Filed in archive Career Planning
by Mark on March 31, 2005
community colleges with honors programs? Weren't they designed to be egalitarian and remedial? Well, yes, but times have changed. Look beneath the surface of these colleges and you'll find...
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Filed in archive Campus Life
by Mark on March 29, 2005
Looking for a reason NOT to attend Harvard, should your Crimson-tinted envelope this spring be a fat one? Well, it seems Harvard undergrads aren't a terribly happy bunch, at least judging by the...
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(Source: New York University)For the second straight year, New York University headed The Princeton Review's list of "dream colleges." Harvard, Stanford, Yale and Princeton rounded out...
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Filed in archive Campus Life
by Mark on March 23, 2005
Got dust? A new venture called DormAid is here to help. Started by a couple of Harvard students, DormAid (known first as DorMaid until officials nixed the moniker for sexist overtones) offers to clean...
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(Source: Harvard University)You may have noticed that Harvard has been in the news lately. Then again, maybe you haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary. Harvard is always in the news....
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Filed in archive MBA programs
by Mark on March 18, 2005
(Source: Dartmouth College)Hacking into computers to learn your admissions fate evidently isn't enough to earn you a ding from Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business. The school recently...
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For the first time in Harvard's long history, the faculty---of arts and sciences, that is---voted no confidence in its president. Larry Summers, following his well-publicized statements about...
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Filed in archive College Sports
by Mark on March 11, 2005
Today's Inside Higher Ed website features a piece I wrote called "March Madness." Yes, it's about the basketball tournament, but not as you might imagine. Here's a snippet: Every...
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Filed in archive MBA programs
by Mark on March 09, 2005
It seems a number of business school applicants couldn't wait to learn if they'd been accepted. Now they may have to wait another year to start an M.B.A. Following instructions on a...
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Filed in archive Financial Aid
by Mark on March 04, 2005
Joining rivals Harvard and Princeton, Yale has announced its commitment to eradicate financial barriers for undergraduates from low-income families. Starting next fall, the university will not require...
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Giving to U.S. colleges and universities rose by 3.4 percent last year, according to a new study by the council for Aid to Education. All told, institutions raked in about $24 billion. Here are the...
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It's no secret that today's university president is more fund raiser than philosopher king, more businessman (or woman) than academician, more lobbyist than teacher. At the same time,...
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