June 16, 2008
... Sonia Savoulian, managing director of the University of Southern California's Lusk Center for Real Estate in Los Angeles, helps undergraduate and graduate students learn more about real estate professions and the different careers available in the industry. Savoulian said it's more difficult for undergraduate students to land their first real estate jobs at development firms, but that is the path that many USC graduates aspire to later in their careers. The developers are the visionaries; they're the ones who are guiding the projects," she said. "Students really want to have a say and have a voice in how our cities develop."...