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I am a grad student in the computer science program at George
Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, a suburb of Washington
DC.  I also work full time as a Systems Administrator at a
consulting firm in DC.  Until recently, George Mason had a good
reputation among fully-employed students because it offered most
of its graduate classes at night.  However, this spring
semester, all computer science graduate classes have been
scheduled at 4:30pm, making it very difficult if not impossible,
for fully-employed students like me.

Several fellow students and I are attempting to make our
university more sensitive to the needs of the fully-employed
student, particularly in these times of extreme competition in the
workplace when so many people are going back for advanced
degrees while they are employed.

It would help our case a great deal if we could collect examples
from around the world about how other universities have
structured programs to make them more accessible to students who
have to schedule their school around their work.  I am looking
for any sort of example that would strengthen my case that my
university needs to sit up and take fully-employed students
seriously.

It seems especially ironic to me that now that I have the money
and the motivation for advanced education, that I would be
denied my dream of a master's degree and beyond simply because
of insensitive scheduling.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Todd Wallace
twallace@gmuvax2.gmu.edu