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Radcliffe College's Discovery program, which began last spring, is just one of these projects. Conceived about three years ago, the program tries to provide women who must return to the work force with the skills necessary to find lucrative employment, says Phyllis Strimling, director of the program.
The business-oriented program begins with a semester of specially structured classes designed to ease the students--ranging in age from late 20s to early 60s--back into the educational process. Discovery participants then enter Radcliffe's regular Business Management Seminars Program and work towards a certificate of advanced studies...
Under the supervision of the Radcliffe Seminar Office--in the Cronkhite Graduate Center--the Discovery program meets once a week during the spring semester. Last February, the first group of 20 women began studying communications, accounting and marketing. They also had the option of taking special writing workshops.
Because she was not encouraged to look toward a career in college, Discovery student Carol Couture says, "I got a B.A. in psych, and the degree means nothing. The program [at Radcliffe] is specifically geared toward management which is a higher paying field, and, to me, it's so applicable...
Another member of the program, Lischen Singare, says that when one becomes self-supporting, "You're trying to swim and you might sink or drown. You really do need support when you're on your own." Singare--who has two young children--has begun her own business marketing educational materials...