Laid off U.S. workers seek future in college

With the struggling economy, it is obvious that finding a job in the open market is a lot tougher than it has been in the past. No longer can someone rely upon simply holding a bachelor's degree or sometimes even an upper graduate degree to get in the field of their choice. I found this article interesting because it highlights the increased desire to go back to college to acquire more education and build up a better knowledge base of information and change into a field more appropriate to their financial and career goals. Even still, I see it very difficult for adult workers to be going back to community colleges to get secondary degrees because not only do they have to continue to do their school work, but they also have work on the side just to keep themselves afloat. I appreciate the fact that people are trying to better themselves and I feel for them given the state of the economy. It just serves as a lesson to me that opening yourself up to new ideas and opportunities while you are young and able to do so may be better for you in the long run if the economy ever turns like this again.