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...study by the Michigan State University (MSU) Placement Services predicts a 1- to 2-pre-cent rise in the total number of college graduates hired this year and starting salary increases of up to 8 per cent...
Jack Shingleton, director of placement services at MSU, said yesterday the greater demand for college graduates results from increased hiring activity in the energy, electronics, and aerospace industries...
...added that an exact comparison is impossible because other universities grant credit on a one-for-one basis, while Harvard offers a sophomore standing package deal. Columbia University, for example, will grant a student one credit for each Advanced Placement exam he passes with a score of four or above...
William Skocpol, associate professor of Physics and a council member, said students with a 3 on their Physics Advanced Placement exams usually have a "shabby" knowledge of the basic material...
Supporting Davis's proposal, Barbara Solomon, senior lecturer in History and Literature and a council member, said yesterday she "was never convinced" that passing an Advanced Placement exam in the humanities or social sciences could substitute for a corresponding Harvard course, regardless of the score earned...