage, kids, work, and day-to-day activities. But with more and more mothers taking advantage of online learning to hit the books when the kids are asleep, it is a new reality. Here are 10 tweet-style...