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Yale's business school has surpassed Harvard Business School in placing their students in full-time jobs within three months of graduation. It now stands at number one among the country's business schools. Penn's Wharton School, however, has suffered more, with only 83 percent of graduates securing full-time jobs, as opposed to 95 percent for the graduating years from...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: Around the Ivies Plus | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

Preliminary results announced Tuesday night predicted that incumbent Larry W. Ward and challenger Edward J. Sullivan had won seats on the Council. However, after the remaining 22 percent of ballots, including all the write in ballots, were counted, Vice Mayor Sam Seidel and Decker secured spots, while Ward and Sullivan...

Author: By Sarah J. Howland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Asian-American Elected to Council | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...Cambridge Election Commission announced nine unofficial City Council winners near midnight Tuesday, but the then-uncounted 22 percent of the votes may overturn those preliminary results...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: City Council Race Nears Conclusion | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

Payack said that Harvard and other elite universities’ rankings may have dropped this year because of the country’s economic struggles. The University’s endowment dropped 27.3 percent during the last fiscal year...

Author: By Kristen L. Cronon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard's Image Declines | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...Army has been spending about $22,000 per recruit in enlistment bonuses ... Even with a high school degree, many potential recruits still fail the Armed Forces Qualification Test (the AFQT) and cannot join. The test is used by the military to determine math and reading skills. About 30 percent of potential recruits with a high school degree take the test and fail it. ... Even when recruits qualify, health problems can cause significant deployment and expense problems later; for example, 20 percent of the Army's reservists arrived at mobilization sites with dental conditions that made them non-deployable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Military Recruiting: The Kids Aren't All Right | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

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