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| 8/3/2007 |
Sex and Education
By DON TROOP
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...National Center for Health Statistics. Percent of Americans 20 and older who have ever had sex, by education level: All adults: 95.9% With less than a high-school education: 91.8% With a high-school education: 96.3% With more than a ...
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| 7/13/2007 |
And You Thought Your Job Was Rough
By ELIZABETH QUILL
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...But he didn't have it nearly this bad. Popular Science's list of the "bottom 10" jobs in science (July issue) include the thankless, the dangerous, and the dirty. 10. Whale-feces researcher: Scientists scoop poop to examine whale genetics. ...
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| 6/8/2007 |
Yesterday's Students vs. Today's
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...What a difference a generation makes. Key Education Resources, a student-loan company, asked high-school seniors in April about their college searches and their outlook on the future. Then their parents were asked to recall how they ...
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| 2/9/2007 |
For the Love of God, Make It Stop!
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...For the Love of God, Make It Stop! Article tools In an effort to determine the worst sound in the world, researchers at the University of Salford, in England, asked more than a million people to listen to 34 audio clips online and then ...
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| 12/8/2006 |
The Herbivore's Nirvana
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...PRIME NUMBERS The Herbivore's Nirvana Article tools The cafeteria is serving chili con carne, but you don't eat anything that once had a face. Time to consult People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' new list of the 10 most vegetarian-friendly ...
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| 11/24/2006 |
The Old College Pie
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...Hawaii have been forced to eat humble pie. On Thanksgiving, however, campus chief executives get to choose their pie. What kind, we wondered, will they be eating? Here's what they told us: article illustration Fruit (apple, apple-cranberry, ...
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| 11/3/2006 |
H2O U.
By ANNIE SHUPPY
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...Web survey of 100 students at the U. of California at Santa Barbara; other data from the Natural Resources Defense Council Send ideas to short.subjects@chronicle.com http:/chronicle.com Section: Short Subjects Volume 53, Issue 11, Page ...
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| 6/9/2006 |
Pretty Ugly Language
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...PRIME NUMBERS Pretty Ugly Language The richness of the English language is under daily assault, particularly on college campuses, where the clichés of popular culture are, like, omnipresent. To force his students to really think about ...
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| 3/31/2006 |
Spring Break Risks and Regrets, 2006
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...American Medical Association. The women overwhelmingly faulted companies that promote spring-break trips for encouraging the behavior by portraying female students partying, and 81 percent of those surveyed supported a plan to require ...
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| 2/3/2006 |
Which Object Do You Wish You Had Invented?
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...Which Object Do You Wish You Had Invented? American teenagers believe that the pencil is a mightier invention than the zipper, according the Lemelson-MIT Invention Index, a survey last fall of 1,030 adults and 500 youths. Asked what ...
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| 7/15/2005 |
University Presses Crank Out More Books
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...PRIME NUMBERS University Presses Crank Out More Books American university presses increased their output of new titles in 2004 by 6.3 percent, to 14,484, a rise powered largely by surges in biography, history, and law, according to ...
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| 3/18/2005 |
Differences of Opinion
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...Americans age 18 to 25 how their friends viewed someone with a diploma. All African- American Hispanic Asian White, non-Hispanic Most people are really impressed 32% 46% 53% 29% 27% Something they look down at 2% 7% 3% 1% 2% Just something ...
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| 10/29/2004 |
New York's Favorite Party Girls
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...Educational Housing Services Inc. asked students living in its off-campus dormitories in New York City, "Which famous sibling pair would you most want to hang out and party with?" Jessica and Ashlee Simpson 38% Nikki and Paris Hilton ...
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| 10/8/2004 |
M.B.A. Salaries Around the Globe
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...Europe and the United States than in the rest of the world. A survey of more than 300 recruiters by the career-guidance company QS TopMBA found that salaries in some parts of Asia improved in 2004. Annual pay for new M.B.A.'s in Hong ...
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| 9/17/2004 |
Campus Consumers
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...National Retail Federation, an industry group. Freshmen and juniors are the most lucrative targets for retailers, the survey found, with freshmen expecting to spend an average of $760 on electronics alone. Juniors, who may be moving ...
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| 7/2/2004 |
The Gap on Gay Marriage
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...Based on a poll of 800 students at four-year institutions, April 28-May 2, by Peter D. Hart Research Associates for the Leon & Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy. Margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. A report ...
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| 4/30/2004 |
Para Estudiantes Latinos, Stanford Is the Best, Magazine Says
By SARAH H. HENDERSON
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...Latino students also appear within the top five on U.S. News & World Report's famous ranking. But academic prowess is only part of the package for Latino students, according to Hispanic: The ranking also considers Latino enrollment ...
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| 3/5/2004 |
Where Peace Corps Finds Its Volunteers
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...Peace Corps volunteers in 2003, the most of any college or university. UW-Madison has turned out 2,601 corps members since 1961, second only to the University of California at Berkeley, which boasts 3,173 alumni members since the corps' ...
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| 1/16/2004 |
Professors Are Rated Among Most Trustworthy
By SARAH H. HENDERSON
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...PRIME NUMBERS Professors Are Rated Among Most Trustworthy A nurse, a college professor, and a congressman walk into a bar and order drinks. Most Americans would let the first two run a tab, but the politician would ...
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| 12/5/2003 |
The 5 Books Every Undergraduate Should Read
By SARAH H. HENDERSON
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...International Association of University Presidents. The survey's single question, posed by J. Michael Adams of Fairleigh Dickinson University, was this: What five books should every undergraduate read and study in order to engage in ...
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| 11/7/2003 |
Where Scientists Would Love to Work
By SARAH H. HENDERSON
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...Best Places to Work in Academia." At No. 1 on the list, Fox Chase Cancer Center, in Philadelphia, is "the most cooperative, interactive place," with "not a lot of bureaucracy," say researchers interviewed by the magazine. Fox Chase ...
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| 10/24/2003 |
Top College Destinations
By SARAH H. HENDERSON
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...Massachusetts consulting firm Collegia Inc. The creators of the index say it evaluates large, midsize, and small cities on economic variables, student population, and "lifestyle attributes" such as nightlife and cultural offerings. ...
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| 9/26/2003 |
Fewer Jobs for Journalism Grads in 2002
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...But those who found jobs were paid the same or slightly more, on average, than their counterparts in 2001. The University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication sent the survey questionnaire last year to new ...
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| 9/12/2003 |
U.S. High-School Students Increasingly See Value of College Degree
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...Association of Distinguished Americans. The report is based on a telephone survey of 1,055 high-school students age 13 to 19. Following are selected results from 2003 and 2002: May 2003 May 2002 Importance of having a college degree ...
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| 8/8/2003 |
Not Your Father's Hookup
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...Independent Women's Forum, a conservative women's group. Some of the results: Number of one-on-one dates this past academic year: Zero: 11% 1-3: 26% 4-6: 20% 7-9: 16% 10+: 26% Most common type of college date: Dinner and a movie in ...
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