Nursing students Amanda Bradshaw, left, and Sedina Pilav prepare to give a mock patient an electrocardiogram during an exercise on responding to chest pain while instructor Darlene Mention, in background, observes.
The recession has been good for schools like Everest University. Nimble at adjusting to the job market, schools that once scheduled classes in massage therapy and pastry arts are moving up the academic food chain to high-demand fields like nursing. But are students getting their money's worth?
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We're in the third year of a drought and Tampa Bay's biggest reservoir is running low on water. So local officials asked the state water managers to crack down. What you need to know.
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Full coverage of the crash involving Hulk Hogan's son. Nick Bollea has been in and out of jail, and has moved to Californing. His friend John Graziano remains hospitalized. In the meantime, Graziano's father, Edward, is in jail accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill his estranged wife. And, of course, there's the divorce of Nick's parents.
Wrong choices: An outbreak of teacher sex scandals
You knew the question had to come, with three female teachers arrested for on charges of having sex with students in such short order: What's going with our teachers?