Notes in the Roundup: Nuns, vets and the Va Tech shooting
The 'Real World' Skills You Acquire During the Admissions Process And those skills come in handy over and over again — whether you’re applying for college or applying for a job, or accomplishing so many other “real life” goals, like buying a house. (thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com)
A Job Search Needn’t Take a Holiday Break Many job seekers mistakenly believe that hiring halts during the holidays, but that’s simply not true. (Speakeasy - Wall Street Journal)
Nun Is Arrested for Allegedly Stealing $1.2-Million From Iona College Sister Marie E. Thornton, a former vice president for finance, is accused of misappropriating college funds over a 10-year period. (chronicle.com)
Education Department faults Va. Tech for delayed warning before Seung Hui Cho's massacre The U.S. Department of Education faulted leaders of Virginia Tech on Thursday for failing to issue a "timely warning" to the university community that might have prevented loss of life on the morning of the April 2007 shooting rampage. (feeds.washingtonpost.com)
Senator concerned about colleges' treatment of vets The chairman of the Senate education committee said Thursday he has "serious concerns" that veterans and active-duty military members are being exploited by for-profit colleges, which he says use manipulative and misleading marketing campaigns designed to boost profits rather than educate students. (USA Today)
On the Trail of Antarctica's Geological Secrets John Goodge, a professor of geological sciences at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, and Jeff Vervoort, an isotope geochemist from Washington State University, will be writing occasional posts from their research expedition in Antarctica. (scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com)
DREAM Act news: With bill stalled in Senate, what happens next? Advocates of the bill to create a path to citizenship for students and members of the military brought to the US illegally as children will have to wait – at least until next week and perhaps longer. (Christian Science Monitor)
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