Janelle Jalbert

UC Riverside Executive MBA program holds an information session

An information session regarding the UC Riverside Executive MBA program is set for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 9th, in Palm Desert. Working professionals with seven to 10 years of work experience and a bachelor’s degree can...

UC San Diego explores possibility of adding a law school

(AP Photo/Christophe Ena) A committee has been formed representing both UC San Diego and the California Western School of Law, to explore options regarding the establishment of a law school at UCSD. In 2008, UC Irvine launched the fifth...

Changes in store for the 2011 GRE

(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) The Educational Testing Service, which administers the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), the graduate school entrance test, announced earlier this month that the exam will be revamped and slightly lengthened in 2011 and graded on...

Full ride scholarship offers are often too good to be true

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Both graduate and undergraduate students are scrambling for fewer, available scholarships thanks to the economic down turn. Those exploring the possibility of enrolling in a program will often find mention of scholarship...

Council of Graduate Schools survey shows enrollment drop in key demographic

(AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki) The Council of Graduate Schools survey, released this week, shows the number of Americans applying to domestic graduate programs increased six percent, which is not so surprising. It is, however, the largest increase since...

Claremont Graduate University celebrates Drucker Week with free events throughout LA

The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management and theDrucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University are celebrating Drucker Week, Nov. 2-8, commemorating what would have been Peter F. Drucker`s 100th birthday.A weeklong series of...

What is the GMAT?

MBA class lecture (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) The Graduate Management Admissions Exam (GMAT) is the standardized test used in the business school admissions process. H. Brandon Tuck, Assistant Director of Admissions at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito...

Opportunity to seek assistance from officials at 70 graduate schools throughout the country

Representatives from approximately 70 graduate schools across the nation will participate in the ASU Annual Graduate School Fair on November 5th. A wide variety of programs will be represented. Students have an opportunity to learn about particular schools, ask questions...

There is no one size fits all method for deciding to attend grad school

(AP Photo/Eric Risberg) In trying to provide a framework for approaching the task of preparing for graduate school, Lynn F. Jacobs and Jeremy S. Hyman provide ten steps for thinking about graduate school. Many of the steps and...

There is more to the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 than student loan changes

President Obama considers signing the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 into law a top domestic priority. Though Democrats claim the bill had bipartisan support last month, it garnered just five Republican votes in the 253 to 171...

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