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...life and the kids try to fit in at private school, the series shows that social mobility isn't as easy as advertised in America and that identity is less a constant than a performance. Everybody feels like a fraud, says The Riches. Some of us just happen to earn a bigger prize...
...gives people social currency," says Walter Carl, an assistant professor of communication studies at Northeastern University. Inside access to products and the feeling that companies care about what you and your friends think are such strong motivating forces that other forms of compensation pale in comparison. BzzAgent's members earn reward points, which they can cash in for prizes like DVDs and books--yet 87% of them never...
...political bloggers,” Golis explains. “[The normal journalistic process] is reversed in our company. It has something to do with our criticizing ‘old media.’”ALWAYS THE BRIDESMAID...Despite the opportunities that blogging gave them to earn their writing gigs, many Harvard bloggers discuss the understanding gap between the younger e-generation and their elder counterparts. Often this misunderstanding leads to a disconnect between what employers understand about blogging and the actual subject matter that the Harvard bloggers are told to cover. Theodore B. Bressman...
...shape global markets from places outside of the United States. What’s more, foreign students studying in the United States must obtain a visa if they are to continue their work here after graduation. While there is a separate pool of 20,000 visas for internationals who earn advanced degrees from American universities, international college students have no recourse. Last week’s announcement sent these students scrambling to obtain other visas or make alternate post-graduate plans. After investing in these foreign students by giving them places in American universities, it is absurd to turn them...
Legacy students whose SAT scores are below the average scores of their peers earn consistently lower grade point averages in college—a phenomenon not experienced by minorities or athletes, according to the study...