In a volatile economy, Temple's Fox School of Business is differentiating itself with a new Executive MBA Corporate Partner Scholarship Program, which gives scholarships to students from the same company who enroll in Fox's Executive MBA in a given year. "This is very important because during these economic downturns one of the first things that is cut is employee benefits, with tuition being one of those," said Rajan Chandran, Fox's vice dean. "This is our way of trying to make up for it by giving them education benefits in the form of a scholarship."

Some say the surge in popularity of zombies is a sign of the times. Things like the ongoing war, a deep economic recession and an overwhelming sense that things could fall apart at any time, create a culture ripe for fictional zombie invasions and heroic fantasies, said Peter Logan, a professor of English at Temple. "In the case of zombies, solutions are simple, readily available tools, like an ax or the chainsaw in your garage," Logan said.