Saturday, July 15, 2006

Enquiring Minds Want to Know - Which Graduate Schools are Ranked the Best?

Here is a list of the highest ranking grad schools provided by U.S. News and World Report on the Yahoo Education page...thanks guys, and keep up the good work! To get more information, just click the links!

Best Business Schools (ranked in 2006)

  1. Harvard University
  2. Stanford University
  3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
    Northwestern University (Kellogg)
  5. University of Chicago
  6. Columbia University
    University of California--Berkeley (Haas)
  7. Dartmouth College (Tuck)
  8. University of California--Los Angeles (Anderson)
Complete list of Top Business Schools Executive M.B.A. (ranked in 2006)
  1. Northwestern University (Kellogg)
  2. University of Chicago
  3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Accounting (ranked in 2006)
  1. University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
  2. University of Texas--Austin (McCombs)
  3. University of Michigan--Ann Arbor (Ross)
Finance (ranked in 2006)
  1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
  2. University of Chicago
  3. New York University (Stern)
Part-Time M.B.A. (ranked in 2006)
  1. New York University (Stern)
  2. University of Chicago
  3. Northwestern University (Kellogg)
Entrepreneurship (ranked in 2006)
  1. Babson College (Olin)
  2. Stanford University
  3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
More Business Specialty rankings

Press Release - Capella University Hosts Lecture by Historian Author Doris Kearns Goodwin

This just in:


MINNEAPOLIS, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Capella University, an accredited online university, will sponsor a presentation by Doris Kearns Goodwin, the acclaimed author, researcher and presidential scholar, entitled, "Leadership Lessons from Abraham Lincoln," on Sunday, July 16, at 7:15 p.m. at the Phoenix Convention Center. Goodwin's presentation is based on her best-selling book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. The cost of admission is $15 (payable at the door) and the public is invited to attend. The author will be available for book signing from 8:30 to 9 p.m.

Doris Kearns Goodwin's lecture marks the first in the Scholarly Speaker Series, a new series of learning experiences that Capella University is hosting for the public. Doris Kearns Goodwin will also present a session for Capella PhD students participating in the online university's July colloquium, or doctoral residency, in Phoenix.

"It's exciting to be part of Capella University's learning experience and to talk about history," Goodwin said. "There is much to learn from Abe Lincoln about leadership. His political genius was rooted in his remarkable array of emotional strengths that enabled him to form friendships with rivals who had previously disdained him, to put past grudges aside, to assume responsibility for the failure of subordinates, to share credit with ease and to learn from mistakes."

Each year, Capella hosts eight doctoral residencies (also called colloquia), which allow the online university's PhD candidates to meet with their peers and faculty in a variety of workshops and presentations related to their degree specializations. The colloquium in Phoenix will be held at the newly renovated Phoenix Convention Center, where Capella will participate in an inaugural ribbon cutting ceremony Sunday July 16 at 10:00 a.m.

Every Capella PhD candidate is required to attend three colloquia, which are

About Capella University

Founded in 1993, Capella University is an accredited* online university that offers graduate degree programs in business, information technology, education, human services, and psychology, and bachelor's degree programs in business and information technology. Within those areas, Capella offers 77 graduate and undergraduate specializations and 16 certificate specializations. The online university currently serves more than 15,700 learners from all 50 states and 63 countries. It is a national leader in online education, committed to providing high-caliber academic excellence and pursuing balanced business growth. Capella University is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Capella Education Company, headquartered in Minneapolis. For more information, please visit http://www.capella.edu or call 1-888-CAPELLA (227-3552).

held at locations throughout the United States. Of the more than 15,700 students pursuing an online degree at Capella, nearly 45 percent are PhD candidates. Capella's students are among the estimated 1.2 million Americans enrolled in online higher education.


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Penn State Wins $34 Million Dollar Contract from U.S. Dept. of Education for Laboratory

News You Can Use:

If you've been looking around at different colleges and universities, but you still don't know where to go, take a look at Penn State College in Philadelphia...here's why:

Penn State's College of Education is building on its longstanding commitment to excellence in its professional-preparation programs to become increasingly active in research efforts designed to improve practice in many parts of the field.

The most recent U.S. News and World Report graduate school rankings reflect the strength of the college faculty and their research. Six of the college's graduate degree programs were ranked in the top 10 nationally, showing a continual rise in the rankings. And strong rankings are attracting quality students and faculty.

During the 2005-2006 fiscal year, education faculty received more than $21 million in research funding awards. The college recently won a five-year, $34 million contract from the U.S. Department of Education to run the Mid-Atlantic Regional Education Laboratory. This laboratory is one of 10 national labs that have the responsibility for meeting the education research and development needs for particular regions of the country.

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WMU Trustees Remove 11 Grad Programs - Is Yours One of Them?

Breaking News:

This just in from KALAMAZOO (NEWS 3)


Western Michigan University's board of trustees voted Friday to eliminate 11 graduate programs, although a dozen programs that were on the cutting block were spared.

Trustees voted to maintain four doctoral programs: Applied Economics, Clinical Psychology, Spanish, and Computer Science.

Others were maintained, but with conditions to improve, including a PhD in statistics and several masters degree programs.

Eleven graduate programs are soon to be history: two doctoral, one specialist program, and eight masters programs, but they won't close the classrooms just yet.

"Students will be allowed and, in fact, encouraged to complete the original course of their degree without any change so that whatever they were coming in with the expectation of, that is what will be delivered," assured Prof. John Jellies, Graduate Program. Review Appeals Chair.

The target date for closing the 11 programs depends on when the last student in each graduates. For some, that's this fall. For others it could be as far off as 2013.


Read more about the budget decisions



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