Wall Street - land of job uncertainty Last fall, as bad news about the credit crisis began to pile up, MBA student Brendan McHugh started to wonder about his chances of securing a coveted internship at a top securities firm.
Report: Urban students face rough road to graduation Seventeen of the nation's 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, with the lowest graduation rates reported in Detroit, Michigan; Indianapolis, Indiana and Cleveland, Ohio, according to a report released Tuesday.
Criminalizing Home Schoolers A child abuse law suit ruling may have created a horde of truants in California, affecting as many as 200,000 children
Harvard - other coffer-stuffing elites - stir tension New figures on university endowments confirm it's not just the "haves" and "have nots" in academe these days. Beyond the great majority of colleges, there's a growing group of the newly rich schools, and - at the top of the heap - a tiny cadre of ultra-wealthy institutions.
7 qualities you need to be a great parent to a preschooler What's it really take to parent a preschooler It's pretty simple, once you realize what kids this age can and can't do (and what sets them off and what keeps them happy!). Here are seven qualities that make it much easier to manage all that, and why they're so crucial when you've got an independent-minded, boundary-testing picky eater on your hands.
Juco QB Crum headed to Wyoming LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) -- Wyoming gained another quarterback with the signing of Dax Crum, who played this past season for Mesa (Ariz.) Community College.
Yale opens Ivy League coffers Yale University is joining other elite colleges across the country in increasing student financial aid after complaints from federal lawmakers about years of rising tuition rates.
Flu shots now mandatory for New Jersey preschoolers New Jersey on Friday became the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers, saying their developing immune systems and likelihood of spreading germs make them as vulnerable to complications as the elderly.
VIDEO: Will Smith Planning to Start a School Video courtesy Buena Vista EntertainmentHaving immersed himself in educational theories while home-schooling his kids, Will Smith says he and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, plan to put that knowledge to greater use by teaming with like-minded parents and creating a full school.
Young doctors in debt It's Wednesday evening and Megan Reis can't remember when she last saw her husband Chris. Small wonder. Since Sunday morning, Meg has worked more than 60 hours at Advocate Hope Children's Hospital, the Chicago-area facility where she is training in pediatrics.
Shifting gears at mid-career After nearly 20 years in the energy industry, Jay Mulki was earning a handsome six-figure salary and managing a department of 50 employees. But Mulki longed to work fewer hours and pursue another dream: to teach marketing at a university.
Teacher Who Fled With Boy Arrested A female schoolteacher and the 13-year-old boy she allegedly ran away with have been arrested in Mexico, a prosecutor said Saturday
Russia's business school battle The big question right now in Russian politics is who will succeed Vladimir Putin as President in the 2008 election. As it turns out, the two front-runners -- first deputy prime ministers Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev -- are also squaring off in a contest for business-school supremacy in Russia.
College costs keep rising The average total cost of a private four-year college rose to $32,307 for the current school year, but the rate of increase has slowed compared to public school prices, according to a report released Monday.
Maine middle school to offer birth control After an outbreak of pregnancies among middle school girls, education officials in this city have decided to allow a school health center to make birth control pills available to girls as young as 11.
Commentary: Integrative medicine is 'new way of healing' In a recent column, Emily Breidbart, a second-year medical student at New York University School of Medicine, expressed concerns about her medical education and the frustrating health-care system she will soon enter.
They want to sell your kid To improve her chances of getting into a good college, Caitlin Pickavance, a 17-year-old high school senior from Danville, Calif., has been working with a private college coach since her freshman year (cost: $800).
Sixth Graders Take on Wall Street A trailblazing Chicago school starts economic education early to give inner-city black kids a leg up
Better Bedside Manners A new study shows that a standardized test of doctor communication skills can help create a nicer, better doctor of the future
The do-gooder's MBA Omar Yaqub didn't want a conventional 9-to-5 job after business school. He wanted to help save the world. So the 28-year-old MBA went to Nigeria to tackle an impossible task: creating demand for a product no one wanted.
How Nebraska Leaves No Child Behind One maverick state devised its own education strategy that bucks the trend toward high-stakes tests and federal control
25 Top MBA Employers Think of it as a popularity contest for companies. Each year, research firm Universum surveys MBA candidates on where they'd most like to work for an exclusive Fortune.com list.
