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...Crusaders crossed the plate six times in the inning, with the biggest blow a grand slam from Courtney Nealon...
Money-back guarantees hardly seem to go with higher education. And offering them to prospective applicants during a recession sounds downright insane. But that's the sweetheart deal a community college in Michigan has started dangling to try to increase its enrollment. Beginning in May, people who take six-week courses in certain subjects will be guaranteed a job within a year - or else they'll be refunded their tuition money...
...cost for one of these six-week training courses - which don't come with a degree but rather a certificate granting qualification in a specific area - averages about...
...competitive, says Ellen Jones, the college's director of public affairs. (All must have a high school degree.) Those who are accepted can't miss any class or assignments. They have to go through employability skill training and attend job fairs, and after they complete one of the six-week training courses, they must prove that they're actively applying for jobs. (See 10 perfect jobs for the recession - and after...
...like to focus entirely on November. We're going to lose early battles, and we have lost some," he says. "We're encouraging change at the very local level - in cities, in towns." The goal, he adds, is to "create a farm team, so that four or six years from now, we have people with experience" who can mount credible campaigns themselves. (See "Will Too Many Tea Partyers Spoil the Revolution...