阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

    There's no one reason why women return to school. Going back to school provides private and public benefits. College graduates, generally enjoy higher salaries, ____ (employ) more consistently, and work in nicer conditions. College-educated people vote more, give more to charity, and rely ____ (little) on government support.

    Making the switch from ____ (support) to supporting oneself can be a challenge, ____often a necessary one. Financial ____ (dependent) for women is key, says Nancy Schlossberg, professor at University of Maryland. “I think ____important for women to do some direct achievement, because chances are that women will live alone in later life, either divorced ____never married.”

    To Schlossberg, education is critical in the long run. She says, “You are going to do much better than before ____ you have a good education; you are going to be happier than before on condition that you have ____ education that enables you to do what you have to do in life. The question is ____ you are ready at this time to go for it.