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Filed Under: Education Jobs For MBAs, MBA Jobs, US News & World Report, Weezie Mackey
Posted by: Weezie Mackey
Here’s an interesting article recently published by Menachem Wecker at the US News & World Report website about business students pursuing careers in education technology, management, and policy.
Check it out and let us know your thoughts!
Filed Under: Career Advice, Marie Bergeron, Negotiating Job Offers, Salary Negotiation
Posted by: Marie Bergeron
Question:
Hi Marie. I have an offer for a position, but the salary is a bit low, they offer only 2 weeks of vacation/personal time and the start date is a little inconvenient for me. How do I negotiate to get a more suitable outcome?Â
Sincerely,
Needing more
Marie’s Answer:
Negotiating a compensation package is always tricky, and many job seekers are reluctant to even attempt it. Here are a few tips, in general, and some specific to your particular case.
Filed Under: Career Goal Setting, Houston Chronicle, New Year's Career Resolution
Posted by: REEP/Rice News
The REEP Blog Team would like to wish you a Happy New Year and thank you for following our education blog in 2011. All of your comments and insights were greatly appreciated and we look forward to hearing your input about interesting topics that you would like us to cover in 2012.
As we embark on a new year, the Internet is full of articles about goals and resolutions. We’d like to share with you an interesting one that was recently published in the Houston Chronicle.
The original post was released on the Houston Chronicle website. Click here to view it.
Below is the full article for your convenience. Enjoy!
Filed Under: Entrepreneurship, National Youth Entrepreneurship, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
Posted by: Amanda Nicolo
A recent Huffington Post blog shared news of the National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge based out of New York City, NY. The event, hosted by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, included 31 students representing 29 businesses from across the country.
Filed Under: Atlantis space shuttle, Christopher Kraft, first African American NASA flight director, Gene Kranz, Hamilton Sunstrand, International Space Station, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Johnson Space Center, Kwatsi Alibaruho, NASA, Orbital Sciences Corp, Rice Executive MBA, Space X, United Technologies
Posted by: Mike Williams
Flight Director Kwatsi Alibaruho earned Jones School MBA while working on Atlantis mission.
By Mike Williams, Rice News staff
The original post was released on media.rice.edu. Click here to view it: http://ow.ly/5UkDr
When Kwatsi Alibaruho leaves NASA for the private sector this week with a Rice University Executive MBA in hand, he will do so with the satisfaction of a mission well accomplished.
It’s been a full year for Alibaruho, who earned his degree from Rice’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business in the spring.
Last week when Atlantis landed in Florida, the Clear Lake resident completed his task as lead flight director for NASA’s final space shuttle mission. (more…)
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Andrea Hodge is the Executive Director of the Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program (REEP) at Rice University.
