Posted by BEN BEAUMONT – Typically in a troubled economy, graduate schools thrive. The theory goes that college graduates would rather tack on an additional degree than test the waters of a tough job market. But it appears that trend is not holding this year with news today that the number of people taking the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) actually declined in 2008, the first time that’s every happened in a struggling economy. Graduate educators are scratching their heads. CLICK HERE for a report on the matter from Inside Higher Education.
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