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Berkeley Wants LSAT Alternatives

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Description:http://www.EmploymentCrossing.com A study by the UC Berkeley School of Law suggests that the LSAT is not the best test to predict success in the practice of law. The Law School Admission Test is an examination administered by the Law School Admission Council, or LSAC, to measure logical and...

UM backpedals on hiring freeze

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Description:http://www.EmploymentCrossing.com Fifty jobs at the University of Missouri campus will be spared from a system-wide hiring freeze announced this week. Chancellor Brady Deaton says the jobs not affected by the freeze include vacancies identified as high priority needs. Jobs paid for by research...

Covington Partner Heartbroken by Gay Marriage Ban

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Description:http://www.employmentcrossing.com In May, The Am Law Daily interviewed Bruce Deming, an openly gay Covington & Burling partner in San Francisco who's had three weddings -- two of which, at least at first, were recognized as legal. In May, Deming celebrated the California Supreme Court's ruling...

Education Dominates Growth in Government Jobs

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Description:The number of state and local government jobs in Iowa has increased 11 percent over the past 14 years, with the most significant increase in the education field, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report. Last year, Iowa had 182,300 full-time state and local government employees, adding more...

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Sextuplets Born to NY Couple

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Description:A New York couple spent seven years raising their only child, a son - until he was joined by sextuplets, only the second set ever born in the city. Two Girls and four boys were born earlier this month to 31-year-old Digna Carpio and her 36-year-old husband, Victor, a maintenance worker with the...

College Prices Up Again as Economy Falters

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Description:Amid the economic turmoil, students and families arent getting much relief from rising college costs, which jumped 6.4 percent this fall, according to new statitistics out Wednesday. With states aggressively cutting budgets, big increases look almost definite next year, too - if not sooner. At...

Shooting at Ark. university kills 2, wounds 1

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Description:A shooting at the University of Central Arkansas' left two students dead and a third wounded, authorities said early Monday. UCA police spokeswoman Lt. Rhonda Swindle said the gunshots were first reported at 9:19 p.m. An officer heard the shooting, which occurred near a male dormitory and behind...

Todays Kids Less Likely to Graduate Than Parents

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Description:Todays Kids Less Likely to Graduate Than Parents http://www.EmploymentCrossing.com A new report by the Education Trust child advocacy group reaches the alarming conclusion that todays children are less likely to graduate from high school than their parents were. One in four kids is still...

College Bond Can Create Jobs

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Description:www.EmploymentCrossing.com In the face of a slow economy, the Los Angeles Community College District is asking voters to approve a $3.5 billion bond measure, the largest ever floated by the nine-campus district. District officials promise voters that Measure J will generate needed jobs and...

Travelers Announces Education Initiative

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Description:Insurance firm Travelers has announced its newest Education Access Initiative partnership with Morgan State University, at the company's partners symposium in Baltimore. National trends indicate that higher percentages of students enrolled in K-12 schools will be from communities underserved by...

Board Approves New Master's Degree in GIS

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Description:www.EmploymentCrossing.com The Texas State University System Board of Regents has approved a new master's degree in applied Geographic Information Systems, and passed the proposal on to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for their approval. "We are hoping to start it in fall of '09,"...

Lack to Helm Bloomberg Multimedia Operations

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Description:Lack to Helm Bloomberg Multimedia Operations www.employmentcrossing.com Bloomberg has named Andrew Lack the new CEO of its multimedia group, responsible for the company's expanding television, interactive and radio operations. "Andy Lack is a news legend," said Bloomberg L.P. President Dan...

Japan Goes Bananas For a New Diet

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Description:Banana sales have skyrocketed in Japan this summer as many are itching to try the latest fad in dieting- a Morning Banana Diet. According to leaders of Dole Japan, a leading banana importer, over the past four months, the increase in demand for bananas has been a cause raise their imports by 25...

McGraw-Hill Construction to Release 2009 Outlook Report

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Description:EmploymentCrossing The McGraw-Hill Construction Outlook 2009 Industry Forecast and Trends Executive Conference, a mainstay for construction business planning, will take place at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC, on October 22-23. The 70th annual conference, attended by more than 400 design...

Fifth Grader Dies at Recess

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Description:Oregon 5th Grader dies in Recess Accident www.employmentcrossing.com PORTLAND -- A tragic accident has left one young boy dead from a football-related injury at Palisades Elementary School. Lake Oswego police confirm that an 11-year-old boy was playing a game of flag football during lunch...

EducationCrossing Florida News Video

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ERDAS Announces Integrated GBS

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Description:EmploymentCrossing.com ERDAS has announced the release of APOLLO 2009, a Geospatial Business System that eliminates the walls between GIS, photogrammetry and remote sensing, extending geospatial data to business applications throughout an organization. APOLLO is an enterprise platform for...

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