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A Midlifer’s Guide to College: Why Go Back to School?

A Midlifer’s Guide to College: Why Go Back to School?

by | Jan 22, 2025 | , , | 1 |

For over a year, I ran the idea of going back to school past friends. It would take me eight years if I went part-time. By the time I earned my BA I’d be 51 years old, I’d accrue years of debt and there’d be no guarantee on the other side of finding a job I loved that paid well. “You don’t need it,” they’d say. “You’re already in the industry.” 

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