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Study: Entrepreneurship rankings are very flawed

High school students searching for information on the best undergraduate programs in entrepreneurship would do well to ignore published rankings, according to a paper in the fall issue of the Journal of Entrepreneurship Education ...

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created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Boom amid bust: Med schools grow as economy tanks

(AP) -- You wouldn't know there was an economic crisis the way the medical school business is booming these days.

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created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US News & World Report rankings both discipline and punish law schools

Educational rankings such as those produced by U.S. News & World Report have an inescapable impact on law schools, according to research published in the February issue of the American Sociological Review, the flagship journa ...

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created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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ASU astronomers discover faintest distant galaxy

Astronomers at Arizona State University have found an exceptionally distant galaxy, ranked among the top 10 most distant objects currently known in space. Light from the recently detected galaxy left the object ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Zuckerberg's Facebook story is study in contrasts

(AP) -- When Hollywood set out to tell the story of how Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook, it enjoyed the flexibility of portraying a man who, despite his social network's worldwide reach, was all but unknown ...

Technology / Business

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Poland seeks competitive edge through new technology

Poland, which is expected to post the European Union's highest growth this year, is hoping to further boost its competitive edge by investing in new technology, the country's e-government czar said Wednesday.

Technology / Business

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Power to the professors: A bold, new way to fund research begins at U-Michigan

A first-of-its-kind, real-time research funding initiative at the University of Michigan puts $15 million into the hands of professors to jumpstart new projects they believe in.

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created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

The American dream still possible, but more difficult to achieve, students discover

In 1931, James Truslow Adams first defined the “American Dream” by writing that “life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement” ...

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created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study suggests women CEOs face a 'green ceiling' in attracting IPO investors

When it comes to a company’s critical stock market debut, investors are less likely to trust their money to an enterprise led by a female CEO, a University of Utah researcher says.

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created May 04, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ecosystem effects of biodiversity loss could rival impacts of climate change, pollution

Loss of biodiversity appears to impact ecosystems as much as climate change, pollution and other major forms of environmental stress, according to a new study from an international research team.

Biology / Ecology

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Samsung coyness puts smartphone crown in dispute

Smartphones are the hottest gadgets in the world. But who's the biggest smartphone maker? We don't really know.

Technology / Business

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Nearly 100 mn computers in use in Brazil: study

About 99 million computers are currently in use in Brazil, or one for every two of the country's inhabitants, according to a study by the Getulio Vargas Foundation (GVF) released Wednesday.

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created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hispanics are worse off than whites under certain university admission policies

Changes to college admission policies in Texas have been detrimental to Hispanics, according to Dr. Angel Harris and Dr. Maria Tienda from Princeton University in the US. Their work shows that despite popular claims that ...

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created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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