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...earlier version of the May 25 FlyBy post "Graduation Robes, Explained" incorrectly stated that Harvard hoods include the trimmings based on field-of-study. According to Tara Benedict, an executive assistant in the Harvard Marshall's Office, "[Harvard's] hoods are not marked for any specific field of study.” However, for faculty graduating from other universities, the hood corresponds with the school from which they received their highest degree...
After finance and consulting, education clocked in as the third most-popular field, drawing 13.7 percent of graduates planning to enter the workforce, likely reflecting the recruiting success of programs such as Teach for America, which reported last month that 17 percent of this year’s class had applied to its two-year teaching program...
...Harvard students are having more success in the job market this year, they still report that employment is not always coming in their “dream” fields. Less than a third of students planning to work a job in finance indicated that sector as the field they would have entered if salary were not a concern. The same was true for around half of future consultants...
...plurality of Harvard seniors said they would choose to work in public service if not burdened by financial concerns, with 16.86 percent indicating it as their “dream” field, while 13.95 percent indicated their interest in the artse. Just 4 percent of seniors planning to work next year said they would actually end up in the arts. 11 percent of the class said the same of public service...
...Prize, which is annually awarded by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, is bestowed on the senior who has produced “the most outstanding imaginative work or original research in any field,” according to the Institute’s website...