The Wall Street Journal's first survey of executive M.B.A. programs measures which schools do the best job of turning up-and-coming managers into full-fledged leaders.
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Installing a firewall on your computer is just one of the ways you can protect your identity while attending college.
The federal government plans to expand its program to buy federally-guaranteed student loans made by private lenders to pump additional liquidity into the market.
The median compensation for public-university presidents for the 2007-2008 academic year was $427,400, up 7.6% from $397,349 during the previous academic year.
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When we get lots of reader email, we know we've struck a chord. College choice is clearly a chord.
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Business school professor Simon Johnson set out to make sense of the financial mess for students – and for the rest of us.
![[India's Colleges Battle Red Tape]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/P1-AN607_iColle_A_20081112174832.jpg)
India's colleges face regulations that cover everything from teaching credentials to computer terminals.
Inflated academic credentials in the nation's executive suites may be more common than generally thought.
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A Dubai philanthropy is investing in a California-based education nonprofit organization, extending the reach of new well-funded Arab charities.
Harvard's president said the school needs to consider budget cuts and other steps because of likely hits to Harvard's investments due to the economic crisis (text of letter).
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The District of Columbia schools chief is trying to revamp a dysfunctional school district with wide disparities in student performance.
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Business is bad on Wall Street, and business schools are bracing for the impact: A surge in applications this year to their full-time M.B.A. programs.
![[Kids Lose Play Money in the Market]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CO787_Stockg_C_20081028203211.jpg)
Students in the "Stock Market Game," a contest in which kids get a hypothetical $100,000 to invest, are finding themselves in the red this year.
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A rule designed to protect investors in 529 college-savings plans is preventing them from shifting to more-conservative investments as the stock market falls.
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