Word: trended
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...acknowledgment of Arab journalists by Western institutions such as the Nieman Foundation was a new trend and an honor, she added...
Female undergraduates outnumber male undergraduates nationally, a trend that Harvard has been slow to mirror, according to a study published this month by three Harvard economists. Lee Professor of Economics Claudia Goldin, Allison Professor of Economics Lawrence F. Katz, and Dunster House resident tutor Ilyana Kuziemko, who wrote the study, said women now make up 57 percent of the national undergraduate population, compared to 39 percent in 1960. The study, titled “The Homecoming of American College Women: The Reversal of the College Gender Gap,” was published online by the National Bureau of Economic Research...
...which seems to have greeted this story at Harvard and elsewhere. Call it jealousy, call it shock, or call it entertaining; whatever the explanation, people are reacting to Viswanathan’s predicament as they would to a Yankees loss. One of the clearest examples of this trend is a post from the notoriously snappy blog “Gawker,” which comments, “Let’s just sum it all up with the obvious: isn’t it kind of awesome to see an overachieving Indian kid finally do something wrong...
...Such stories mark a broader trend of ambassadors appointed for patronage, not skills. From the Floridian property developer serving as Ambassador to Portugal to the Ohio industrialist turned Ambassador to Germany—who apparently compensated for his lack of German language skills with a $561,995 donation to the GOP—experience is no longer a prerequisite for appointment. Instead, fundraising, campaigning, and lobbying ability at home now determine who will represent America in foreign lands...
...this year, while 22.5 percent said they will hire roughly the same number of graduates. The survey is conducted three times over the course of the academic year, each time measuring employers’ hiring expectations, according Andrea J. Koncz, who conducted the survey. The results represent a growing trend in college-graduate hiring since 2003, the last time this annual survey found an expected decrease, Koncz said. “With the economy improving, many companies are finally growing, resulting in increased job openings,” she added. Employers expect to raise starting salaries by 3.7 percent...