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Business Schools Breaking Enrollment Records
BusinessWeek magazine has a story this week on the overwhelming, and surprising, applications to business schools across the nation this year. Admissions directors at most schools were expecting a drop off in enrollment due to three factors. In recent years the MBA has lost some of its luster on job applications because of [...]
University of Arizona Retools MBA Program
Continuing education has become a primary choice for many college graduates who have lost jobs or topped out on their opportunities for advancement. The average age for new college students today is around twenty five years, reinforcing the perception of a significant movement among professionals to upgrade their credentials.
The University of Arizona [...]
Harvard Announces New Educational Doctorate Experiment
The Boston Globe’s online publication Boston.com is carrying a story on Harvard University’s innovative new doctoral degree in education. It is an Ed.L.D. (as opposed to a PhD): a program that is meant to provide the skills for actual management careers in education administration rather than the knowledge and abilities to teach and conduct [...]
Asian-American Community Takes Fashion World By Storm
There is an interesting phenomenon taking hold in the fashion world right now. Young Asian-Americans have long been stereotyped as fast-tracking it into science and medicine careers; now, however, an unprecedented number are making names for themselves in fashion. Yesterday, Ray A. Smith of the Wall Street Journal profiled the phenomenon.
It starts with Thakoon [...]
Liberal Arts Graduates Thriving in a Business World
The eternal college major question: do I follow my interests and risk employment hardships, or do I put my dreams on hold for a tedious degree that will net a lucrative career? It’s a worry that has troubled future college students for centuries, and many times the decision rests between the disparate worlds of the [...]
Recent Business School Study Links Financial Crisis to Hormones
Our nation’s current deficit may be due to a number of factors, but what do hormones have to do with anything? Potentially a lot. A recent study of prestigious Chicago area business schools suggests that testosterone levels have a major impact on a person’s predisposition toward taking risks.
The study in question was published today [...]
GI Jobs Releases Military Friendly Colleges List for 2010
It’s that time of year again: the 2010 List of Military Friendly Schools has been announced!
The list is put out by GI Jobs magazine, a leader in the world of military education and post-military employment, and honors the 15% of the country’s colleges and universities that do the most to welcome military veterans and enhance [...]
Arizona State University MBA Program: Students Wanted
Arizona State University is on a mission, and it is looking for help around town. Their W.P. Carey School of Business is looking for new students to join a potential new MBA program, and according to The Arizona Republic, the school is looking for all the local help that it can get.
According to the article, [...]
Education Pioneer Stanley Kaplan, 90, Dies of Heart Ailment
Today’s Detroit News carries an obituary on Stanley Kaplan, a man who founded one of the nation’s premier private education companies. He began his career in the education profession in 1938 when he opened a tutoring business in the basement of his parents’ house. He had hoped to attend medical school, but had [...]
United States Colleges Continue to Support Green Living
As we continue to approach the beginning of a new school year, it is growing more and more apparent that the trend towards going green is still on the rise. In fact, according to Reuters, many schools as a whole are working hard to lower their environmental impact.
It’s happening at colleges and universities across [...]
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