PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Economic reality and money problems may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad, just two years after students' interest in foreign study was at an all-time high. Four times as many students went abroad in the 2007-2008 academic year as 20 years ago, according to a survey of 985 schools released this week by ...

It is unfortunate that the University of Massachusetts is again the focus of criticism and public embarrassment due to a proposal that stinks of political motives, a proposal that we as trustees cannot understand or justify. The university faces numerous obstacles in potentially seeking to acquire an unaccredited institution, Southern New England School of Law. First, the state is in a ...

A survey of 800 college freshman representing schools nationwide found that 33 percent of students have thought about transferring to another college and 36 percent believe that there is a better college out there for them. The survey was sponsored by WiseChoice (www.wisechoice.com), a new online advocate that uses proprietary matching technology to pair students with colleges that meet their academic, ...

WITH an influx of brand new students each year, and in our still volatile economic climate, today's business schools must keep up with the career path needs of today's MBA candidates. "Some of the trends we're seeing are MBA specializations in entrepreneurship, sustainability and globalization," says Rob Franek, vice president and publisher of The Princeton Review, an education services company. "Accelerated ...