Word: academicization
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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"It's an entirely different business," said Meyer. "We are not an academic institution. Our investment managers come in from outside firms and [transfer] out too."
According to an annual survey of 380 employers conducted by Michigan State University's Collegiate Employment Research Institute (CERI), employment prospects will increase by an average of 6 to 10 percent during the 2000-2001 academic year.
Students congregated at the Holmes Academic Society Thursday night to discuss their grief with each other and with University counselors.
A variety of guides, like U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges, compare institutions on the basis of reputation and resources. But guidance counselors discourage reliance on such rankings, because they feel the criteria are irrelevant and the impact on students can be demeaning. "I don't see...
--Nearly 80% of the respondents say their institution emphasizes spending significant time studying and working on academic projects, but fewer than 15% come close to meeting the standard of two hours of preparation for each hour of class time.