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Getting a decent job this spring is going to be tough: not only are employers projecting that they’ll hire 22 percent fewer college graduates, but they also plan to pay those graduates less than their peers were paid last year, according to The National Association of Colleges and Employers (“Most 2009 College Grads Find Lower ...

Concerned about future job prospects, international graduate students are turning down offers from prominent American business schools and instead choosing to pursue graduate programs outside the United States, BusinessWeek reports (“World to U.S. B-Schools: Thanks, But No Thanks,” March 19, 2009). Nishant Banore, an MBA ...

As student loan debt continues to rise — jumping to $20,098 per graduating student loan borrower in 2007 from $18,796 in 2006 — and employment prospects continue to worsen, college graduates are experiencing greater difficulty repaying their student loans, and some of them have said enough is enough, BusinessWeek reports (''Asking for ...

Nearly 400 high school seniors in Ohio are taking advantage of a pilot program that allows them to enroll in and attend college a year early for free, according to BusinessWeek (“Ohio Students Jump Early to College for Free,” Feb. 5, 2009). Supporters of the Seniors to Sophomores initiative, including Gov. Ted Strickland, hope the ...

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, writes Kelly Bronk of BusinessWeek (“Graduation Talks Accentuate the Positive,” April 24, ...

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 Disconnect,” April 21, 2008). ''It doesn't mean that material success and financial ...

BearStearns CEO, Jimmy Cayne, seems to have been the only former Stearns employee to make it out of the JPMorgan Chase buyout relatively unscathed — at least in non-CEO terms — walking away with $61.3 million in sold shares. Even though, in his own high-priced executive world, Cayne took his buyout at a massive loss: Just a year ago, his ...

Are you a future MBA who sees yourself building the next Trump–like empire or heading up the new 21st-century tech giant that will finally unseat Microsoft?If you’re planning on joining the 20 percent of college students who major in business and you’re on the hunt to find the best business school for undergrads that could give you your head start ...