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In December 2015 the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) swept through Congress, largely unopposed by leaders. Years from now, the ESSA will be remembered as the catalyst that sparked a movement that helped to move away from the standardised SAT/ACT tests.

The rise of technology startups in the past 5 years and one of the most prolific investment periods in Silicon Valley history has led to more than just TV sitcoms and young students more focused on studying STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) majors.

Three students from the world famous business school, HBS, have been awarded the prestigious award that recognises them for Service to School and Society; Abdulaziz Albahar, Sara Gentile and Needham Hurst have been selected for the award and will be honored by Dean Nitin Nohria on campus on 26 May.

Mark Barak holds a MBA degree from Wharton and worked in the corporate world for 12 years, then made a shocking decision to rebrand his entire live and become a restaurateur. Not only was this is long-standing passion, but was also his lifelong dream, which he finally set out to achieve. Today, he is the proud owner of La Percora Bianca, a successful Italian restaurant in NYC.

The idea is to help you pay college tuition years in advance and thus save money in case college tuition price rise. In 12 states and at some private colleges, it is now possible to pay your tuition in advance.

The Guardian has published the yearly guide to university application looking forward to making a successful 2017 for all of those in need of applying to University and College.

The four-year course is a doctorate of business and will cost students $332,000, as Times Higher Education reported. Not including room and board, that makes it one of the most expensive degrees in the world.

Poets&Quants has announced a 100 names in its list of the best and brightest MBA students this year. This list includes some of the world's most outstanding and inspirational MBA graduates. The students on this list have not only excelled academically or simply in their fields but have had some great experiences in their lives, coming into their MBA from different walks of life.

University of the People hopes that tuition-free MBA will just be as impressive as a traditional MBA to employers.

Top US Universities join the fight against the State Department security proposal to ban international students from “research projects and classes involving information seen as vital to national security”. The coalition is formed by top Universities such as Stanford, MIT, University of Pennsylvania and other 62 US institutions.

Recently the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) conducted a study that concluded that other than a handful of elite school graduates, MBAs in India earn less than $150 a month. While this fact has been known for a while now; what is interesting about the study is that they may have come up with a new reason for the problem. It is highly possible that India is overproducing its graduates thus leading to this issue. Is this the problem of the plenty?

The Kabul University has launched a Master of Business Administration (MBA) program with the aid of United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Vice Chancellor of the university has stated the new program shall help students develop themselves to become successful business professionals in the future.

Symbols of the modern admission procedure in the US, SAT and ACT seem to be playing a major role for university recruitment. But does it really matter?

Harvard Business school is the most sought after business school for all MBA aspirants who want to experience the best education, practical training and have strong industry networks.