U.S. News & World Report to launch a Facebook application in March
February 18th, 2008 by Karine Joly
According to a tip from a reader, I should be able to add a new entry to my higher ed facebook application directory soon.
If this email from US News & World Report (that was forwarded to me this morning) is to be believed, this application will be launched along with a Facebook page for the release of the 2009 edition America’s Best Graduate Schools at the end of March:
[…] Facebook page and application that will be an all‑inclusive resource for information on graduate schools, rankings, and the grad school selection process for users and their friends.
Using data that was collected from our most recent Annual Survey of Graduate Schools, our application will allow Facebook friends to share information about the schools they are considering attending. By saving schools to their list, students will be able to compare their interests with friends, meet other applicants, and discuss their impressions of a school.
If this is true (I haven’t had a chance to verify yet with the US News & World Report folks) that’s a very interesting move on their part.
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My boss got the same email, so I think they are doing something. I didn’t get much from the email so not sure what to expect. I just had to send a copy of my logo.
This could be very interesting indeed…I like the thought behind it, now it will be interesting to see the application of it and how effective it is.
We just launched the app today -> http://apps.facebook.com/gradzilla It’s called Gradzilla.