Online Journal July, 2009

Jul
19
2009

Written by:
Jimmy Connolly

Student Organization AIESEC

AIESEC is an International Association that promotes leadership for today's youth. Like Business Today, it is a not-for-profit student-run organization, and contains more than 35,000 students in over 1700 universities in 107 nations. Its Wikipedia article gives a great description about the organization and its history.

AIESEC runs a variety of student conferences throughout the world, which are very similar to BT's International and Regional Conferences. Its 61st Annual International Congress will be held this August in Malaysia. The organization also connects students with opportunities to live and work abroad. All of these events are entirely run by students and recent graduates.

Jul
9
2009

Written by:
Will Pickering

At the Crossroads of Business and Education: the South Korean Test-Prep Industry

As the internship hunt becomes increasingly difficult, many students at Princeton and its peer institutions are cashing in on the cache of their degrees by working for Kaplan, Ivy Insiders, and other test-prep companies. In South Korea, tutoring gigs can net you as much as $500,000 annually. A recent New York Times article highlighted Megastudy.net, an online test-prep company founded by one of the country's most successful tutors. Megastudy caters to students unable to afford the often prohibitive cost of private tutors, capitalizing on the country's obsession with educational achievement. With sales expected to exceed $195 million for the year and a customer base of 2.8 million, Megastudy is South Korea's fastest-growing tech company.

Check out the full article here

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