EDUCATION

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.

What does it take to make it as a technology entrepreneur?

The great secret of success in life is for the man to be ready when his opportunity comes. Opportunities are knocking, are you ready?

Every Friday afternoon the staff at cutting edge New York-based product development firm Quirky reviews ideas submitted by the public and voted on by its online community of consumers. Ultimately just one idea is chosen to be sold in Quirky's online store.

I will never forget driving through a small Florida town many years ago. As I drove past a small family diner there was a sign out front that read, Come in and eat before we both starve. While meant to be humorous, the sign is as pertinent now as it was years ago.

When Kelleher Motor Co. first opened for business in 1911, the average price of a home in the U.S. was $4,800, a stamp cost 2 cents and William Howard Taft was president.

Those scary studies keep on coming: The latest one from the Employee Benefit Research Institute drives home the same message as many others: Americans won't have enough money for retirement.

A story is told of Edward Steichen who became one of the world's most renowned photographers. He almost gave up on the day he shot his first pictures. At 16, young Steichen bought a camera and took 50 photographs. Only one turned out - a portrait of his youngest sister at the piano.

The death of a parent is always hard, but for Julie Smolyansky it was compounded by having to quickly take over her father's successful food company, which makes a cultured milk product called kefir.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said. Meaningful communication begins when you understand that you organization depends on it and that it begins with you.