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Money for Nothing and Interns for Free

Jon Weinberg  —  Feb 29, 2012

Jon Weinberg '13 discusses the problems with unpaid internships that also fail to meet educational standards, and argues that students should not accept this status quo.

The Berry Patch: We Are the 14 Percent

Feb 17, 2012

According to a Cornell survey, 14 percent of non-academic employees are either dissatisfied or strongly dissatisfied with their jobs. Cornell needs to step in and figure out what is making employees so unhappy and work to lower this statistic. In the meantime, however, we sent out a crack team of Berry Patch reporters to find the jobs at Cornell that will never be satisfying, no matter how hard the University tries.

Cornell Ph.D. Graduates Beat Peers Nationally in Job Hunt

Elizabeth Kussman  —  Feb 9, 2012

Students who graduate from Cornell with a Ph.D. fare slightly better in the job market than their national peers, according to numbers recently provided by Barbara Knuth, vice provost and dean of the Graduate School.

Despite National Trend, More Cornellians Work

Margaret Yoder  —  Feb 3, 2012

Despite a national decline in college students' ability to secure part-time jobs to finance the rising cost of tuition, the number of student jobs on Cornell's campus grew from approximately 7,500 in the 2007-08 academic year to 7,922 in the 2010-11 year.

On The Road

Rebecca Lee  —  Sep 7, 2011

Becky Lee discusses the tempestuousness of senior year.

A Bachelor's Degree in Beer Pong

Steven Zhang  —  Mar 8, 2011

Columnist Steven Zhang '12 weighs the costs and benefits of higher education in America. 

Institutional Sexism

Maggie Henry  —  Feb 22, 2011

Maggie Henry '14 argues that most jobs today perpetuate anti-feminist societal notions. 

Northwestern Professor Says Cornell Degree Does Not Carry Weight

Melissa Kim  —  Jan 25, 2011

In the professional world, a Cornell degree is less competive, study says.

Throw Goldman Sachs Off Campus

Tony Manfred  —  Nov 17, 2010

Sun Associate Editor Tony Manfred '11 calls for Cornell to ban Goldman Sachs recruiters from East Hill.

New Census Predicts Solar Jobs Will Increase by 26 Percent

Erika Hooker  —  Oct 18, 2010

 

The expected 26 percent growth rate is much higher than that of the U.S. economy, which is expected to grow two percent over the same period.

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