Eleven people at senior grades left the company on Thursday, with 12 recruited from outside the company into new posts.

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In one study involving African-American and white college freshmen in a predominantly white university, the intervention, delivered in the first year of college, changed the trajectory of minority students' achievement by steadily improving their grades all the way through senior year.

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Keep up your grades, key activities and achievements through your senior year, including the second half!

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"When looking at fund grades, don't overlook cost, " says John Chamberlain, senior programmer in Forbes' statistical department.

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He constantly disappointed his parents, Vietnamese immigrants, with grades that ranged from As to Fs and a 1.4 grade point average his senior year.

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