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NACE Survey: Better Job Market on Horizon for College Grads

The association’s survey, to which some 300 employers responded, suggested a 13 percent increase this spring in the hiring of graduating seniors.

February 17, 2011

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Report says Facebook nets $500 million investment

Social networking behemoth Facebook has raised $500 million from Goldman Sachs and a Russian investment firm in a deal that values the company at $50 billion, The New York Times reported.

January 10, 2011

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Facebook’s Goldman Deal Shows Why Tech IPOs Are So Scarce

A few months ago, I had lunch with a prominent technology venture capitalist. Like many other VC leaders, he was focused on businesses growing in China, but he was adamant that his Chinese portfolio companies not list in the U.S. — and with good reason.

January 10, 2011

African-American

For Minorities, A New ‘Digital Divide’

Some experts see a new “digital divide” emerging with Latinos and Blacks being challenged by more, not less, access to technology.

January 9, 2011

Latinx

With Dream Act Shelved, Immigrants Look to 2012

The undocumented immigrants who more than a decade ago were just teens hoping to forge a legal path to citizenship are vowing to make the Dream Act a campaign issue come 2012.

December 15, 2010

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College Counseling Runs in the Family

Inspired by their parents, some up-and-coming college admissions  counselors are joining the family business.

November 29, 2010

Students

N.J. Senator Calls for Anti-bully Law After College Suicide

Colleges should adopt a code of conduct that prohibits bullying and harassment in the wake of the suicide of a Rutgers University student whose gay sexual encounter in his dorm room was streamed online, U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg said at a town meeting on campus.

October 7, 2010

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Facebook Founder’s Story No Longer His Alone

The Harvard University dormitory where Facebook was born is a red brick and ivy-draped campus castle that, beyond just being a place to sleep and study, has long prided itself as a community of the best and the brightest.

October 5, 2010

LGBTQ+

Support, Counseling, Education Urged for Gay Youth

Support and other resources for gay young people are out there, sometimes only a click or a phone call away, but advocates said the recent suicide of Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi and other teens who were believed to have been victims of anti-gay bullying point to the need for even more widespread help.

October 4, 2010

Students

A Week Without Facebook? Pennsylvania College Tries it Out

A central Pennsylvania technological college with fewer students than many Facebook users have friends is blacking out social media for a week.

September 16, 2010

Faculty & Staff

Rutgers University Helps Entrepreneurs Revitalize Newark

Rutgers University’s Entrepreneurship Pioneers Initiative hopes to revitalize New Jersey’s urban centers by putting the school’s resources at the disposal of small businesses in the inner city.

September 9, 2010

Students

Journalism Education Undergoes Academic Discipline Makeover

Media industry changes force the nation’s journalism schools to reinvent themselves to better prepare students for the demands of the job market.

July 28, 2010