The Hechinger Report – Matt Krupnick
“Liliana Ibarra’s bachelor’s degree in business administration from Washington State University couldn’t save her from the unemployment line. Now she’s banking on the idea that something else can: community college. Ibarra is back in a classroom, but this time it’s at Skagit Valley College, about an hour north of Seattle. She expects to receive an associate degree in accounting in June, and use it to start her own company. “When this opportunity came up I was really excited,” said Ibarra, 41, a mother of two in Mount Vernon, Washington. She enrolled at Skagit Valley just two months after leaving the failed mortgage lender where she worked, and knows there’s a strong demand for accountants and bookkeepers.”(more)