What it’s like to go back to school?as a parent
When her daughter started kindergarten, Ann Toohey enrolled at the University of Calgary as an undergraduate student. She was 40. The mom of one already had a liberal arts degree in chemistry, but after two decades of doing various jobs?in cancer research, bike-path development, fundraising and communications?Toohey realized she wanted to work in public health, improving the lives of older adults. She also liked the idea of a career track with better pay. Obtaining a bachelor of health sciences degree seemed like a step in the right direction.
After enduring an awkward year as an undergraduate student?where she was sometimes mistaken for the prof?Toohey switched to a master?s program in community health sciences and went on to earn her Ph.D., while her daughter concurrently completed elementary school and junior high. The decade Toohey spent juggling school and parenthood was worth it. She landed a job at the University of Calgary, where she manages projects at an aging centre, researching issues unique to older adults and working on initiatives that aim to improve their lives. She also earns a better salary.
Toohey is far from alone in her quest for higher education after becoming a parent. ?Student parents??defined as a subset of mature students who are 25 and older and have dependants under the age of 18 living at home?make up between 11 and 16 percent of Canadian post-secondary enrollments in degree, diploma or certificate programs. Add in general interest continuing ed...
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