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NY College Offers Freshmen $10K to Wait a Year

Nick McMaster — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:42:43 CDT

Ithaca College faced flagging enrollment last year, so it loosened admissions criteria. But that backfired: The New York school admitted 250 students more than it can accommodate this year. Even after building a temporary dorm, the college still doesn’t have room for 31 of them, so it’s making them an...

Colleges Encourage 'Gap Year' With Cash

Harry Kimball — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:28:33 CDT

Colleges around the country are making it easier for high school graduates to delay college and instead put in a year or more of public service, the Christian Science Monitor reports. More than 80 schools have partnered with AmeriCorps to give students tuition credits in exchange for such service. Others,...

Economy Sees Law Firms Defer New Hires

Harry Kimball — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:02:40 CDT

The sluggish economy has more law firms deferring offers of positions to graduating law students, Time reports. The idle young lawyers join more than 3,000 attorneys who have lost jobs since January 2008; the industry is expected to earn up to 10% less this year than last. One upside:...