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...many of these veterans, the decision to attend graduate school evolves during their years of service. Equipped with a deep understanding of the public sector, formal training in the private sector becomes a logical next step. Graduate school provides a comforting answer to the “now what?” feeling experienced by recently released officers...
...jobs at major corporations or law firms, the field loses some of the brightest minds.According to Rhoda E. Schneider, general counsel of the Massachusetts Department of Education, law schools perpetuate this cycle by placing a heavy emphasis on corporate law positions. And even for students interested in the public sector, there is a tendency to turn to higher-level government positions.“In a place like Harvard Law School, it is very common for people who really care about issues affecting children and families to feel like they are swimming against the tide,” Schneider says.Bartholet...
...years, many Saint-Gilles residents have been transfixed by a central issue: immigration. In the 1960s and '70s, Saint-Gilles's agricultural sector recruited armies of foreign workers until the growth boom went bust in the early 1980s. Jobs here and across France have been in short supply ever since. Nearly 20% of Saint-Gilles's residents are jobless, and practically all of those live on state assistance. Roughly 25% of the town's population of nearly 12,000 are immigrant or first-generation French citizens--virtually all of North African origin. Most live in the Sabatot housing projects uphill...
...roots of today's intrigue date back to 1965, when Uncle Sam began guaranteeing loans to needy students and paying the interest while the borrowers were in college. Because the private sector was still leery of loaning money to kids with no credit history or collateral, the government sweetened the deal by promising lenders a specified interest rate regardless of what student borrowers pay. Add low default rates (due in part to such dire consequences as garnisheed wages and torpedoed credit ratings) as well as soaring tuitions, and--voil!--lenders are fighting one another to dole out $17 billion...
...talent and funding in states like New York make it a very attractive area for investigators just beginning research with stem cells.”Daley said he also supported the idea of a merit-based system for distributing state funding. “We have a vibrant private sector here in Massachusetts, where some of the best science is being done,” he said. “We have to remember that the most important goal in funding should be the advancement of science.”Casey said that besides pushing for state funding, Harvard...