David Britto

In her column, “Inviting Quaker pride,” two weeks ago, Dani Blum argued that Penn should continue to admit high percentages of the freshman class through the Early Decision program.

Unemployment may be due to structural problems in Philadelphia’s education system.

Last year, 43 percent of surveyed companies increased their staff sizes, a 26.5-percent increase from 2010, the report added.

Employers nationwide are expected to hire 10.2 percent more new college graduates this academic year than during 2010-2011. This trend is partially manifested at Penn, but Career Services expects high numbers of offers..

Rather than a golden ticket to a comfortable career, a law degree may no longer help some students land jobs upon graduation.

More than half of the class of 2012 obtained full-time paid internships last summer. Overall, more internship offers came during March, April and May for students in the College, Nursing and Engineering schools. Nearly half of Wharton students received offers during January and February. INTERACTIVE: Summer 2011 Internship Trends

Six groups of Wharton undergraduates and MBA students from Harvard Business School worked together to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation — a nonprofit organization that grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions.

‘SLANGuage,’ a free ESL class hosted by The Christian Association at Penn, aims to educate students about idioms and slang language that they might not learn in a more formal English language course.

While seniors scramble to secure jobs before the recruiting season ends, one particular group of students faces more difficulties than everyone else.

According to Career Services’ recently released Summer Internship Survey Reports for students in the College of Arts and Sciences, 19 percent of rising seniors took unpaid work last summer.