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'The Chinese Are Coming'
September 28, 2009 | Inside Higher Ed
In the past few years, the number of annual applications to Charlton College from China has grown to 300 from 50 or 60 most years. "It's remarkable how the tide has shifted," said Paul Thiboutot, dean of admissions. Carleton isn't alone in seeing this increase. At Duke University, the number of undergraduate applications from China hit 500 this year, up from 175 three years ago.
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Workplace, Work Force Transformed
September 28, 2009 | Omaha World Herald/AP
Going to work may never be the same again. The Great Recession has reshaped the American workplace and work force in ways that will last years, if not longer.
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U.S. Job Seekers Exceed Openings by Record Ratio
September 27, 2009 | New York Times
Despite signs that the economy has resumed growing, unemployed Americans now confront a job market that is bleaker than ever in the current recession, and employment prospects are still getting worse.
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From Academics to Biotech: A Journey to the Supposed “Dark Side”
September 28, 2009 | Xconomy
If you had told me last year that today I would be running the offices of Accelerator Corporation I would have probably sniffed in disdain, tossed my hair, and shuffled back to my post-doc lab bench. Ah, Biotech. I don’t know about that. I felt an illicit curiosity about this dangerous thing stamped as “Business.”
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Building Interest in STEM Education
September 27, 2009 | Boston Globe
While across the rest of the nation students have been expressing a growing desire to pursue careers in STEM, here in Massachusetts that interest has been waning. And our public universities are below the national average when it comes to granting STEM-related degrees, and significantly below leading states like Minnesota and North Carolina.
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