In the Great Recession's wake, many law schools across the country have experienced a rise in application volume this year, and the number of students taking the LSAT has risen 20 percent. However, Cornell Law School had an unprecedented jump of 52.5 percent in applications from last year by its Feb. 1 deadline, according to the Chronicle Online in "Cornell Law School applications surge 52.5 percent."Read More2270

Posted by Linda Abraham on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:00:48 +0000 | Permalink | Post a comment

There's been a lot of press lately on the gender gap in higher education. As of the most recent report by the American Council on Education, while men currently make up only about 43% of college enrollment, the gender gap is for the most part holding steady.

The following chart, published by Inside Higher Ed, shows the percentage of male undergraduates who are ages 24 or younger, according to race and ethnicity....Read More4262

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• Round 3 MBA Special: Save $100 on all orders over $1,000 placed by February 22, 2010. Can be used for MBA essay editing, waitlist letters, and mock interviews. Use coupon code R3100.

• In the State of the Union address, President Obama urged colleges to “get serious about cutting their own costs.” To assist in the goal of making higher education more affordable to the greatest number of students, Obama plans to increase federal support for education by 6% in 2011. Obama also supports the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act which, if passed by Congress, would eliminate bank-based federal student loans. This bill, according to the presdient, “will finally end the unwarranted taxpayer subsidies that go to banks for student loans.”A more lenient ...Read More5546

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Due to a massive snow storm The MBA Tour's Washington DC event has been cancelled. It was originally scheduled for Sunday February 7 and then postponed to Tuesday February 9. It is now cancelled.

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NYU Stern was hit particularly hard during the financial crisis, mainly because of its proximity (both in location and in interests) to NYC's Wall Street. Now, according to a recent article in BusinessWeek, Dean Peter Henry (the new NYU Stern Dean as of January 15), is working towards creating a more global educational profile with a lower dependence on investment banking....Read More3544

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