Author: jenniferw

I'm a staff writer for Metro Silicon Valley. Previously, my work has appeared in Diablo Magazine, The Daily Beast, SFgate.com, San Jose Inside, Sv411.com, Bitch Magazine, the North Bay Bohemian, East County Times, Product Design & Development Magazine, San Jose Mercury News, Nevada Business Magazine, Tracy Press, East Bay Express, Santa Cruz Good Times, Manufacturing.net, Design World, Pacific Sun, PayScale.com, InsideFacebook.com, AllFacebook.com, j. Jewish Newsweekly, Los Gatos Magazine, Thought Catalog and AOL's Patch Media, among others. I have also worked as a copywriter for various manufacturing firms.

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Harvard Offers Free Tuition to Low-Income Students

With a yearly tuition of about $65,000, a Harvard education is far out of reach for the poorest American families. That’s why the university recently announced that students from low-income families don’t have to worry about how to pay for it – they can get it for free. (Photo credit: Patricia Drury...
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Which Countries Treat Their Workers the Best?

The Human Capital Report released Tuesday by the World Economic Forum gauged 122 countries in terms of education, employment, “enabling environment” and health. It was the first report of its kind and interesting because of the way it ranked countries based on how well they treat their workers. The top region was...
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Why Do Women Choose Lower-Paying Jobs?

NPR reporter Lisa Chow majored in applied mathematics. She got her MBA. But when choosing a job, she picked one in journalism, not exactly the most lucrative option. Why do women, even the ones who earn a STEM-related degree, tend to opt for jobs with lower pay? (Photo credit: U.S. Navy /...
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Should Colleges Charge Different Tuition for Different Majors?

Reacting to to a sharp drop in state subsidies, colleges have opted for selective tuition hikes per undergraduate majors instead of equitable price increases. Does that influence how incoming students select their major? At least one analyst says that does, indeed, appear to be the case. “In the face of declining state...
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Burgernomics: America Still Tops Big Mac Index

Americans can buy more McDonald’s Big Macs per hour than workers in any other country, according to The Economist’s annual (semi-serious) index of purchasing power parity. The news comes just as the WageIndicator Foundation announces that U.S. workers earn the highest hourly wages in the world. That’s all well worth celebrating in...
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Why Are Accounting Jobs So Hard to Fill?

As the world becomes increasingly interconnected and the economy more complex, the demands of top professions have become broader and more nuanced. That’s certainly true for accounting and finance jobs, which now require so much more than rote number crunching. But that change in expectations makes it difficult for companies to fill...
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3 Promising Ideas for Immigration Reform

Those in favor of immigration reform like to talk about the value of high-skilled immigration, the kind with degrees and training and impressive work experience. But think about young Steve Jobs and how he would have appeared to immigration authorities: a college drop-out, a rebel, a hippie. Motivated, sure. But technically skilled?...