College & Education
- How to Pay for an MBA
- Lindsey Aponte, a first-year student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School, made all the right moves when it came to preparing her finances before entering the MBA program. She already kept a household bu...
- Author:Francesca Di MeglioDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- $50M Grant Will Finance Plant Research
- Collaboration of Botanists, Computer Scientists Awarded $50 Million Grant for Plant Research PHOENIX (AP) -- A collaboration of botanists and computer scientists is being awarded a $50 million federal grant to conduct research into plant biology wit...
- Author:Paul DavenportDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Mass. Appeal
- There's a lot more to Massachusetts than world-class schools and seemingly undefeatable sports franchises like the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox. From the rolling foothills of the Berkshires in the west to Boston's stately Beacon Hill and t...
- Author:Prashant GopalDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Ark. Gov Hints at Gas Tax Measure
- Arkansas Governor Says He Could Push His Own Measure Raising Severance Taxes LITTLE ROCK (AP) -- Gov. Mike Beebe said Thursday he would take his measure raising Arkansas' tax on natural gas production to voters as soon as this year if he couldn't re...
- Author:Jon GambrellDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Downtown Phoenix Gets Massive Makeover
- Super Bowl Highlights Makeover of Downtown Phoenix; Projects Include New Buildings, Light Rail PHOENIX (AP) -- Despite being the nation's fifth-largest city, Phoenix used to practically go to sleep after 5 p.m. Commuters deserted downtown high-rises...
- Author:Amanda Lee MyersDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- The Basics of MBA Budgeting
- Being shaky with personal finances is the dirty little secret of many business school students. While most would-be MBAs know corporate finance like the back of their hands, personal finance is a whole other matter for many of them. Bonnie Lack, dire...
- Author:Francesca Di MeglioDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Getting on the Fast Track To an Executive M.B.A.
- Jiye Shi, a scientist for the biopharmaceutical company UCB, travels regularly to Europe on business and didn't think he could fit an executive M.B.A. program into his globetrotting schedule. But he recently discovered a revamped program at the Univ...
- Author:Ronald AlsopDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Getting a Running Start at B-School
- Like many first-year students, Shahnaz Shushtari walked onto Cornell's Johnson School campus last fall thinking she had the right game plan for her first semester of business school. Eager to be involved in campus activities, she signed up for 15 clu...
- Author:Alison DamastDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Playing the Market
- The spirit of Gordon Gekko is alive in the halls of academia. The accomplished and the aspiring in business from all walks embark on a masters of business administration program with at least one commonality -- an appetite for financial success. Amo...
- Author:Matthew KirdahyDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- "Gap Years" Can Be Smart Move for High School Seniors
- ELAINE BARR, 19, spent several months last year feeding snakes, foxes and even a polar bear. It was all part of an internship in the wildlife department of EcoTarium, a small museum in Worcester, Mass. Her internship there was the first of thre...
- Author:Lisa ScherzerDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- With Preschool Tuition Soaring, Parents Seek Alternatives
- AS A PARENT OF a young child, you may worry that soaring college tuition costs will keep you from living out the retirement of your dreams. But have you looked at preschool prices? As many parents of 3-year-olds know all too well, the monthly tuition...
- Author:Lisa ScherzerDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- The Most Expensive Preschools
- If you're like many new parents, nothing's too good for your little genius, including $30,440 for preschool so your 4-year-old can occupy a few hours each day playing with blocks and finger painting in an organized setting. Think that's a typo? Thin...
- Author:Liz MoyerDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Finding a Good Grade School, for a Fee
- Megan Kallstrom had stellar grades, strong test scores, and sterling recommendations from her middle school teachers. But her mother, Rosemary Morgan, worried that wouldn't be enough to get her into the Marin Academy in San Rafael, Calif. The private...
- Author:Eddy RamirezDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Selling Students into Credit-Card Debt
- Citibank pitched an offer at Ohio State University that few college students would refuse: free food. The bank plastered the Columbus campus with advertisements for free sandwiches at a local haunt, Potbelly. The only catch? Students had to submit a...
- Author:Jessica Silver-GreenbergDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Putting College Within Reach for Many
- Eileen Huang sounds like a typical high-achieving student at one of the nation's top universities. Now in her second year at Yale, Huang enjoys her courses -- philosophy and psychology are among her favorite subjects -- and extracurricular pursuits t...
- Author:Sophia AsareDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
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