When college students and 20-somethings talk about their childhoods, Apple products are often the mile-markers. It’s not just because many millennials are dedicated consumers. It’s partly because Apple grew up alongside them, reports the Washington Post. Twenty-somethings like myself remember being in elementary school and playing Oregon Trail on an early Macintosh with a floppy disk drive. For decades, generations of Apple computers have filled school computer labs thanks to targeted marketing and discounts for educators…
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Interim Dean of Columbia College is named in aftermath of criticism
Facing criticism in the wake of the recent resignations of two important administrators, the president of Columbia University announced on Friday the appointment of an interim dean, reports the New York Times. James Valentini, a chemistry professor and former chairman of that department, will serve as dean of Columbia College and vice president for undergraduate education, the university’s president, Lee C. Bollinger, wrote in a letter…
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