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Business Schools to Suspected GMAT Cheaters: ‘Show Me Your Palms’
24 July 08 04:50 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To help prevent students from cheating on the Graduate Management Admission Test —the standardized test that many MBA programs require for admission to graduate school — the nation’s top business schools are going high-tech. As early as this fall, schools Read More...

Filed under: cheating scandal, college loans, fraudsters, Fujitsu, GMAT Cheating, Graduate Management Admission Test, graduate school, MBA programs, NextStudent, palm vein scan, Scoretop, student loans

U.S. Reinstates 7 Fulbright Grants to Students in Gaza, Future of Other Students Accepted Abroad Uncertain
13 June 08 02:45 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The U.S. Department of State recently reinstated seven Fulbright Grants awarded to Palestinian students after withdrawing the awards when the students were denied permission to leave Gaza, according to an article in the Jerusalem Post (“ State Tells Court Read More...

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New Senator at the Helm of Higher Education Act Negotiations
03 June 08 04:13 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Sen. Barbara Mikulski , D-Md., will “pinch hit” for Sen. Edward Kennedy , D-Mass. — the chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions who is recovering from surgery to treat a malignant brain tumor — in Senate and House negotiations Read More...

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Drexel University to Open Graduate Studies Program in California
03 June 08 02:14 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Pennsylvania–based Drexel University is planning to establish a graduate studies center and perhaps a “full-blown bi-coastal university” in California after receiving a 1,100-acre land offer just north of Sacramento from a group of real estate developers, Read More...

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Schools Standardize Graduate Tuition for Ph.D. Programs
15 May 08 02:47 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To adapt to the changes in interdisciplinary Ph.D. education, both Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania are standardizing their graduate-level tuition rates across the schools’ individual colleges, according to an article in Inside Higher Read More...

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Cornell Medical School in Qatar Makes History with Inaugural Class
09 May 08 04:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Cornell University’s medical school in Qatar graduated its inaugural class on May 8, marking the first time a U.S.-based medical school has awarded degrees outside the United States. Read More...

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Commencement Speakers to Remain Upbeat Despite Slowed Economy
01 May 08 02:36 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

This year’s MBA graduates will be seeing a sluggish economy and perhaps even bleak job prospects. Yet many high-profile business leaders returning to their alma maters as commencement speakers are expected to remain upbeat in their remarks to students, Read More...

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MBAs Want to “Make a Difference,” but Say Pay Is More Important
23 April 08 04:46 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Today’s MBA students aren’t just out for money — 25 percent of them claim they’re looking for a job that will allow them to impact or contribute to society, writes Kelly Bronk of BusinessWeek about a recent survey by The Aspen Institute (“ The Do-Good Read More...

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Not Your Cookie-Baking Grandma, 94-Year-Old Aussie Gets Master’s Degree
09 August 07 01:29 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Australian Phyllis Turner is not one to sit back and kick up her Easy Spirits. The 94-year-old great-great-grandmother—the world’s oldest recipient of a master’s degree—has officially put many working professionals to shame. In the face of this sweet, Read More...

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Listen up, M.B.A.s: Omarosa = Bad, People Skills = Good. So Why Are “Soft Skills” Such a Hard Sell?
06 August 07 06:09 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Maybe Donald Trump was onto something with The Apprentice , his reality TV show that brought together M.B.A.-wielding execs-in-the-making and street-smart entrepreneurs without a formal education to compete for a $250,000 job running one of his companies. Read More...

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Can the “Personal Potential Index” Measure What Standardized Tests Miss?
09 July 07 04:48 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The Educational Testing Service may soon offer hope to students who dream about attending graduate school but have difficulty performing well on current standardized tests. Ironically, ETS is doing so by introducing another standardized measurement tool, Read More...

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