October 30: Time to press send reflect if you really want to bind yourself to that school. Sure Early decision gets you answer sooner, it may even be worth bonus points in terms of getting in. But is it for you, asks the New York Times Choice Blog::
1. Only apply early decision to a school [...]

Let the rejoicing begin: China has their own bad football league academic association of prestigous universities they are calling C9 (I hope it sounds better in Chinese).
Xu Mei, the ministry’s spokeswoman, said the establishment of the conference is a “helpful attempt that is conducive to the country’s construction of high-quality colleges, cultivation of top-notch innovative [...]

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You may be surprised to learn that the Ivies only account for 6% as this Techcrunch article illuminates:
We found that the 628 U.S.-born tech founders we surveyed received their education from 287 unique universities. Almost every major U.S. university was represented. The top ten institutions in this group accounted for only 19 percent of the [...]

The New York Times Choice blog is offering up Question and Answers with the CollegeBoard.

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Inside higher ed does a wonderful job looking beyond the conomics to the impact-political and educationally as several flagship public universities http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/10/16/outofstate#mce_temp_url# plans to increase the number of out of state students on their campuses:

The University of California at Berkeley is planning to admit more out-of-state residents this year. Berkeley’s non-resident undergraduate population is quite low (around [...]

Best Undergrad College Degrees By Salary

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Annual pay for Bachelors graduates without higher degrees. Typical starting graduates have 2 years of experience; mid-career have 15 years. See full methodology for more.

And Business is not even in the top 10…or 20…or 30…

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Best Undergrad College Degrees By Salary
Starting Median Salary
Mid-Career [...]

f a teenager can answer yes to the following 12 questions in five critical areas necessary for college success, chances are he or she will be able to do just fine.
Academic Skill
Can you read up to 200 pages a week?
Do you have a system for taking notes?
Can you clearly summarize a college-level reading assignment?
Can you [...]

Well, Princeton professors are keeping busy studying the obvious:
Asian applicants may face discrimination in the admission process at many elite universities, according to data from a recent study conducted by sociology professor Thomas Espenshade GS ’72.
According to the data, not all races are considered equal in the college admissions game. Of students applying to private [...]

This year’s Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings sees the slight erosion of US supremacy in the number of institutions in the top 200 as the table illustrates:

National honours: most institutions in top 200

2008
2009

Country
Region
200
200

US
North America
58
54

UK
Europe
29
29

Canada
North America
12
11

Japan
Asia
10
11

Netherlands
Europe
11
11

Germany
Europe
11
10

Australia
Australasia
9
9

Switzerland
Europe
7
7

China
Asia
6
6

Belgium
Europe
5
5

Hong Kong
Asia
4
5

Sweden
Europe
4
5

France
Europe
4
4

South Korea
Asia
3
4

Denmark
Europe
3
3

Israel
Asia
3
3

New Zealand
Australasia
3
3

India
Asia
2
2

Ireland
Europe
2
2

Norway
Europe
1
2

Russia
Europe
1
2

Singapore
Asia
2
2

At the same time, The UK has ascended to the top of the [...]