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Occupational Information Interviews
An Occupational Information Interview (also referred to as information interview or informational interview) is a meeting that you initiate with a professional in your career field. The purpose of this type of interview is to learn more about a career field that interests you, what employers are looking for in prospective employees and what a typical day is really like on the job.

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New in Higher Education:

* Appalachian State University cuts 2 graduate programs
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20110216/NEWS01/110216040/Appalachian-State-University-cuts-two-masters-degree-programs?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage

*Western Carolina University professor discusses a woman who refused to move seats 11 years before Rosa Parks
http://crosscut.com/2011/02/09/history/20620/Black-history-is-our-history/?pagejump=1

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