So you have narrowed down your list, and come to the conclusion that you have a school that you LOVE and they offer early decision and/or school(s) that you like that have early action. Should you apply using early decision or early action?
Are your grades as good as they can be? If you are counting [...]

TOEFL is no longer decisive in University Admission, according to the Korean Times.
To that extent, each university will give more weight to academic records from high schools and recommendations from teachers as well as leadership activities.
They also have an in-depth interview with US college on the role of admission officer in the USA.
Gehshaft, also [...]

Source:Top Universities.

Rank 2010

Rank 2009

School Name

Country

Classification 2010

Score 2010

Score 2009

1
1
University of Hong Kong 
Hong Kong
B1a
100.00
100.00

2
4
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong
C2a
99.00
97.50

3
10=
National University of Singapore (NUS) 
Singapore
A1a
98.60
92.20

4
2
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
B1a
98.40
99.20

5
3
The University of Tokyo
Japan
B1a
97.80
98.00

6
8
Seoul National University 
Korea, South
B1a
97.00
94.50

7
6
Osaka University
Japan
B1a
96.40
95.50

8
5
Kyoto University
Japan
B1a
96.10
96.00

9
13
Tohoku University
Japan
B1a
94.70
90.80

10
12
Nagoya University
Japan
B1a
94.20
91.30

11
9
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Japan
C2a
93.60
92.60

12
10=
Peking University
China
B1a
93.40
92.20

13
7
KAIST - [...]

Well no surprise here: The first reports on the waitlists are coming out:
- Princeton placed 1,451 on the waitlist — up from 1,331
- Yale’s waitlist rose from 769 to 932
- Stanford University’s list is at 998
- MIT increased its waitlist by 59% to 722
- Penn’s waitlist decreased by about 500 spots this year, bringing the [...]

With cutbacks, fee hikes and decrease of enrollment, everyone is wondering exactly how the University of California will make decisions this year. Seven of the nine campuses–all but UCLA and Merced–have announced they will use waitlists to help manage their enrollment.
Source: LA Times.

The Fullbright program is the flagship scholarship program of the United States. Today we look at Master’s level insitutions:

Master’s institutions
Number of awards
Number of applicants

Rollins College
4
7

Drake U.
3
8

Hunter College of City U. of New York
3
7

Saint Joseph’s U. (Pa.)
3
8

U. of Portland
3
5

U. of Redlands
3
14

U. of Scranton
3
7

Valparaiso U.
3
7

Augsburg College
2
2

California State U. at Sacramento
2
4

Canisius College
2
3

Central Washington U.
2
2

City College of City U. [...]

From the China Daily (Registration required–free):
Problems emerge when an increasing number of Chinese students choose to study in foreign countries. Many students have complained that agencies have misled them and that they have had problems with their overseas universities, colleges and schools. Nick (not his real name) is one of them. The   28-year-old who now [...]

Sadly this comic reflects the respect an art degree seems to get. Clearly people are not reading enough Daniel Pink, who writes that the MFA is the new MBA. Four reasons highlight how valuable the MFA is to the business world (and I argue the same is true for a BFA):
1. How to take criticism. In [...]

From Inside higher ed:
After career at Yale, Alison Richard was tapped as Cambridge’s leader. In podcast interview, she discusses academic leadership and the future of research universities.

Below are the top 10 places to live in 2009, according to RelocateAmerica.com:
1. Tulsa: The energy jobs in Tulsa have kept the area relatively stable during the economic downturn, according to its profile on RelocateAmerica.com. The unemployment rate was 5.6% in January, more than three points below the national average. The median price of an existing [...]