What a difference a decade makes in the world of the Pitt Admissions office. Between the fall 1995 entering freshman class and the entering class of 2005, average SAT scores went up from 1110 to 1234; by comparison, national SAT scores only went up from 1010 to 1028 during the same period. The percentage of […]
Pitt’s freshman class increasing in quality, size >
May 11th, 2006Oak Hill developer sues again >
May 11th, 2006Pitt has been sued in federal court by the developer of Oak Hill (formerly known as Allequippa Terrace), an 80-acre public housing residential area adjacent to the upper campus. The suit was filed May 1 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on behalf of Beacon/Corcoran Jennison (B/CJ) Partners, LLC, a Boston-based […]
Assembly approves 12-year facilities plan >
May 11th, 2006Pitt’s proposed 12-year master facilities plan moved one step closer to final approval last week, even as details of the plan are being kept under tight wraps from the press and the general University community. Robert Pack, vice provost for academic planning and resources management who is a member of the committee that wrote the […]
BusinessWeek ranks CBA No. 50 >
May 11th, 2006BusinessWeek Magazine’s first ranking of undergraduate business programs has rated Pitt’s College of Business Administration No. 50 in its ranking of 61 schools. The rankings included 31 public and 30 private university programs. Compared with other public universities, Pitt’s business program came in at No. 21. The newly released rankings are based on a survey […]