Foreign Enrollment Sags at U.K. B-SchoolsLast April, we wrote a story that asked whether new, more stringent U.K. visa regulations would have an impact on international enrollment in the country's top MBA programs. It turns out the answer is yes, according to a Financial Times story . Enrollment is down 10 percent in the U.K. at the 16 full-time MBA programs participating in the Financial Times' 2012 rankings. Foreign students make up ...
Wonkbook: Obama's fresh lead remains vulnerable to Europe's woesThe latest Washington Post/ABC News poll shows President Obama's approval rating has risen to 50 percent and he's opened up a six-point lead against Mitt Romney. In part, that's because the primary is hurting Romney. A majority of Americans who are closely following the campaign say they disapprove of what they're hearing among the Republicans, and by 2 to 1, Americans say that the more they ...
In India, the challenge of building 50,000 collegesHere's a job most 27-year-olds never get: starting up a new university – from scratch. Like an Athenian at the dawn of Greece, Dhawal Sharma is converting 25 acres of farmland outside New Delhi worked by man and ox for millenniums into the kind of marble-and-grass campus that launches odysseys of the mind.
NFL Television Rights Bullish For Broadcasters' StocksThe big increases in rights fees for the National Football League recently agreed to by ESPN and the broadcasters in recent months begs the question: In the TV ecosystem, who wins and who loses? First and foremost, recall why the networks ponies up so much money in the first place: of the top ten programs ...
Media All-Stars 2010Not many media execs have stayed with the same shop for 27 years. Nor can many boast of multiple clients staying with the same firm for decades or more. And only a select few have earned two Media All-Star honors during their career.
Video: How to get a job nowIn this episode of "Ask the Experts", MoneyWatch editors Jill Schlesinger and Jack Otter speak with Caroline Ceniza-Levine of the career coaching firm SixFigure Start. She explains why you should worry less about your resume, and more about your networking skills.
Google VP of People Operations PO ‘94 Talks Careers with StudentsVice President of People Operations at Google, Laszlo Bock PO ‘94, talked to students at Pomona about life, careers, and how to differentiate themselves in the job market on Feb. 17. The event was part of the month-long Sagehens Beyond the Gates initiative, organized by Pomona’s Career Development Office (CDO).