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2010 Halfway Mark: Looking Back on Many “Welcomes”

2010 Jun 29
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Céad míle fáilte: While the Irish greeting for “100,000 Welcomes” hasn’t translated exactly to  that number of new client relationships in 2010, we have had quite the busy first two quarters at Lipman Hearne establishing new partnerships. We are proud of, and excited by, the collaborations that are underway and would like to take a [...]

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More on the B-school Ethical Evolution…

2010 Apr 15
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Another day, another important article – this one in U.S. News and World Report – on how business schools are “re-evaluating the importance of business ethics and different methods of teaching ethics.”
This topic has had a lot of coverage for several years, starting even before Enron and other high-profile ethical messes. The global financial meltdown [...]

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Does Character Count for Business School Brands?

2010 Apr 14
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Did the MBAs do it?  The debate rages whether business schools and their graduates are responsible for the global financial crisis.  Dutifully, many schools are “introspecting” on the subject.
Why Character is Destiny for Business Schools – and the MBAs They Groom, in the new issue of the Baylor Business Review takes a look at the [...]

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Bubbles are taking off over India

2010 Apr 2
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Despite being a country where Internet connections are often unreliable, India can usually be seen as an early adopter of new web and social media applications.  India’s citizens have so wholly embraced Facebook that they love it almost as much as they love film.  Facebook recently announced that it will open its first Asian office [...]

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The MFA barista—what is the true value of a degree?

2010 Mar 30
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New legislation being considered by the U.S. Department of Education is squarely aimed at for-profit colleges, with the intent of linking a student’s debt with their post-graduate earnings.  Their concern is that students—lured by advertising—are investing in credentials or degrees that don’t actually deliver the earning power that the student expects, generating flotillas of “underwater” [...]

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Somebody tell me why…

2010 Mar 23
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…colleges and universities are advertising so lavishly in The Chronicle of Higher Education.  It’s a trend that’s been accelerating lately, and it’s really getting out of hand.  In the March 12, 2010 edition there are full-page ads by:
•    University of North Texas
•    Arcadia University
•    East Carolina University
•    Texas A&M (three pages worth! And they’ve been [...]

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Education-focused Nonprofit Launches: Complete College America

2010 Mar 10
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Complete College America is a new nonprofit focused solely on dramatically increasing the nation’s college completion rates.  CCA is funded and supported by the Gates, Lumina, Carnegie, Kellogg, and Ford foundations.  CCA was launched last week with a national media teleconference and media outreach.
One aspect of CCA’s mission is its Alliance of States.  These states’ [...]

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YouTube Video vs. Written Essay: The Ultimate College Decision

2010 Mar 1
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What do you get when you combine the increasingly competitive college admissions process with the age of social media? YouTube videos as a college application supplement, of course. At least that is what Tufts University has started to accept this year. In addition to poring through the traditional essays, recommendations and transcripts, this year Tufts [...]

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Me and Scott Jaschik

2010 Feb 24
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At the CASE District III conference yesterday, I was asked to sit in for Scott Jaschik – editor of Inside Higher Ed – when his flight arrangements conflicted with the timing of the session.  Co-presenter Rae Goldsmith from CASE and I managed to deflect the massive disappointment in the room at Scott’s absence and lead [...]

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How to Bring Messages to Life on Capitol Hill

2010 Feb 19
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When you work for a member of Congress, your life can be a blur of meetings, phone calls, and events. Sometimes there’s not a good opportunity to learn about an issue in depth.  Lipman Hearne was proud to help the First Five Years Fund create an interactive, multimedia exhibit that informs Hill staff about early [...]

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