Liberal arts edge in job market debated by experts
As fall term begins, engineers draw enrollments while liberal arts students focus on marketable skills. Carnegie Mellon and Cornell educators urge writing, persuasive communications, and courses in computer science, statistics, economics, and languages to boost employability. They advocate double majors and basic science courses, plus accounting, to avoid being outpaced by technical fields.
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New York
Engineering
John P. Crecine
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Carnegie-Mellon University
Crecine
Europe
Edward T. Lewis
Graduate School of Business and Public Administration
Cornell University
Lewis
Graduate Management Admission Council
New York Chemical Bank to offer home banking by computer
Chemical Bank, a leading New York bank, will roll out Pronto, a home banking service that lets customers monitor checking, manage budgets, transfer funds, and pay bills via a home computer, modem, and viewing TV screen. Initial access for 2,000 to 3,000 checking customers requires Atari hardware, with equipment under $500 and monthly fees of 8 to 10 dollars plus local calls. The plan may expand to other banks and computer types as Farnsworth notes.
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New York
Chemical
Mark Plakins
Link Resources Corp
Atari
Capitol Federal
Capitol Federal Savings
Kansas Financial
Kansas
Alliance the AMC Renault hybrid car aims to put France on the American map
The Alliance is an AMC Renault joint venture built in Kenosha Wisconsin with Franco-American roots. Marketing favors Renault branding while AMC supplies labor and homegrown design. The front wheel drive four door sedan seats five, weighs 1945 pounds and uses a 1.4 liter four engine. Manual models offer sharper response and better mileage than the automatic. The government will rate fuel economy at about 37 city and 52 highway, aiming for the highest corporate average in the country.
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New York
Renault
American Motors
France
Alliance
W. Paul Tippett
AMC
Housing Secretary sees lower HUD mortgage rate ceiling
Housing Secretary Samuel R Pierce Jr says the interest rate ceiling for federally backed home mortgages could fall to around 13 percent after a four week overseas trip. He cited a planned proposal with Japanese businessmen to aid the U S housing industry and noted the government already lowered from 15 to 14 percent. He predicted a further decline by a point or half point soon. Consumers added 570 million in installment debt in July, the smallest gain since February as auto loan demand lagged.
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Washington
Samuel R. Pierce Jr
Pierce
U.S
Reagan
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Federal Reserve Board
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N.Y
Times News Service
Ings
Liberal
Weer
Bryn Mawr
N.Y. Times News Service
William B. Cornfield
Home Information Services
John A. Farnsworth
United States
Marshall Schuon
America
Tippett
Franco-American Motors
Kenosha
Wis
American Motors Corp
Rade Shack
Tandy Corporation
Radio Shack
PRI
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