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Pew: Mostly white college grads better weathered recession
Mostly white college graduates did a better job of weathering the recession than their disproportionately minority peers who possessed just a high school diploma or an associate degree, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Pew Charitable Trusts Economic Mobility Project. “Even under the pressures of the most recent economic downturn, a four-year college degree provided protection in the…
College graduates play game of high risk and high reward in struggling economy
Katherine Trujillo, 23, was thrilled the week that she talked to Raw Story. Though she walked in the graduation ceremony last May from the University of California at Berkeley, the stress of looking for a job since then plagued her with constant stomach pain, but that struggle finally came to…
New website seeks to ‘crowd fund’ college grad startups
SAN FRANCISCO — A former Google executive on Wednesday opened an online venue where college graduates with dreams of starting companies can be matched with investors and mentors. Recent and soon-to-be graduates are invited to pitch entrepreneurial ideas at Upstart.com, which one-time Google Enterprise president Dave Girouard created as way…
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