An Educated Approach ; Free College Classes Available to the Jobless

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POVERTY is on the rise. The state unemployment rate has reached 9.7 percent. College tuition can run from $1,000 to $10,000 a year for state residents, not including room, board, books and course fees.

That means a common-sense approach to being laid off -- going back to school in order to change careers and avoid slipping into poverty -- can be out of reach for a majority of people, especially when the economy is already so bad that many have depleted their savings.

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An Educated Approach ; Free College Classes Available to the Jobless

But for a few fortunate workers, there is a solution. In the 1980s, New Jersey came up with a clever program: tuition waive...

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