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...Liberties Union lawyer to fight the district attorney and reverse the court’s wrongful convictions.Though roughly half of Haney’s movies are documentaries, he felt this material was more suited to a feature film. “Because it’s based on a real-world story, because many of the characters are still alive, and because many of these issues are so important, we had to find a way to tell the inspiring and dramatically compelling truth, and to root it in authenticity,” Haney says. “So that...
John Chrin, a Lehigh University alum, says the dean of Lehigh's business school approached him late last year to find out if Chrin knew of any Wall Streeters looking for a new career. The dean wanted to expose the students to someone with real-world finance experience at a time when the financial markets seemed more confused than ever. Chrin had just completed one of the most notable acquisitions of his career, advising his firm, JPMorgan Chase, on the purchase of Bear Stearns. In mid-January, Chrin called the dean to say he had found someone: himself...
Chrin will be leaving the bank on June 15 and begin teaching full-time at Lehigh starting in the fall. "The country is in bad shape right now, and if I can help some students, that will make me feel good," says Chrin. "I can offer them a real-world perspective to what happens in the boardroom...
...lucky life. I hope I’m not jinxing myself and I don’t get hit by a car right now. [Pause] That was a waste of good beer. 8. FM: In 2002, you graduated from UCLA with a degree in Communications. Have you found any real-world uses for those boring classes you had to sit through? SBB: I think my time studying communications wasn’t mostly about a trade than it was about experiencing college, which was about self-exploration. I don’t pull out those series and things often...
...years by accrediting institutions, such as the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (for Harvard and other area institutions), are recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Beyond that, universities develop their own reputations with employers based on qualities that are perhaps the most practicable of gauges: the real-world competence of graduates. That said, the onus should be on employers to understand what each candidate will bring to a position based on their degree and school and, where they are unfamiliar with these, to do their research. While more degree standardization may make hiring a bit easier...