Conversely N, Zn, Fe, Cu and Cd contents in spinach declined with the application of manure amendment co-composted with increasing amount of leaf litter.
Faced with a 14% decline in applications, unflattering national press, an impending report on alleged Title IX violations by federal civil rights investigators, and a growing cynicism among faculty, staff, alumni and students, Dartmouth President Phil Hanlon recently proclaimed, "Enough is enough," and promptly formed the Presidential Steering Committee for Moving Dartmouth Forward.
B3 EDUCATION New York Applications Wane N.Y.U., Columbia and Barnard College have all experienced declines in applications, with some admissions officials blaming Sept. 11 jitters by families uneasy about sending their children to New York City.
But applications to full-time two-year M.B.A. programs continued their decline from 2008 highs, with applications down an average of 2 percent.
Some of you may have seen this strange headline in the Boston Globe last week: "BC celebrates its decline in applications".
While application deadlines for 2012 are not until January, the latest Ucas figures show a 27% decline in applications for creative art and design courses compared with this time last year.
Labour's Shabana Mahmood, shadow minister for higher education, said that the decline in applications by mature student reflected "the worries of these potential students with often greater financial commitments".
Last year, business schools reported a sharp decline in applications.
A decline in applications for unemployment benefits, stock market gains on Wall Street and increases in applications for building permits drove the index higher in December.
While one-year MBA programs have not remained immune to general decline in applications for MBA, they have experienced lesser decline.
