It's Never Too Late To Graduate! – Inspiring Stories of Success and Advice by Older Students
It’s Never Too Late To Graduate! is a collection of eighteen interviews from students who returned to school after the traditional age, most of them in order to pursue their academic dreams. They range in age from 27 to 90! Some had to put college “on the back burner” in order to raise a family. Some had never given up on a particular occupation, and their dream never left them. Others had a degree, but wanted to step up to an advanced degree in order to compete in the job market with younger graduates who were earning better salaries.
Their backgrounds and stories are varied, and there were many surprises for them when they went back to school. All of them found studying easier than when they were younger. For those attending college for the first time, The book’s chapters also include investigating careers, and what college or program is the right one for them. There are chapters on admission requirements for senior students, financial aid and state supported scholarships for seniors, application preparation, identifying their support system, modern technology and online classes, tips for making the college experience easier, interacting with younger students, and best of all, wonderful inspiring and encouraging stories and advice from the students who were interviewed.
The book is also helpful for high school seniors who are applying to college. They are having to navigate the same steps that older students do. An effort has been made to include male and female students and various ethnicities. The author returned to school at the age of 42, to attend a small community college and get an Associate degree Sciences.
About Lynne Barfield Byrd (Atlanta, Georgia Author)
Lynne Barfield Byrd is an Atlanta Native, and has spent her whole life in Atlanta. She went to Morningside School in the Virginia Highlands area, Grady High School, and has four different degrees, two from GSU in Dunwoody, Ga. (English and Science), a B.A. in Anthropology from GSU in downtown Atlanta, and a Master's in Heritage Preservation.
Being a Georgia Peach is an honor and a privilege that she holds dear, and considers it a state of mind and an attitude. She has used her Master's in Historic Preservation to place three historic homes in Dunwoody on the National Registry of Historic Homes.
Her other major interest is getting the word out to senior citizens about returning to school. She has written "It's Never Too Late to Graduate, "The Sweetness and the Pits" (Remembrances of a Georgia Peach", and was co-author with Joyce Amacher on "The Story of Dunwoody," 1975-2001, part of the larger version of "The Story of Dunwoody,: 1821-2001
