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  What's News from B-Schools

  Changes afoot at Kellogg; new dean named at Northeastern

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  For These Fans, a Day With Buffett Offers Wealth of Photo Opportunities

  The Berkshire Hathaway chief executive is a serious man. But in front of a camera, he turns into quite a funny guy.

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• JetBlue Chairman Teaches Entrepreneurial Lessons

  Joel Peterson, the founder of private-equity firm Peterson Partners and chairman of JetBlue Airways Corp., teaches entrepreneurial management and leadership courses at Stanford Graduate School of Business in Palo Alto, Calif.

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  M.B.A. Applications in Europe Slow

  The European currency crisis is claiming another victim: the M.B.A student.

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  Friday Night Lights (Out) in Texas

  In sports-mad Texas, where Friday-night football is nearly as sacred as Sunday morning church services, one rural school district is taking the once-unthinkable step of shutting down its high-school sports program.

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  School Lunches to Become Healthier

  First lady Michelle Obama unveiled new nutrition rules for school meals Wednesday in an effort to combat the nation's high rate of childhood obesity.

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  Apple Jumps Into Textbooks

  Apple introduced tools designed to spur the development of textbooks and other classroom materials for the iPad, a push to drive demand for its tablet and change the education market.

  • All Things D: Apple's New Math
  • Heard: Apple Kindles Textbook War
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• Sue Shellenbarger Answers Readers' Questions

  Columnist Sue Shellenbarger answers a reader's question about apps that help manage to-do lists.

• Economists Set Rules on Ethics

  A leading group of academic economists has adopted conflict-of-interest rules in response to criticism that the profession not only failed to predict the 2007-2008 financial crisis but may actually have helped create it.

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  Business Schools Pay Dues—and Then Some

  M.B.A. programs have long been characterized as cash cows for their parent institutions. A look at the numbers suggests that even the most autonomous business-school programs pay their dues to their parent universities—and then some.

• B-Schools Send Rejections to Unlikely Group: Alumni

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  Pressing for Women's Gains

• Where Business Thinkers Learn Their Lessons

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  Florida A&M Won't Suspend President

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• Kentucky Wants to Privatize Student Housing

• Democrat Probes Pay at For-Profit Colleges

• Sex Essay Roils Orthodox Campus

• Schools Going Green