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Saturday, July 05, 2008                  
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Golfing in Retirement


“MBAs graduating in a post-Enron, post-WorldCom world have a strong preference for the companies with the best reputations. Recruiters of top talent will need to offer more than just generous compensation and ample opportunity.”

Paul Taaffe
Chairman and CEO, Hill & Knowlton
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Bill Losey 
Bill Losey
CEO and founder
MyRetirementSuccess.com
With pointers for higher education employees planning retirement.
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University of Iowa looks to the past for dealing with disaster recovery
Jonathan Liebman
They've been underwater before.  Prior experience helped them deal capably with a mammoth disaster today.  

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Akash Agarwal
Akash Agarwal
Founder & CEO
GreenNote
He’s applying the concepts of micro-finance to student lending.  
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U.S. international medical graduates face bumpy road
Part 1 of a series
Susan Feinberg
Surprisingly little is known about U.S. international medical graduates (US IMGs) – students who study in medical schools other than in this country and Canada.  But their numbers are rising.

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Brian Gurr
Brian Gurr
Biofuels expert
Conservation International
Are we close to mastery of biofuels? Brian Gurr is an expert.  
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Consumer driven re-engineering on campus
There is also a Democratic imperative
Bill Coplin
Today students are gaining more power in their dealings with faculty and administrators. As a result, all higher educational institutions are undergoing "consumer driven re-engineering" to some extent.

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Recruiting and retaining Asian American and Pacific Islanders
Part 2 of a series
Tom Robinson
To separate myths from reality, you must know which is which.  A report from the National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE) is helpful. 
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Summer reading list for grown-ups
Need a book to read at the beach or the lake? Professors at Boston University recommend the following books for some good summer reading.

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Two retention tools
A.G. Gancarski
Surveys and summer engagement can be attrition killers.

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Amazon's Kindle is a small step toward e-books
Elliott Masie
We are so close, yet so far away, from the reality of a fully electronic book. Amazon, a giant in on-line book ordering, just took another step toward the e-book. 
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Institutes & Research
81 percent of employers say volunteer work qualifies as relevant experience for a recent graduate, reports CareerBuilder.com. 28 percent consider managing activities for sororities or fraternities as relevant, and 19 percent say involvement in sports activities qualifies.

Student Loans
MyRichUncle will not offer federal loans for 2008-09, reports Student Lending Analytics.

Shakers & Movers
James Mullen will be president of Allegheny College starting August 1. Previously, he was president of Elms College. Walter Breau, vice president of academic affairs, will serve as interim president at Elms. The search committee hopes to have a new president chosen by December.

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Events Calendar
AACRAO Identity Management Workshop
Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel - Baltimore, MD, $599 for a team of two

Interactive Recruiting Redefined: Online, In Print and In Person
Boston Marriott Newton, Boston, MA, $350

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