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...participation among BLPers in the discussions. HBS professors sacrifice a lot to teach in the BLP, and it is great to see their efforts rewarded when students read the case studies and participate in discussions.” Terigin noted that, for many undergrads, the event represents a first in-depth look at the private sector. “I believe that participants gained a great insight into business and B-School in general,” Terigin said. Conference participant Jason Y. Shah ’11 said the conference gave him a look at the road...
...which statistical thinking is “as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write.” The relevance of mathematics to understanding contemporary policy issues, healthcare, and the modern conception of human nature is increasingly clear. Students who want an in-depth understanding of everything from behavioral economics to education policy require more than a superficial level of proficiency with numbers...
...Press and carried out by the Baltimore-based Context-Based Research Group, tracked news consumption by young adults in Houston, Silicon Valley, Philadelphia, Kansas City, Brighton, U.K. and Hyderabad, India. Researchers found that a near-constant barrage of facts and updates makes it harder for younger people to access in-depth stories than it appears to be for older generations. Indeed, many of them might find it tough sledding to get through the study's findings, presented in a 71-page report...
...networks, mobile devices, RSS, word of mouth, Web portals and search engines," according to the study findings. This glut of technological news sources has led consumers to experience an "imbalance in their news diet," specifically trouble keeping up with news stories that went on too long or were too in-depth...
...sound like we're destined for a future of sound bites and mentally stunted newsreaders, but according to Blinkoff, we shouldn't despair. The study's findings indicate that young adults still desire in-depth content and news awareness, but must sift through more data to find it. By making changes in the technological delivery system of the news, media readers both young and old will ideally be able to receive content in more practical and effective ways...