Many new college grads may be surprised when they enter their first interview with degree in-hand, only to be told another applicant landed the job, not because of the name of the school on their degree, but because they could communicate effectively, generate ideas, and demonstrate their skill in the field.
Thus, even with their degree in hand, second-generation immigrant males with vocational education seem not to be able to make the right contacts early on in the vocational education program, i.e. getting the right apprenticeships or internships.
Go your own way: With law degree in hand, Rogovin returned to Washington with thoughts of joining his father in private practice.
All grown up with her degree in hand, Melissa looked back on those days with her father longingly.
Antawn Jamison is convinced he is ready for pro basketball, and he will be heading to the National Basketball Association with a degree in hand.
Three years later, and with college degree in hand, she returned to teach math in Wilcox County, where Little Rock was nothing more than the name of some distant city.
With his degree in hand, Mr. Robinson moved to Elizabeth to teach music at Cleveland Middle School and joined a wedding band called the Perfect Combination.
With his degree in hand, he had hoped to begin a master's program in theology at Saint Louis University and play his final season for the Billikens on an athletic scholarship: the tuition at Saint Louis is more than $30,000 a year.
Reischauer: My advice would be to take this opportunity to get as broad an education as you can, because you'll find that the minute you walk out of Harvard Yard with your degree in hand, you will be pressured to specialize.
