US: University of Cincinnati – best in Midwest

The Princeton Review has selected the University of Cincinnati for its popular “best colleges” guidebook. After previously naming it “best in the Midwest”, the new “the Best 366 Colleges: 2008 edition” guide recognises UC as one of the best colleges in America for its academic programs and other offerings.

“Only about 10% of the colleges in America are in this book,” says Robert Franek, VP and publisher for The Princeton Review. “It is our flagship guide to ‘the crème of the crop’ institutions for undergraduates.” Only eight new schools received the Best 366 Colleges designation.

In addition to its top-ranked Colleges of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning and the College-Conservatory of Music, UC has been recognised for its opportunities for undergraduate research, and experiential learning through its Honors Scholars Program.
UC is the birthplace of co-operative learning, with students able to combine learning in the classroom with paid experience in the workplace.

Unlike many other reviews and rankings, the Princeton Review also bases its selections on reports from more than 115,000 student surveys and contains candid comments from students about their own schools. One student said “UC will satisfy those looking for a great education, and the opportunities to build a great resume filled with experience through the school’s co-op program.”

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Hult is offering MBA scholarships

In an effort to make the Hult MBA accessible to qualified students from all over the world, the school is awarding USD $14 000 scholarships for every independent student who is accepted to the September 2006 MBA class.

The scholarships, funded by the school’s benefactor Bertil Hult, will reduce tuition for the one-year course from USD$38,000 to USD$24,000.

Successful applicants generally have management experience and several years’ work experience. Although some students succeed with less than two years of work experience, the intense pace of the program requires maturity and the school’s case-study learning method is based on sharing professional experiences in the classroom.

The goal of the business school’s admissions committee is to put together a diverse class that will learn together and from each other. The school is certainly culturally diverse with a student body that is 95 per cent international. The faculty and the curriculum leverage the unique cultural background of each student, developing professionals who can communicate across communities, cultures, and countries.

Hult's Action Leaning curriculum teaches students to make decisions, produce deliverables, and defend their ideas through case studies, business simulations, and a management consulting project for a real client company.

Hult International Business School is based in Boston and has been ranked the top one-year MBA program in the US by the Economist for two years in a row.

Contact a counsellor if you’d like to find out more about studying at Hult.