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Kean Study Finds Age-Biased Language in Nearly 1 in 10 Job Ads
October 07, 2026
UNION, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- Kean University issued the following news release:

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Kean Study Finds Age-Biased Language in Nearly 1 in 10 Job Ads

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A job advertisement seeking a "digital native" or a "high energy" employee may communicate more than the qualities an employer values. For Kean University researcher Gata Goumou '26, those phrases were part of a study into how seemingly ordinary language can signal prefer . . .

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