Resources for Continuing Education Students

The following list of resources can help prospective Continuing Education students make decisions about changing careers or deciding if returning to college is the right choice.

Career information for adults:

Returning to school in your 30s:

http://www.uceadirectory.org/returning30s.html

Returning to school in your 40s:

http://www.uceadirectory.org/returning40s.html

Returning to school in your 50s:

http://www.uceadirectory.org/returning50s.html

Returning to school in your 60s:

http://www.uceadirectory.org/returning60s.html
Older Adult Auditor Program (http://ceo.binghamton.edu/advising/adultauditor.php)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers a variety of online assessment tools which use your personality type, interests, educational skills and motivations:

http://web.mit.edu/hr/careers/assessment.html

Choosing a career path:

http://cdc.binghamton.edu/ugrad/career.html
http://www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca/index2.asp
http://cdc.binghamton.edu/alumni/alumniservices.html
(Alumni info is helpful for anyone. Click on "Career Decisions")

Effective studying strategies:

Improve your writing:

Critical thinking skills:

http://commhum.mccneb.edu/argument/summary.htm

BU courses can help improve your critical thinking skills, composition and research skills, as well as your skills in oral communication — and these courses may meet general education requirements!

HPE 111,
HDEV 115, HDEV 200,
ENG 115,
Harpur 104, Harpur 105, Harpur 107, Harpur 110, Rhet 246

Improve your note taking:

http://www.academictips.org/acad/literature/notetaking.html

Test taking advice:

http://esl.about.com/library/howto/httest.htm

Choosing a major:

http://cdc.binghamton.edu/ugrad/major.html

Refresher Courses:

http://continuinged.binghamton.edu

Money for after you matriculate:

Continuing Education & Outreach