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Described as a “technological glitch,” Northwestern University accidentally sent acceptance letters to 50 potential candidates for the school’s Kellogg School of Management, the Chicago Tribune reports (“Kellogg School of Management Accidentally Sends Acceptance Letters to 50 Rejected Applicants,” Dec. 18, 2008). It truly was a computer error, ...

CollegeWeekLive, the largest virtual college fair on the Web, will offer students and parents the opportunity this week to interact live and online with a wide range of college planning and financial aid professionals, including admissions counselors, financial aid experts, and advisors from some of the top college financing companies in the ...

Wilkes University, a small, private school in northeastern Pennsylvania, is using a quirky new in-your-face $120,000 ad campaign to get the attention of today’s media- and marketing-savvy students.The university is plastering personalized messages on billboards, pizza boxes, gas pumps, and even on MTV, VH1, and Comedy Central to students it wants ...

The growth rate of international students studying at American colleges and universities has slowed, despite an increase in foreign applications to U.S. educational institutions for the third straight year in a row, according to a recent survey.The 2008 edition of the International Graduate Admissions Survey, a review conducted annually by the ...

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 ...

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, the “Personal Potential Index.” But instead of measuring graduate school candidates solely on ...

By now, many college-bound high school students will have received their college admissions letters and either are overcome with joyful anticipation or overwhelmed with heartbreak. Whatever the case, it is too late for them.   Why? Most probably because they slaved away for years, desperate to retain their 4.0 GPAs and clinch a perfect SAT ...

This time of year should be one of ecstatic joy and celebration for college-bound high school seniors, as they receive their acceptance letters from the college of their choice after years of sacrifice and excruciatingly hard work. Unfortunately, that may not be the case if acceptance rates at the Ivy League schools are any indication.   It ...