Read more adult education stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/9888/adult-education.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 11:59:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/131987/colleges-launch-midnight-classes.htmlMatt Cantor<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=848413&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20111027154714' border='0' />College students are famous for burning the midnight oil; now, professors are joining them. A "handful of colleges" throughout the US are offering late-night classes for their students—particularly those with kids or late shifts at work, USA Today reports. Leading the way are community colleges where enrollment is outpacing...Some colleges have begun offering midnight classes to accommodate students' work schedules.http://www.newser.com/story/131987/colleges-launch-midnight-classes.htmlThu, 27 Oct 2011 15:47:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35753/school-offers-slot-machine-repair-course.htmlKevin Spak<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=130218&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401004519' border='0' />A Florida vocational school is helping students hit the jackpot in the lucrative world of slot machine repair. The Sheridan Technical Center recently became the first school to offer a state-approved slot repair course, the Miami Herald reports. The inaugural class of 25 students is already underway. “We try to...Slot machine repair could make a good living for students in Hollywood, Fla.http://www.newser.com/story/35753/school-offers-slot-machine-repair-course.htmlMon, 25 Aug 2008 20:08:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28887/nfl-sends-players-to-millionaires-school.htmlKevin Spak<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=108888&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401012315' border='0' />The average NFL player leaves football after 4 years. That’s enough time to make decent money—the average annual salary is about $1.7 million—but not enough to learn how to use it. So the NFL is helping out its 20-something millionaires by sending the best and brightest to...NFL players are in the (sort of) unenviable position of having a lot of money, and no experience handling it.http://www.newser.com/story/28887/nfl-sends-players-to-millionaires-school.htmlSat, 31 May 2008 18:26:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28297/prof-grapples-with-fate-teaching-dolts.htmlNick McMaster<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=107120&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401012629' border='0' />An English professor at a small US college admits that half his job is killing students' dreams—dreams that they can write, think, or even form a sentence, he writes anonymously in the Atlantic . Yet more American jobs require college credits, and his role is to force Joyce and Faulkner..."I am the man who has to lower the hammer," says one professor, who claims that half his job is stripping students of the notion that they can think clearly or cobble together coherent thoughts. http://www.newser.com/story/28297/prof-grapples-with-fate-teaching-dolts.htmlSun, 25 May 2008 13:32:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/6161/catch-the-brain-wave-of-the-future.htmlSophie Goldstein<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=20918&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401032934' border='0' />With more and more online courses available, it's possible to learn anything, anywhere. Popular Science digs up the best continuing-ed choices : University extension programs: MIT OpenCourseWare Harvard Extension School Stanford Center for Professional Developmenthttp://www.newser.com/story/6161/catch-the-brain-wave-of-the-future.htmlFri, 31 Aug 2007 09:34:00 CDT