Lipman Hearne client American Enterprise Institute (AEI) made headlines today with the release of its report Diplomas and Dropouts: Which Colleges Actually Graduate Their Students (and Which Don’t). The report exposes the dramatic variation in completion rates across nearly 1,400 colleges and universities and found that less than 55 percent of first-time students at the [...]
Congratulations are in order for the University of Miami School of Law, which jumped 11 spots on U.S. News and World Report’s annual list of the nation’s best law schools. As reported in the Daily Business Review, the rise reflects internal changes that led to a better student-faculty ratio, improved job placement rates and better peer rankings from law [...]
An accelerated integrated marketing(AIM) and enrollment services client, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) made headlines today as one of the beneficiaries of a mystery that is unfolding in the world of college fundraising: During the past few weeks, at least nine universities have received gifts totaling more than $45 million, and the [...]
A long-time client for admissions, research, and consulting services, Kettering University appears in the New York Times today, with the spotlight on “the West Point of the auto industry’s” prescient efforts to expand its industry ties beyond Detroit.
Although programs in this top-notch, hands-on university have been traditionally for students pursuing industrial and automotive engineering jobs, [...]
In a crushing economy, people frequently turn to grad school. Out-of-work adults do it to retool their skills. Recent grads with newly-minted bachelor’s degrees do it to delay the agony of searching for a job in a tight market. What are their chances of acceptance at the top schools? According to the associate dean for [...]
Leaders at Duke University, University of South Carolina,and University of Maryland, all client institutions, told the Wall Street Journal that “deep cultural immersion” is increasingly important for business schools seeking to train students to lead truly global businesses. The article, “Executive M.B.A. Programs Bulk up Oversees,” also quoted Tim Westerbeck, one of Lipman Hearne’s owners [...]
The Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC), an initiative of New Leaders for New Schools, has identified 21 schools across the nation that have tallied dramatic gains in student achievement. Using a value-added model to analyze performance data from nearly 150 high-need charter schools across the country during the 2007-2008 school year. Among the 21 winners: [...]
The nonprofit galaxy grew a bit dimmer this month with the loss of one of its brightest stars, Woody Wickham. Lipman Hearne staff had the pleasure, and honor of partnering with Woody on multiple occasions. His unmatched acuity was evident in our joint work on behalf of the MacArthur Foundation and with one of our [...]
Genius Grant recipients John P. Holdren and Jane Lubchenco have been selected for two key positions in President-Elect Obama’s renewed commitment to climate change.