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Is A Women's College Right For You?

| Posted 10.11.2012 | Teen
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By Alicia Thomas As your senior year of high school flies by, you’re faced with a million choices about where you want to go to college next year...

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New York Charity Educates, Empowers Children Of South Asian Working Class

New York Times | Posted 05.24.2012 | Impact
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NEW YORK–Like a number of charities in the United States, South Asian Youth Action (SAYA) seeks to help needy South Asian children, but not in some ...

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Her Ability to Connect: Lacey Tompkins Inspires

John Robinson | Posted 04.03.2012 | Impact
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John Robinson

Lacey Tompkins came to us from an impromptu meeting with Dave Kerpen at Likeable Media in New York. I read Dave's book this past summer as I was buil...

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Amanda M. Fairbanks

Barnard Panel Offers Women In Their Twenties Secrets Of Success

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 11.08.2011 | Women
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NEW YORK -- While many 20-something women embarked on their dreams of a college education when a decent-paying job was virtually guaranteed, the rules...

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13 Colleges That Will Get You A Job

Posted 10.19.2011 | College
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All colleges want their alumni to have jobs, but some schools provide more support for this than others. The Princeton Review recently named the co...

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Barnard College Commencement 2011

Sheryl Sandberg | Posted 08.13.2011 | Women
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Sheryl Sandberg

If you ask men why they succeeded, men attribute that success to themselves. Ask a woman why she did well on something, and she'll say, "I got lucky. Women need to take a page from men and own their success.

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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg: 'Men Rule The World'

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 12.06.2011 | Technology
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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg delivered the 2011 keynote address at the Barnard College commencement ceremony on Tuesday May 17. Taking the podium ...

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Are Women's Colleges Outdated?

Tom Matlack | Posted 06.08.2011 | College
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Tom Matlack

Beyond serving a destination for horny young men, I've always been skeptical about women's colleges.

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Nina Spierer -- Accountant Turned Art Activist

The Huffington Post/Her Campus | Rachel Peck | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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The following story comes courtesy of Her Campus. See more in the series here. In June, Nina Spierer -- a Barnard College Junior -- quit her job at ...

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COLUMN: The Death Of Women's History Month

The Columbia Spectator | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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The boxes that line the shelves of the Barnard Center for Research on Women's humble library are filled with colorful posters, periodicals, pamphlets,...

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Coyotes At Columbia? University Warns Students Of Wild Animals

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Forget James Franco, the hottest celebrity spotting at Columbia University is now a trio coyotes. The wild coyotes were spotted in front of the unive...

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'Half Broke Horses': Jeannette Walls Writes True Life Novel

St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Jane Henderson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Jeannette Walls' new book seems to confirm that the gene for common sense skips generations in her family. Her mother, as millions of readers learned...

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Poverty: A Discussion Among the Seven Sisters

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Martha St Jean

In the current recession far too much of the focus has fallen on the Middle Class and their woes. But what about the Lower Class? For them, this has been more of a continuation than a crisis.

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