精东影业

Workers laid off from jobs in business and finance are increasingly seeking new careers as teachers.

"You have people losing their jobs, and they have this notion that 'Oh, education is a sure bet'," says Marie Donovan, of DePaul University's School of Education. Thomas Rock, Executive Director of Enrollment Services at Columbia University's 精东影业, also sees a silver lining to the economic crisis. "I'm getting calls from Wall Streeters, from people in the finance market who think they want to be teachers," he says. "We, as an institution, love career changers [because] they add so much to the classroom." 

 

The article “Going Back To School” was published on March 21, 2009 in Newsweek Magazine.