(Source: Amherst College) Critics might argue that elite colleges sustain, even exacerbate, racial and social inequality, but officials at these institutions see it another way. By admitting...
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Navigating through the numerous colleges that provide online classes and online college degrees these days can be confusing. Not that long ago, this wouldn't be the case since the whole idea of...
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Filed in archive Philanthropy
by Mark on May 23, 2007
My new Chronicle of Higher Education column is out this week. It discusses branding in colleges and universities--specifically, using capital campaigns to strengthen brands. Hence "brand...
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> TechSmith has heard the call of Vista lovers and announces its SnagIt software is now available for users of Microsoft Visual Studio Team System: TechSmith Corp., the world's leading...
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This week's Chronicle of Higher Education features a section devoted to the U.S. News rankings and the controversies surrounding the magazine's practices. The Chronicle reveals that private...
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(Source: Lehigh University) Call it the trickle-down theory. Because the Ivies and other top schools (e.g., Duke, Stanford, Amherst, Williams) have become almost impossible to crack, throngs of...
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Digital possibilities continue to increase as technology becomes a part of more and more people's lives. Nowhere do we see this more than in education, where the computer and the Internet are now...
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(Source: Dickinson College) In an effort to spark interest in their institutions, college admissions offices are enlisting student bloggers to "speak the truth" about life on campus. What...
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Here, courtesy of the Associated Press, is a primer on college loans. The "article" is presented in a Q&A format. It begins as such: If they haven't already, millions of seniors...
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(Source: Clark Atlanta University) Historically black colleges and universities are reaching out to another population: Latinos. According to NPR's "All Things Considered," some schools...
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(Source: Harvard University) It wasn't that long ago (1994) when Judith Rodin became the first woman to lead an Ivy League school. When Drew Faust takes over as Harvard's president in July,...
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Filed in archive MBA programs
by Mark on May 02, 2007
(Source: Duke University) Duke's in another fine mess. Seems some students at the Fuqua School of Business got caught cheating on an exam. Now they're Fuqued. From the AP: The largest...
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