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Fewer Medical Students Considering Primary Care

Shortage of family doctors looms: study

Associated Press Associated Press Sep 10, 08 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just 2% of graduating medical students say they plan to work in primary care, forecasting a shortage of doctors who coordinate care and keep costs low, the AP reports. And it’s not just higher pay luring them away: They fear the paperwork and increased workload. Primary-care doctors must “speed to see enough patients to make a reasonable living,” says a radiology resident. More »

More about:  education • Dartmouth • JAMA • primary care • medical schools

Ivy Leaguers Start Ahead, Stay Ahead

Take that English degree to Wall Street and you'll still cash in

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Aug 1, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - How much you make correlates with where you went to school, a new study finds. Bachelor’s degree holders’ salaries grow at the same rate over the first decade of their careers regardless of the school, the Wall Street Journal reports, but Ivy League graduates’ median starting salary is 32% higher than that of liberal arts grads, a disparity sustained at 34% 10 years into their careers. More »

More about:  Harvard • higher education • income • Ivy League • Ohio State University • income disparity • Dartmouth • salary gap

Top Colleges Report Record Low Rates of Admission

Harvard accepts just 7% of applicants

New York Times New York Times Apr 1, 08 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Acceptance letters from the nation's top colleges will begin to arrive on prospective students' doorsteps today, but far more rejection letters are in the mail than ever before, reports the New York Times. Harvard and Yale accepted only 7.1% and 8.3% of applicants, respectively, both record lows as schools struggle with changing demographics. More »

Recruiters
Pick Top 10
Biz Schools

WSJ's annual rankings come up with some surprising choices

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Sep 18, 07 8:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ivy Leaguers and Mormons round out this year's eclectic list of top MBA programs.  To come up with the rankings WSJ and Harris Interactive asked 4,430 recruiters to rank M.B.A. programs on 21 attributes, including leadership potential, and communication skills.  National Rankings: Dartmouth College (Tuck) University of California, Berkeley (Haas) Columbia University More »

Top 10 US Business Schools

Step it up a notch (and raise your profile) at these elite centers of learning.

Forbes Forbes Aug 19, 07 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forbes ranked these business schools not only on their prestige but for their return on investment. Dartmouth (Tuck) Stanford Harvard More »

Schools Cater to Tech-Enamored Students

New teaching, learning styles may spell
an end to lectures

CNET CNET Jul 31, 07 6:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - An increasing number of colleges and universities are using new Web applications to engage a generation of students eager to collaborate—and strut their stuff—on the Internet. Blogs, wikis, and other collaborative tools are being used as more than just empty Web 2.0 buzzwords, CNET reports; they allow students to work and learn more efficiently and even help recruiting. More »

More about:  Internet • technology • education • college • school • student • university • Web 2.0 • mathematics • professor • Texas A&M • web • Dartmouth

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