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$8 Billion Evaporates from Harvard's Endowment
in The Universities Weblog, on December 10, 2008
With the worsening recession and the crash of the U.S. stock market, the value of Harvard University's huge endowment has shrunk by about $8 billion , according tot he
That a lose in the last four months of about 22%. The Harvard endowment had almost $37 billion in it on June 30,
make it t...
Clemson Looking for Diversity
in The Universities Weblog, on May 26, 2008
Twenty-nine percent of South Carolina's population is African-American, but only seven percent of the student body at Clemson is Black. So Clemson is looking for a way to increase the diversity of its student body, according to Greenville Online .
On July 14 Clemson will have its first chief d...
Massachusetts May Tax College Endowments
in The Universities Weblog, on May 11, 2008
Hard up for cash, the state legislature in Massachusetts is considering a plan to tax college and university endowments that are valued at more than a billion dollars, according to University Business .
The legislature's rationale is simple. All that money in one place makes the lawmake...
Falling Dominoes: WVU Provost, Dean Step Down
in The Universities Weblog, on April 29, 2008
The Provost of West Virginia Universty, Gerald E. Lang , and the dean of the university's College of Business and Economics, R. Stephen Sears, have both stepped down from their administrative positions following the release of an independent panel's report on the Heather M. Bresch a...
College Endowments in the Crosshairs of IRS
in The Universities Weblog, on April 27, 2008
Are college and university endowments hoarding their money? Senator Charles E. Grassley, (R-Iowa) thinks so. And he wants to do something about it. He wants to require colleges and universities to spend at least five percent of their endowment every year, according to the Chronicle of Higher Ed...
Panel Finds That WVU "Acted Inappropriately" in Awarding MBA to Gov's Daughter
in The Universities Weblog, on April 23, 2008
Back in December we reported on a case at West Virginia University where questions had arisen about an MBA awarded to Heather Bresch, the daughter of West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin. The Chronicle of Higher Education today reported that a panel investigating the incident has concluded that...
Why Go to College?
in The Universities Weblog, on April 22, 2008
I stumbled across a piece at Campus Grotto recently that asked the question: Why Go to college ? They generally have some good material on their site, but their answer left a taste in my mouth. Their answer wasn't bad , but they placed a lot more emphasis on the social experience than on l...
US News 2009 College Rankings Are Out
in The Universities Weblog, on April 14, 2008
Applying to US Universities has pointed out that the 2009 US News college rankings are now out.
Online access costs $14.95. And like the Applying to US Universities website, I don't necessarily endorse the rankings or suggest that you buy the online edition, but it's not be a bad i...
Scholarship Myths
in The Universities Weblog, on April 5, 2008
Scholarships Dot Com has a blog that check out a couple of times a week. They're a pretty up to date source of info on financial aid. Having worked in a college financial aid office myself, I appreciate the quality of their work...
So I really enjoyed the piece they published earlier t...
Where Do You Study?
in The Universities Weblog, on April 4, 2008
I came across a nice piece recently on study habits . Specifically, it was about where to study.
Back in high school, one of the best places to study was your own bedroom at home. But Campus Grotto points out that that changes when you move into the dorms (or worse, into a frat house)....
Picking a College
in The Universities Weblog, on April 3, 2008
So you applied to 14 colleges, and soon you'll get letter from half or more of them tell you they've accepted you. How do you pick? Counselor's Corner has some tips online to help you pick a college.
There are several factors to consider. Location is perhaps the biggest. Do you want y...
Scholarships for Working Moms (and Other Women)
in The Universities Weblog, on March 21, 2008
Applying to US Universities had a nice piece the other day on scholarships for working moms . It seems that eLearners.com, American Intercontinental University, walden university and DeVry University have a $2 million block of scholarships for working moms - called (appropriately enough) &...
Clemson Lawsuit - Hiding Money From the State
in The Universities Weblog, on March 18, 2008
At a time when Clemson University could be soaking up a little glory over the performance of it's Basketball Team , the institution instead is having to put up with criticism over its handling of money...
The Chronicle of higher Education is among sources reporting that Clemson is being...
The Toughest School to Get Into?
in The Universities Weblog, on March 15, 2008
If you guessed Harvard, you were right.
The Princeton Review ranked Harvard as the toughest school to get into in its 2008 edition.
Seven of the eight toughest schools to get into where in the Ivy League. After Harvard comes Princeton, then MIT and Yale . Stanford, in the PAC-10, ranks f...
The Happiest College... 2008 Princeton Review
in The Universities Weblog, on March 12, 2008
Believe it or not, the Princeton Review ranks colleges on how happy students are. The winner? Students at Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA, were the nation's happiest. And why not? The smallish, private college has a 10:1 student faculty ratio, an average GPA of 4.0, and only about 1,450 stu...
Choosing Between the SAT and the ACT
in The Universities Weblog, on March 10, 2008
You're preparing to apply for college. Do you take the SAT or the ACT?
Amanda Sopko recently published a piece that looks at the differences between the two tests. And there are some profound differences. How example, the ACT tests your knowledge of content while the SAT tests your ability t...
Your Letters of Recommendation for College
in The Universities Weblog, on March 6, 2008
Many colleges want you to get letters of recommendation as part of your application for college from people who know you.
The first thing to consider it waiving your right to see those letters. If you don't waive that right, you can go in later to the college's admissions office, ask to ...
Making Engineers Out of Girls
in The Universities Weblog, on February 20, 2008
Engineering Your Life is the latest in a long line of efforts to draw women into technical field - in this case, engineering.
The new website is designed to help make engineering seem appealing to women. Let's face it, engineering has something of an image problem: nerds with slide rul...
The AACCA Urges Ban On College Cheerleading Stunts
in The Universities Weblog, on March 9, 2006
... suffered far worse, and a governing body of college cheerleading wants to change that.
The AACCA recently announced that certain stunts should be banned during basketball seasons, including p...