The Empty Nest Scholar
Some find scholastic motivation once their children are grown. Just take it from Beverly Simon. She started her master's degree when her daughter and son were in high school. At the time, the easiest option was to pursue a traditional route by attending night classes at Fairleigh Dickinson University (Teaneck, NJ). After all, she needed to keep her job as a teacher of computer science at Middlesex County College (Edison, NJ), and remain involved in her teens' lives. "I got very little sleep." Staying up until 4 a.m. and going to work at 7 a.m. was the norm, she recalls.