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...veracity, try Deadlines, written by Philadelphia Inquirer Film Critic Desmond Ryan and crammed with enough lore and craft about U.S. newspapers to qualify the reader for a diploma from the Annenberg School of Communication at Penn. Around a wheezing plot about a young investigative reporter trying to get the Big Story (a U.S. Congressman turns out to be-gasp!-corrupt), Ryan writes knowledgeably about libel law, newsroom computerization, labor disputes, inheritance taxes and galleys of other forces threatening to turn American newspapers into bland copies of one another...
...would devote at least two hours to their homework each night. Parents would agree personally to pick up report cards for their children, thus meeting the teachers. Written codes of conduct would govern student behavior. On graduation, each senior would get a voter registration card as well as a diploma...
...perhaps the most important revelation of Harvard Summer School 1963 is the striking similarity it uncovers between the oldest American college and the oldest American summer academic session: the bottom line. The same mentality which makes a Veritas diploma among the most expensive in the country can be seen throughout the 156-page document, where request for payment is a recurring theme. Twice, in fact students are offered the option of tuition via inter bank wiring (Account No. 22270045. Bank of New England. Boston Telex: MERNATINT 940191). The Best education in life is, after all, not free...
...this year's 965,000 college seniors, the largest class ever, who are having a difficult time finding work in an economy that is slowly recovering from the recession. Says Thomas C. Devlin, director of Cornell University's career center: "The American dream of getting the diploma in one hand and the job in the other has been deteriorating." Wayne Wallace, placement director at Indiana University in Bloomington, predicts, "This year is probably going to be the most difficult for college grads since World...
...seniors most in demand by corporations this year are those who majored in electrical engineering, computer science and accounting. But even a diploma in those fields does not guarantee a paycheck, as in the recent past. This year the market for engineers, once booming, is down 18% from 1982. Cutbacks by oil companies have dried up opportunities for chemical engineers. In 1970 the geology department at the University of Texas at Arlington had three graduate students and all were hired. Then students flocked to geology as the search for oil quickened. This year, with an oil glut, only...