<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/magazine/summer-2005/teaching-america.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Teaching for America</title><excerpt>Lessita Lorin ’05 had a lot of competition when she applied for her first job: 17,000 other brand new college graduates wanted one of the 2,900 prestigious positions. Such immense interest meant only 16 percent of the applicants — including Lessita — got hired.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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