Internships Take on New Meaning for Graduates and Corporations

Written by Wake Forest University | 03 June 2010

With new college graduates facing one of the toughest job markets in years, internships are becoming one of the keys to getting hired in today’s economy. In many cases, universities consider internships so important that they are building endowments and offering stipends to fund students’ salaries, said Patrick Sullivan, associate director of experiential education at Wake Forest University.

Educational Researcher Devoted to “Report of the National Early Literacy Panel”

Written by American Educational Research Association (AERA) | 03 June 2010

Educational Researcher (ER) provides a significant scholarly review of Developing Early Literacy The May 2010 issue of Educational Researcher provides a significant scholarly review of Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel. Educational Researcher is one of six journals published by the American Educational Research Association. In the special issue, NELP Panel members Timothy Shanahan and Christopher J. Lonigan provide a summary of the report followed by nine peer-reviewed commentaries written by literacy scholars who examine the report and offer suggestions for where it illuminates issues and where it is lacking or ambiguous.

Olin Business School Launches Competition for Journalists

Written by Washington University in St. Louis | 27 May 2010

Part of our mission as a business school is to expand understanding among our students and the general business public about current business practices “Strategic change” is the focus of a new journalism prize that aims to raise awareness of what makes successful companies tick. The Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis announces the creation of the Olin Corporate Strategy Prize with $10,000 in honoraria for the best reporting on a significant shift in corporate strategy.

More B-Schools Need to Focus on Emerging Markets

Written by American University | 27 May 2010

In response to the changes ushered in by the rise of emerging markets like India and China (such as the pervasiveness of outsourcing of manufacturing-and-services-type work to those countries) business schools have created new courses or revised existing ones, and are offering more opportunities for undergraduates and graduates alike to study abroad in emerging market nations.