Posted on November 24th, 2008 by Janet Wilson
The number of research doctorates awarded by American universities grew for the sixth straight year and reached another record high in 2007, according to the National Science Foundation’s first report from the annual Survey of Earned Doctorates. The overall rate of growth was 5.4 percent.
But while the increases showed strength in many fields, particularly the [...]
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Posted on November 21st, 2008 by Janet Wilson
When Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. announced a shift last week in how the federal government planned to spend the rest of its $700 financial rescue fund — from buying financial firms’ troubled assets to helping stimulate consumer spending by improving the flow of financing to banks and firms that loan money to individuals [...]
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Posted on November 20th, 2008 by Janet Wilson
By SHELLY BANJO-Wall Street Journal
Colleges and universities are actively encouraging donors to contribute directly to education rather than asking for big gifts toward buildings and programs.
The economic downturn is causing schools to refocus their fund-raising campaigns more on financial aid, scholarships or a school’s general fund, which is typically used for a university’s most pressing [...]
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Posted on November 20th, 2008 by Janet Wilson
More foreign students came to the United States in the 2007-8 academic year than ever before. But while there were some gains in the core undergraduate and graduate populations, particularly at the graduate level, the record result was driven largely by dramatic increases in the numbers of international students employed off-campus through optional practical training [...]
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