EDUCATION

The latest study from the Modern Language Association of America shows a 6.6% rise in enrollments in foreign language courses among undergraduate and graduate students between 2006 and 2009

Schools, teachers and students are increasingly using Android applications to suit their customized needs

Chinese students in Shanghai emerge at the top in international student assessment tests against Western peers, according to a PISA study.

Research from the Harvard Business School suggests that introverts too may be very effective leaders.

Stanford, Harvard, Tuck, INSEAD and Wharton emerge at the top of the list of MBAs in CSR and Ethics in the QS Global 200 Top Business Schools Survey

Faculty at the Wharton Business School has voted in favor of a massive overhaul of its curricular design, which also includes an offer of free executive education for its alumni once every seven years.

The sixth annual UC Davis Study of California Women Business Leaders, compiled by the University's Graduate School of Management, shows that men still hold roughly nine out of every 10 highest-paid management and board positions in 400 of California's largest public companies.

PhDs awarded in Science and Engineering in the United States shot up 1.9% over the previous year for the academic year ended June 2009, and the rise was entirely due to doctoral degrees earned by women.

Columbia Law School and Columbia Business School will launch a three-year joint JD/MBA degree in August 2011.

The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School will be offering a new Executive MBA program beginning May 2011.

The Stanford Law School and the Graduate School of Business have come together to drive the energy revolution forward through the establishment of the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance - an interdisciplinary center to study and advance the development and deployment of clean energy technologies through innovative policy and finance.

Google's interactive online book simplifies concepts like TCP/IP, HTML language, browser techniques and the threat of malware while on the Net. Titled '20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web', the short HTPL5-compliant explains how the web works in a step-by-step manner.

A recent study has put Russia ahead of its Western Europe counterparts as a hot MBA recruitment destination. Retaining the momentum in hiring for the second year, it has shown a steady 22 per cent growth in MBAs recruited, according to QS TopMBA Jobs Index.

A recent QS TopMBA Jobs Index puts Russia ahead of its Western Europe counterparts as a hot MBA recruitment destination. Retaining the momentum in hiring for the second year running, it has shown a steady 22 per cent growth in MBAs recruited.

The Department of Education (DoE) said that default on student loans climbed to 7.0 percent in fiscal 2008, up from 6.7 percent in the prior fiscal year - yet another manifestation of the sluggish economy and bleak jobs market.

Big brother China has beaten India for the first time in the number of students to US management schools.

The share of foreign students coming to the United States has been going down every year since 2000, shows a study released by an international body comprising the developed nations of the world.

If there is one single benefit to the US due to the recession, it is that more people are studying in colleges than ever.

The School of Business of the East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) offers International MBA (IMBA) to its students.

Last week Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered a major speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on the state of the economy.

Reflecting their growing social and economic prominence in the U.S., Asian-Americans are disproportionately represented at the most elite universities in the land, relative to their numbers in the total population.

In his book Rules of Thumb, Alan M. Webber writes about the differences between talkers and doers. It is a special relationship in organizational structures between those who talk up great ideas and those who make them happen.

The government plans to release student loan repayment rates for for-profit schools on Friday, identifying institutions by name, as part of efforts to tighten scrutiny of federal student aid.

When the recession took hold, Sally Hodge was forced to make some drastic changes at her small Chicago-based public relations firm, Hodge Schindler Integrated Communications.

During a visit to New York's Museum of Modern Art, Aaron Radin had an a-ha moment. Browsing the Internet on his cellphone for details on the art in front of him, he got to thinking: what if there was a mobile app for that?

Forbes magazine released the results of a study last week that ranked the best sports fans in America. The study revealed that Boston Red Sox fans are best in the nation.

The irony is that if Steve Mock had his own kids he may never have stumbled upon his creative concept for entertaining them.

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