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Purdue and Indiana University
have record enrollments and it is largely a reflection of the economic downturn according to many analysts. When the economy takes a turn for the worse many head back to grad school to try to find a better job with a boost in their resumes.

Purdue and Indiana universities both have record enrollments topping 40,000 students on their main campuses, and other schools — both state-supported and private — also are reporting enrollment gains possibly driven by the state’s struggling economy.

Purdue enrollment figures for the fall semester released Wednesday show 40,090 registered students on the West Lafayette campus, up from 39,102 a year ago. A large chunk of the increase — 433 students –came from the graduate school, which now enrolls 7,427 students.

John Story, interim dean of the graduate school, said Purdue’s $333 million in sponsored research funding and the sagging economy might account for the increase.

“Graduate enrollment often mimics the economy,” Story said. “When the economy is good, people don’t go to grad school. When times are tough, going to school is a good option.”

Cheating never pays. Especially on Grad School Entrance Tests.

The publisher of the graduate business school entrance test said Wednesday it has thrown out the scores of 84 prospective students after shutting down a Web site they used to cheat on the exam.

The Graduate Management Admission Council said it had notified 84 people about the cancellation of their scores from the Graduate Management Admission Test. More than 500 scores were tossed, as test-takers could take the GMAT several times, and many of the test-takers sent scores to more than one school.

The council began tracking down users of Scoretop.com after winning $2.35 million in a copyright-infringement lawsuit in June, which allowed the council to shut down the site and seize a computer hard drive containing payment information and users’ identifications.

The council said an investigation of 6,000 scores from 2004 to 2007 found that 12 people posted questions from the exam on Scoretop. Those people will be barred from retaking the test for at least three years.

Rice University continues to become one of the leading schools in the state of Texas. Continually showing growth in leading publications and surveys around the country.

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Rice University’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management entrepreneurship program has moved up to No. 16 in a national ranking by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.

The Rice program moved up from No. 22 in the 2007 review and is the only Texas graduate entrepreneurship program in the top 25.

“Over the past decade, the Jones School has invested in the rapidly increasing role of entrepreneurship and innovation in driving the U.S. economy,” said Bill Glick, dean of the Jones Graduate School. “This ranking reflects the entrepreneurial spirit at Rice, as well as the entrepreneurial spirit of the local business community in Houston and Texas.”