Word: lindquist
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Experts tend to agree on just who and what put them there. Mary Lindquist, professor of math education at Columbus College in Georgia and a co-author of the report, comes down hard on teaching methods. "We have taught kids to be little calculators, but they do not know why they do what they do," she says, adding, "They don't know what numbers mean." James Vasquez, superintendent of San Antonio's Edgewood school district, where 94% of the pupils are Hispanic, blames substandard preparation for teachers. He points out that Texas, like many other states, certifies elementary teachers...
...could not have picked a more propitious time to be venturing out of ivy-covered campuses and into the workaday world. With the U.S. unemployment rate at its lowest level in 14 years, companies large and small & are hungering for fresh talent from the college ranks. According to the Lindquist-Endicott survey of placement prospects, corporate America plans to hire 10% more seniors than it took on a year ago. A piece of sheepskin is fetching a better price: accounting majors, for example, will earn average starting salaries of $23,700, about 9% better than graduates in that field earned...
...team" for Darryl Strawberry, adding to the chorus of praise that always greets the most overhyped player in the history of baseball. If Mr. Cole cares to check, he would discover that Dwight Evans had a year remarkably similar to Strawberry's--and Boston fans hardly noticed. Eric N. Lindquist...
...million to install hoods that should cut back emissions to precisely those levels. Despite these safeguards, Ernesta Barnes, EPA's Northwest regional administrator, maintains that "arsenic is toxic at any level" and Asarco's new hoods will "still result in emissions in the air." Counters Larry Lindquist, the smelter's plant manager: "We don't think cancer deaths can be related to the plant. There's been no proof that these emissions cause health problems...
...number of on-campus recruiting interviews this year is down between 20% and 30% from 1982, according to Lindquist. The University of Pennsylvania, for instance, had 800 recruiters in 1981; in 1982 there were 620, and this year only 565. If the economic recovery persists, prospects should improve in 1984, but long-range predictions for employment of college grads remain gloomy. The Federal Government's Scientific Manpower Commission predicts that in 1992 there will be 3.3 million more graduates than jobs requiring a college education...