In ordinary times, a college degree goes a long way toward securing employment, even during a recession. It also offers some measure of job security: Workers with at least a college diploma are less likely to lose their jobs in down times. But college grads are now finding that a postsecondary education isn't necessarily enough.

UIC College of Nursing Now Accepting Applications for Graduate Programs (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

For those looking to go beyond a bachelor's degree in nursing studies, the University of Illinois College of Nursing offers a variety of advanced practice nursing degrees to fit any schedule.

College educated among job losers (UPI)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. workers are finding that possessing a college degree isn't enough to escape layoffs and hold onto jobs during the recession, economists say.

College Degree No Shield As More Jobs Are Slashed (Washington Post)

When Nena Razmara was laid off in November from her $70,000-a-year job with a high-end residential building supplier, she thought she would be working again by Christmas.

College football star talks hard work, life lessons with Plainfield students (MyCentralJersey.com)

Being the winning team's leading tackler in what many have called the greatest college football game ever played, emerging as one of the nation's top defensive backs for what recently has become one of the nation's most successful programs, Kyle Wilson knows all about big crowds and bright lights.