Essays

Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism by John Updike

25 May 2012

Golf, gay sex and the fate of faulty footballs are some of the subjects tackled in this final pillar of Updike's wisdom. If only he'd been alive to compile it himself Higher Gossip , edited by Christopher Carduff, is a posthumous selection of John Updike's prodigious output, matching six substantial previous volumes mainly of critical or personal prose. The set amounts to seven pillars, if not ...

Computer Grades WestTest Essays

24 May 2012

You can't guess with this test. An essay style answer brings new concern about making the grade.

Harvard shakes up its MBA admissions

22 May 2012

Harvard said it is cutting in half the number of required essays for most applicants to its full-time MBA program and making its first round application deadline earlier than ever before.