| "The college diploma is the new high
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| | A New York healthcare program dedicated
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| school degree." That's a well-known
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| | to the training of allied health
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| statement heard in the New York City of
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| | professionals like nursing aids and
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| 2007 - and there's a lot of truth to it.
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| | dental technicians typically offers
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| However, not everyone wants - or needs -
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| | professional externships in the student's
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| to attend a four-year university to begin
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| | field of study. For example, an aspiring
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| a career. Many New Yorkers are turning to
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| | dental technician might spend hours
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| New York healthcare programs that feature
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| | assisting chair-side in a genuine New
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| rapid training time, lower tuition costs,
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| | York private dental practice - or, a
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| and a faster path from school to the work
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| | budding nursing assistant might clock in
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| force. The Mandl School, College of
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| | some hands-on work hours at the New York
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| Allied Health in New York City is one
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| | Presbyterian Hospital. This type of
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| such school that offers new alternatives
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| | experience is career-focused, and can be
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| - such as a dental technician track and
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| | put on a future job seeker's resume.
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| assistant nursing program - to the
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| | Many four-year colleges put an emphasis
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| classic college degree.
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| | on a liberal arts education. What this
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| Healthcare programs: The New York career
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| | means is that the academic programs
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| wave of the future
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| | demand exposure to many areas of human
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| America is getting older - and there are
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| | thought and achievement: science,
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| not enough workers to help her age well,
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| | mathematics, arts, languages, philosophy,
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| just yet. The upcoming wave of Boomer
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| | and so on. So, a student might leave a
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| retirements means a significant number of
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| | four-year Ivy League school knowing
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| job vacancies, and an American economy
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| | Nietzsche backwards and forwards, but he
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| that demands more skilled healthcare
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| | or she can't apply that skill to a
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| workers. And retirement isn't the whole
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| | specific career. New York healthcare
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| story: As the New York Baby Boomers reach
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| | programs that focus on allied health
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| their geriatric years, they will need
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| | careers - the catch-all term for jobs
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| skilled nursing care. As they retain more
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| | like nursing assistant, dental
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| of their natural teeth, they will need
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| | technician, and medical biller and coder
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| skilled dentists and dental technicians.
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| | - typically offer only courses that are
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| New York school programs that focus on
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| | relevant to the student's eventual
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| allied health, such as the Mandl School,
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| | career. This saves the student time, and
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| address that critical job and care gap by
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| | money. And, the hands-on skills taught in
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| offering a quick path to a career.
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| | allied health care programs can't be had
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| Higher tuition, more problems: Healthcare
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| | just by going to the library, attending
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| programs offer cost-effective
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| | lecture, or studying texts. They must be
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| alternatives to the traditional four-year
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| | practiced in real life settings before
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| system
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| | the student signs his or her first
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| Money is often a would-be student's
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| | employment contract.
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| biggest barrier to attending a New York
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| | Outsourced and right-sized: How the new
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| nursing school or M.D. program. As
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| | economy makes healthcare school programs
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| tuition soars and students increasingly
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| | necessary
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| turn to private loans to finance their
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| | The current American economy is service-
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| educations, many find school to be beyond
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| | and ideas-based, according to market
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| the reach of their financial means. An
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| | periodicals such as BusinessWeek. The
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| allied healthcare program in New York,
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| | Internet makes the exchange and purchase
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| such as the Mandl School, offers
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| | of new ideas easy, and rapid.
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| lower-cost training programs, with
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| | Unfortunately for U.S. workers, it makes
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| classes that are relevant to the specific
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| | ideas cheap, too. Some Americans remember
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| functions the student will perform on the
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| | the halcyon 1990s as a period of great
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| job. After attending a career-focused
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| | economic growth. However, many of the
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| allied health program, the newly
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| | ideas-based jobs such as computer
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| graduated student can enter the job
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| | programming and software engineering have
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| market proficient in the skills he or she
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| | since been outsourced to developing
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| will need to be a nursing assistant,
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| | countries that boast cheaper labor.
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| medical assistant, or dental technician
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| | Service jobs are here to stay, for now.
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| in New York. More importantly, the
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| | You can't telecommute a restaurant meal
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| student can begin working without onerous
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| | or a tire rotation. However, most
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| loans.
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| | service-sector jobs require no education,
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| The experience gap: Addressed by
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| | and thus, offer only menial wages. Allied
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| healthcare program internships
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| | health careers, by contrast, offer
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| New York City is a tough, competitive job
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| | significantly higher entry level wages,
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| market - witness the huge numbers of
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| | with only a short commitment to training
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| liberal arts grads working as baristas or
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| | time. As the United States economy
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| waiters. Sources as varied as the U.S.
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| | continues to evolve from the labor
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| Bureau of Labor Statistics, Penn State
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| | economy of its inception to the service
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| University, and The Guardian report that
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| | economy of today, more and more students
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| in today's job market, education - and
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| | - from Dallas to Los Angeles to New York
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| nothing but - is old hat. Employers want
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| | - choose allied healthcare school
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| demonstrable, real-world experience, too.
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| | programs to secure their working futures.
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