Monthly Archives: April 2026

Quote, Unquote

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By 11th grade, the high-IQ students and their parents have spent so many years immersed in the college-admissions game that they, like 18th-century aristocrats evaluating which family has the most noble line, are able to make all sorts of fine distinctions about which universities have the most prestige: Princeton is better than Cornell; Williams is better than Colby.
~ David Brooks

via How the Ivy League Broke America
published by The Atlantic

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Campus Trivia Night

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Question: What has been the change in Brazil’s per capita GDP in both nominal and PPP terms – expressed in US Dollars – since 1995?

Via IMF datasets for Nominal GDP and PPP GDP respectively.

Year Nominal GDP per Capita (USD) GDP per Capita (PPP) (USD)
1995 $4,852 $8,364
2000 $3,752 $9,328
2005 $4,806 $11,334
2010 $11,341 $15,160
2015 $8,893 $17,337
2020 $7,057 $18,485
2025 (Est.) $10,578 $23,239

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Daily Five

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Here is the Fall 2025 HigherED.zone ranking of the Five Best Business Schools in West Virginia:

  1. John Chambers College of Business – West Virginia University
  2. Lewis College of Business – Marshall University
  3. College of Business and Aviation – Fairmont State University
  4. College of Business – Shepherd University
  5. School of Business and Leadership – University of Charleston

This Top Five List was determined by a ranked choice vote of the HigherED.zone editorial board.

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