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February 1, 2008
Penn Dean Gets Out of Consulting Business
The University of Pennsylvania has told an associate admissions director at its business school to stop moonlighting as an educational consultant, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported today.
Recently, the dean, Judith Hodara, was asked to sit on an advisory committee of a Japanese company that helps students get into American business-school programs, including Penn’s. Since 2004, Ms. Hodara has also run IvyStone Educational Consultants, which advises applicants to undergraduate programs.
Some admissions experts told the Inquirer that Ms. Hodara’s consulting work seemed to present a conflict of interest. Penn apparently agreed, and the university told the Inquirer that Ms. Hodara had cut her ties with both consulting services. —Eric Hoover
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