The teacher shortage in the nation's public schooling system is a "case of wrong diagnosis and wrong prescription," said the economics department's Green Chair lecturer Thursday evening.Richard M. Ingersoll, a professor of education at the University of Pennsylvania, said the problem with teacher turnover is not retirement or increased student enrollment, but retention rates.

His data shows that most teacher hiring is done to replace those who left the field within the year of being hired.

It's just over three months away from graduation time, and thousands of college seniors nationwide are growing a little nervous. The days of campus life are numbered and beyond them lies the dark, frightening frontier of the American workforce.The process of applying for jobs is undoubtedly an intimidating one, and there is a substantial amount of pressure on these job-seekers to not only find the right job in the right profession, but also to look good while doing it.

Student seeking job opportunities in the present are looking to the past. For the first time in 15 years, openings for history professor positions in 2004-2005 exceeded the number of doctorate degrees awarded, according to Perspectives, the American Historical Association magazine.

The increase in available jobs is a result of the baby-boomer generation that created the need for more classrooms and teachers in the 1950s and 1960s, said Ken Stevens, the history department chairman.

Questions concerning relationships and the opposite sex will be answered by a panel of students today at 5 p.m. in The Main during the "She Says, He Says" event.Yvonne Giovanis, assistant director of the...

On Belle and Sebastian's new release, "The Life Pursuit," the seven-piece band from Scotland channels its instruments and voices to produce a lush album that is full of harmonies, melodies and pure pop music. The beginning of the album showcases the band's use of its instruments to make feel good music that is neither too void nor over the top. A digital beat and steady piano escort you into the first track, "Act of the Apostle Pt.1", while a shimmering, riff driven guitar greets you in "Another Sunny Day".

The science and engineering department is trying to encourage research and reward the students involved, an associate dean of the college said. Ken Morgan, associate dean of the college, said the Science and Engineering Research Center, is dedicated to encouraging more undergraduates to participate in research and discovery.

Last December, the Vision in Action initiative approved a grant that will allow SERC to fund undergraduate research for four years through three grant programs.

It has been said that you can't put a price on life. But apparently, drug maker Genentech can.

The New York Times reported Wednesday that the drug Avastin, which is produced by Genentech and is already being used in the treatment of colon cancer, could extend the lives of hundreds of thousands of people when used to treat other cancers - but at a hefty price.

According to the report, the drug would cost patients about $100,000 a year; not because of the drug's cost of production, but, as a company executive said, because of the inherent value of sustaining life.