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Sagging Economy Boosts Business School Applications

Financial meltdown depresses job market but creates opportunity for financial workers to ‘rebrand’ themselves.

November 26, 2008

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Diverse Calendar

Dec. 2-3 NJ Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages/NJ Bilingual Educators 2008 Fall Institute Woodbridge Hilton Iselin, N.J. Phone: (732) 968-2224 Web: www.nabe.org Dec. 3-6 Council of Graduate Schools 48th Annual Meeting J.W. Marriott Washington, D.C. Web: www.cgsnet.org Dec. 3-7 Kaleidoscope Leadership Institute Coastline Community College Costa Mesa, Calif. E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://coastline.edu […]

November 12, 2008

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GW Wins $10 Million Contract for Language Clearinghouse

A $10 million, five-year contract has been awarded to George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition, GW has announced.

October 21, 2008

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AERA, NAEd Launch New Assessment of Education Research Doctorate Programs

For the first time a new study will examine the field of education research in United States’ graduate schools and colleges.

October 20, 2008

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Study: Ph.D. Completion Rates Vary By Gender, Race

International students, men and Whites complete their Ph.D. requirements faster than domestic, women and minority students, according to a Council of Graduate Schools study being released today.

September 8, 2008

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University of Texas Program Demystifies Graduate School for Minority Students

Through the Intellectual Entrepreneurship: Cross-Disciplinary Consortium at UT, students of diverse backgrounds are being introduced to graduate-level work.

September 3, 2008

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Report: Interest Waning Among International Students for U.S. Graduate Schools

Declining graduate school admissions rates for international students have long-term implications on American institutions of higher learning and the stability and competitiveness of the U.S. economy and work force, according to a report released Thursday by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS).

August 20, 2008

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Extra-Curricular Activities Are the Glue to Keep Students in School, Researcher says

Extra-curricular activities, the kinds of programs most likely to be cut when state budgets shrink, may well be the glue that keeps students in school, a University of California at Riverside study indicates.

July 15, 2008

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In Changing Economy, Graduate School Becoming a Necessity

Access to graduate education is an invaluable resource for this generation of Americans. For the “public good” of the nation, the U.S. government must allocate more in the way of financial support and public policy to ensure that students have access to and experience success in some form of graduate studies, a new study reports.

April 24, 2008

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Champlain College Helps Refugees Start New Lives Without Tuition Fees

When his family landed in Vermont three years ago, Rwandan refugee Jean-Luc Dushime didn’t speak English.

April 6, 2008

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Higher Education in the Land of Lincoln

Northeastern Illinois University’s ENLACE program works to increase the number of Hispanics in graduate schools in hopes that today’s students will be future faculty.

April 2, 2008

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DIVERSIFYING FACULTY IN ILLINOIS

A revamped initiative aims to increase minority faculty numbers throughout the state.

April 2, 2008