One thousand seven hundred college students die annually in alcohol related incidents. One million college students are injured or assaulted every year in alcohol related incidents. Think it can't happen here? Think again.
This semester alone, there have been 20 students evaluated for intoxication. Seventeen of those students were transported to the emergency room according to Brad Holmes, director of Public Safety. The Assumption College Department of Public Safety's Annual Security Report indicates that in the 2008 calendar year, there were 347 disciplinary and judicial referrals as a result of liquor-law violations.
Le Provocateur, Assumption College, Ma
Saturday, October 24, 2009
CDC Guidance for Responses to Influenza for Institutions of Higher Education during the 2009-2010 Academic Year
This document provides guidance to help decrease the spread of flu among students, faculty, and staff of institutions of higher education (IHE) and post-secondary educational institutions during the 2009-2010 academic year. The guidance expands upon earlier guidance for these settings by providing a menu of tools that IHE and health officials can choose from based on conditions in their area. It recommends actions to take now (during this academic year), suggests strategies to consider if the flu starts causing more severe disease than during the spring/summer 2009 H1N1 outbreak, and provides a checklist for making decisions. Detailed information on the reasons for these strategies and suggestions on how to use them is included in the Technical Report. Based on the severity of 2009 H1N1 flu-related illness thus far, this guidance also recommends that students, faculty, and staff with flu-like illness remain home until 24 hours after resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications.For the purpose of this guidance, IHE will refer to public and private, residential and nonresidential, degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions providing post-secondary education in group settings regardless of the age of their students. Portions of this guidance pertaining to dormitories and residence halls may serve as a useful supplement to residential (boarding) schools providing primary and secondary education, with adaptations as needed for their younger population. This guidance represents the CDC’s current thinking on this topic. It does not create or confer any rights for or on any person or operate to bind the public.
CDC
CDC
Are Today's Grads Unprofessional?
Today’s college graduates do not exhibit as much professionalism as their employers expect of them, according to a new study from York College of Pennsylvania.
As part of the small liberal arts college’s effort to rebrand itself as a place where “professionalism” is cultivated, its newly created Center for Professional Excellence commissioned a survey of more than 500 human resources professionals and business leaders to gauge not only what they think “professionalism” means but also how well the recent college graduates they have hired exhibit it.
The results of the survey, released Friday, suggest that colleges need to change how they prepare their students for the working world, particularly by reinforcing soft skills like honoring workplace etiquette and having a positive demeanor.
Inside Higher Education
As part of the small liberal arts college’s effort to rebrand itself as a place where “professionalism” is cultivated, its newly created Center for Professional Excellence commissioned a survey of more than 500 human resources professionals and business leaders to gauge not only what they think “professionalism” means but also how well the recent college graduates they have hired exhibit it.
The results of the survey, released Friday, suggest that colleges need to change how they prepare their students for the working world, particularly by reinforcing soft skills like honoring workplace etiquette and having a positive demeanor.
Inside Higher Education
Online and in Exile
In what some believe could be a landmark case in state oversight of online colleges, the Maryland Higher Education Commission this week barred the University of Maryland University College from offering an online doctoral program in community college administration to state residents, citing rules against “unnecessary duplication” of existing programs at historically black institutions.
The ruling still permits UMUC to offer the program to out-of-state residents, creating an unusual circumstance in which a state agency has forbidden a public university from serving its own residents.
Inside Higher Education
The ruling still permits UMUC to offer the program to out-of-state residents, creating an unusual circumstance in which a state agency has forbidden a public university from serving its own residents.
Inside Higher Education
Friday, October 23, 2009
Eradicating Racism Student Union for Racial Equity finds grassroots at SIUE
The fact that racism does exist is the foundation of a wide-spread need for interracial communication according to Grant Irvine, Student Union for Racial Equality treasurer and senior mechanical engineering major.
SURE is a recent addition to SIUE's student organizations. According to Andrew Heffron, junior mechanical engineering major and SURE vice president, the group is aiming to initiate greater communication among differing races.
"The group seeks to eradicate racism and other forms of discrimination and to build better understanding between people of different backgrounds," he said.
The Alestle
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
SURE is a recent addition to SIUE's student organizations. According to Andrew Heffron, junior mechanical engineering major and SURE vice president, the group is aiming to initiate greater communication among differing races.
"The group seeks to eradicate racism and other forms of discrimination and to build better understanding between people of different backgrounds," he said.
The Alestle
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
Travel Bug Bites Students in Study Abroad Programs
The SIUE Office of International Programs hosted the Study Abroad Fair in the Morris University Center's Goshen Lounge Tuesday showcasing various programs and universities that offer opportunities to travel for one's education.
SIUE Travel Study Programs, including Italy, Turkey and Argentina, provided information regarding their respective opportunities. Professor Lucian Stone heads the Istanbul Travel Study and said she believes that its focus on philosophy creates a unique selling point.
The Alestle
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
SIUE Travel Study Programs, including Italy, Turkey and Argentina, provided information regarding their respective opportunities. Professor Lucian Stone heads the Istanbul Travel Study and said she believes that its focus on philosophy creates a unique selling point.
The Alestle
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
Will Indian Students Continue to be the Largest Group in Global Classrooms?
Over the last couple of years, Indian students made news on international campuses and emerged as the biggest group the world over, going past even the Chinese.
In America, India remained the leading country of origin of foreign students for the seventh consecutive time in financial year 2008, increasing by 13% to 94,563 students, according to the Open Doors report - published annually by the Institute of International Education (IIE) with support from the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. In all, over 2 lakh Indian students studied overseas last year.
And the attraction of global campuses is not just because of problems at home - such as not enough seats for professional courses or the reservation system. Overseas education is considered a ticket to global careers - and Indian professionals are among the most sought after in the overseas job market.
The Economic Times
In America, India remained the leading country of origin of foreign students for the seventh consecutive time in financial year 2008, increasing by 13% to 94,563 students, according to the Open Doors report - published annually by the Institute of International Education (IIE) with support from the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. In all, over 2 lakh Indian students studied overseas last year.
And the attraction of global campuses is not just because of problems at home - such as not enough seats for professional courses or the reservation system. Overseas education is considered a ticket to global careers - and Indian professionals are among the most sought after in the overseas job market.
The Economic Times
Morton: Ala. Teachers Should Help with Budget Cuts
Alabama schools Superintendent Joe Morton unveiled a plan to deal with budget cuts for fiscal year 2011 partly by making teachers pay more for health insurance and retirement benefits.
....But the Alabama Education Association voiced less enthusiasm for other parts of his plan, which would:
-Freeze state funding to the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan at the FY 2010 level and direct the plan's board to develop a program to match available funds
-Raise the amount of experience required for future education employees to retire from 25 years to 30 years
-Increase the amount education employees pay into their retirement plans from 5 percent to 6 percent
-Raise the minimum age for future participants in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, or DROP, to 30 years of service and 57 years of age
Speaking to the State Board of Education at its monthly K-12 worksession, Morton said he thinks the amendment basing funding on enrollment "is the only thing that would save K-12 education."
It "cuts right to the heart of the matter and we don't caught up in bickering," Morton told the board.....
Washington Post
....But the Alabama Education Association voiced less enthusiasm for other parts of his plan, which would:
-Freeze state funding to the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan at the FY 2010 level and direct the plan's board to develop a program to match available funds
-Raise the amount of experience required for future education employees to retire from 25 years to 30 years
-Increase the amount education employees pay into their retirement plans from 5 percent to 6 percent
-Raise the minimum age for future participants in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, or DROP, to 30 years of service and 57 years of age
Speaking to the State Board of Education at its monthly K-12 worksession, Morton said he thinks the amendment basing funding on enrollment "is the only thing that would save K-12 education."
It "cuts right to the heart of the matter and we don't caught up in bickering," Morton told the board.....
Washington Post
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Orange Grove: After-school programs bright idea
Today we celebrate "Lights On Afterschool," a nationwide rally to draw attention to the need for, and proliferation of, after-school programs. After-school programs emerged over the past two decades in response to changes in our society – particularly the move of women into the workplace. Approximately 70 percent of households with kids in school have two parents working or are headed by single parents.
Orange County Register Communications
Orange County Register Communications
SAFRA to provide better, more affordable facilities
SINGAPORE: SAFRA is looking into providing better and more value-added facilities for NSmen and their families from next year.
It is looking to invest in pre-school education. There are also efforts to make facilities more affordable.
The plans were announced during the official opening ceremony of the new SAFRA clubhouse in Jurong. Dubbed the "Playground at The Canopy", SAFRA Jurong is the largest of SAFRA's five clubhouses.
It houses Singapore's first purpose-built children's gym and offers interactive water features. Since its soft launch in May, the club has achieved an average of more than 70,000 visitors a month.
Channel News Asia
It is looking to invest in pre-school education. There are also efforts to make facilities more affordable.
The plans were announced during the official opening ceremony of the new SAFRA clubhouse in Jurong. Dubbed the "Playground at The Canopy", SAFRA Jurong is the largest of SAFRA's five clubhouses.
It houses Singapore's first purpose-built children's gym and offers interactive water features. Since its soft launch in May, the club has achieved an average of more than 70,000 visitors a month.
Channel News Asia
Kindle craze spreads to Point Park
Whether your reading is done at the local coffee shop, on the bus or on the toilet, you now have the option of doing so with a whole new degree of sophistication. Since it was first introduced in November of 2007, the Amazon Kindle has kept both gadget gurus and bookworms alike swooning over its techno-chic design and electronic ease.
The Kindle is an e-book reader that offers users access to a virtually endless supply of text-based media. Everything from New York Times bestsellers to magazine and newspaper subscriptions can be purchased and downloaded to the Kindle, turning it into a library's worth of reading contained in one device weighing about a pound.
Three years and three models later, the Kindle continues to attract consumers because of its cost effectiveness and environmentally friendly concept. A recent search at Amazon.com found that most books listed for sale were less than $10 - nearly half the cost of an average paperback. Publishers are able to sell their titles for less due to the elimination of all printing costs, which in turn also reduces the amount of paper consumed.
The Globe
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
The Kindle is an e-book reader that offers users access to a virtually endless supply of text-based media. Everything from New York Times bestsellers to magazine and newspaper subscriptions can be purchased and downloaded to the Kindle, turning it into a library's worth of reading contained in one device weighing about a pound.
Three years and three models later, the Kindle continues to attract consumers because of its cost effectiveness and environmentally friendly concept. A recent search at Amazon.com found that most books listed for sale were less than $10 - nearly half the cost of an average paperback. Publishers are able to sell their titles for less due to the elimination of all printing costs, which in turn also reduces the amount of paper consumed.
The Globe
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
Apple iPhone: changing lives
Now one year old, Apple's iPhone app store boasts 75,000 mobile applications, and the company's television commercials claim that iPhone users can find "an app for that," no matter what "that" may be.
Recently, Vonage released a VoiP app for the iPhone, enabling users to make free or low-cost phone calls over a Wi-Fi connection or via the cellular voice channel.
The Cambridge, Mass.-based car-sharing service, Zipcar, also launched an app that allows a customer to use an iPhone to locate and reserve a vehicle and unlock it. It is the first app of its kind to control the operation of a car.
With the release of these two high-profile iPhone apps, it is clear that iPhones are no longer limited to being cell phones. They are multi-purpose tools that have the ability to suit themselves to any hobby, career or lifestyle.
Point Park University's computer labs use some Apple computers and software, and the Cinema and Digital Arts Department depends exclusively on Apple workstations. Such an Apple-devoted campus was the ideal spot to put the company's claims of "an app for everyone" to the test. Students and faculty alike, it turns out, have already found out just how much more convenient life can be with an app-loaded iPhone in hand.
The Globe
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
Recently, Vonage released a VoiP app for the iPhone, enabling users to make free or low-cost phone calls over a Wi-Fi connection or via the cellular voice channel.
The Cambridge, Mass.-based car-sharing service, Zipcar, also launched an app that allows a customer to use an iPhone to locate and reserve a vehicle and unlock it. It is the first app of its kind to control the operation of a car.
With the release of these two high-profile iPhone apps, it is clear that iPhones are no longer limited to being cell phones. They are multi-purpose tools that have the ability to suit themselves to any hobby, career or lifestyle.
Point Park University's computer labs use some Apple computers and software, and the Cinema and Digital Arts Department depends exclusively on Apple workstations. Such an Apple-devoted campus was the ideal spot to put the company's claims of "an app for everyone" to the test. Students and faculty alike, it turns out, have already found out just how much more convenient life can be with an app-loaded iPhone in hand.
The Globe
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
Reduced operations suggested for Virginia Tech game
The Chancellor's Executive Council has strongly encouraged ECU faculty to end classes and operations at 3 p.m. on Nov. 5, prior to the nationally televised football game between ECU and Virginia Tech.
In an e-mail that was sent to ECU faculty, provost Marilyn Sheerer said, "We expect traffic to begin increasing in the early afternoon with high volumes by 3:30 p.m. and the peak around 5 p.m. This event will create a serious traffic and operational effect on our university resulting from the arrival of thousands of fans in the city at the same time students and employees are exiting the campus."
East Carolinian
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
In an e-mail that was sent to ECU faculty, provost Marilyn Sheerer said, "We expect traffic to begin increasing in the early afternoon with high volumes by 3:30 p.m. and the peak around 5 p.m. This event will create a serious traffic and operational effect on our university resulting from the arrival of thousands of fans in the city at the same time students and employees are exiting the campus."
East Carolinian
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
'Fat list' embarrasses, outrages dance majors told to lose weight
For dance majors in the Conservatory of Performing Arts (COPA), one of the most intense days last year was when a list was posted outside of Studio 204 in Lawrence Hall asking certain students to see Peter Merz, an associate professor of dance.
After they met with him, it became the general consensus that everyone on the list was asked to lose weight.
The list became known among students in the department as "the fat list," and many were outraged.
"I can assure you we are not here to publicly embarrass people, and if some students were embarrassed - that was never the intention," Susan Stowe, chair of the dance department and associate professor, said. "From now on we will find other ways of talking with students about their weight."
The Globe
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
After they met with him, it became the general consensus that everyone on the list was asked to lose weight.
The list became known among students in the department as "the fat list," and many were outraged.
"I can assure you we are not here to publicly embarrass people, and if some students were embarrassed - that was never the intention," Susan Stowe, chair of the dance department and associate professor, said. "From now on we will find other ways of talking with students about their weight."
The Globe
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Inaugural International Education Month Set for Oct. 27-Nov. 19 at SUNY Cortland
Catherine Porter, president of the Modern Language Association of America (MLA), an international organization serving English and foreign language teachers, will deliver the keynote address during SUNY Cortland’s first International Education Month, which runs from Tuesday, Oct. 27-Thursday, Nov. 19.
Porter, a professor emerita of French at SUNY Cortland, will present “English is Not Enough” at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, in Brockway Hall Jacobus Lounge.
SUNY Cortland
Porter, a professor emerita of French at SUNY Cortland, will present “English is Not Enough” at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, in Brockway Hall Jacobus Lounge.
SUNY Cortland
Anti-Semitism Goes to College
I try to not overreact at isolated anti-Semitic incidents, but enough "isolated" occurrences have taken place at Rutgers University in the past year that warrants a strong public reaction. Despite the large Jewish population at Rutgers, - approximately 3,000 - this year Jewish students have had to deal with several anti-Semitic attacks, ranging from verbal challenges to vandalism. It has reached the point where even the most skeptical and naïve guardian against the classic knee-jerk reaction, like myself, has to realize and speak out against a continuing trend of anti-Jewish sentiment that is apparent at Rutgers.
Rutgers sophomore Molly Salovitz a few months ago said that she was horrified in her off-campus house one night when she heard several drunk students outside her porch saying "this is where the Jews live" late one evening. Upon later inspection she found that her porch had been damaged.
That same night, a Jewish house down the street had a window damaged. These two seemingly unrelated events could easily be explained by juvenile and/or drunken behavior that is common for college students, yet this seems too coincidental.
The Jerusalem Post
Rutgers sophomore Molly Salovitz a few months ago said that she was horrified in her off-campus house one night when she heard several drunk students outside her porch saying "this is where the Jews live" late one evening. Upon later inspection she found that her porch had been damaged.
That same night, a Jewish house down the street had a window damaged. These two seemingly unrelated events could easily be explained by juvenile and/or drunken behavior that is common for college students, yet this seems too coincidental.
The Jerusalem Post
Accreditation at risk in dispute Picketing feared at Marlborough High
Union unrest could cause Marlborough High School to lose its accreditation, school officials say.
School Committee member Margaret Dwyer said the school system has until noon tomorrow to alert the New England Association of Schools and Colleges about whether teachers plan to picket a visit scheduled for next week by the association as part of the accreditation process.
Dwyer said the schools association has said that if there is picketing, members will cancel the visit because they will not cross a picket line.
If the visit is canceled, Dwyer said, it may not be rescheduled for as a long as a year, which would leave the school without accreditation and jeopardize students trying to apply to colleges.
The Boston Globe
School Committee member Margaret Dwyer said the school system has until noon tomorrow to alert the New England Association of Schools and Colleges about whether teachers plan to picket a visit scheduled for next week by the association as part of the accreditation process.
Dwyer said the schools association has said that if there is picketing, members will cancel the visit because they will not cross a picket line.
If the visit is canceled, Dwyer said, it may not be rescheduled for as a long as a year, which would leave the school without accreditation and jeopardize students trying to apply to colleges.
The Boston Globe
Healthier US School Meals Boost Costs -Study
A report from the Institute of Medicine, an arm of the National Academies, proposed updating school meal programs to meet nutritional needs and foster better eating habits, but recognized healthier, fresher ingredients would boost costs, especially at breakfast where fruit servings would increase.
"It will cost a little more," Virginia Stallings, a professor at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and chair of the group that conducted the study, said in an interview. "But this will be a very wise investment in children's health," she added.
Reuters
"It will cost a little more," Virginia Stallings, a professor at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and chair of the group that conducted the study, said in an interview. "But this will be a very wise investment in children's health," she added.
Reuters
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Must-Read Book: Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
"A new online friend that I met on twitter recently asked me about the best book to read regarding bilingual and multilingual education. I told her without hesitation that a must-read book is Colin Baker’s Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. The book is currently in its fourth edition and I just can’t get enough of the book. I have read each edition, and the fourth edition is absolutely the best!! This book has invaluable information to both bilingual ed neophytes, as well as experts in the bilingual education community."
Multilingual Mania
Giveaway: One Lucky Reader Will Win A Copy Of This Book!!
Enter today - Ends Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
The winner must be located in the United States.
Multilingual Mania
Giveaway: One Lucky Reader Will Win A Copy Of This Book!!
Enter today - Ends Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
The winner must be located in the United States.
Medical Marijuana Proponents Breathe Easier Under New Guidelines
Feds Won't Prosecute Medical Marijuana Users if They Comply with State Laws
New Medical Marijuana Guidelines
Proponents of medical marijuana say the new policy is long overdue.
"What you have now, finally, after all these years is a federal government, which is not at war with its own states and not at war with suffering sick people in these states," Bruce Mirken, communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project, told ABC News. "It is the most positive and significant development on federal medical marijuana policy since the Carter administration."
But opponents have expressed concern that such a policy could also lead to more illegal drug use and sales. According to the Justice Department, marijuana distribution in the United States remains the single largest source of revenue for Mexican cartels.
ABC News
New Medical Marijuana Guidelines
Proponents of medical marijuana say the new policy is long overdue.
"What you have now, finally, after all these years is a federal government, which is not at war with its own states and not at war with suffering sick people in these states," Bruce Mirken, communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project, told ABC News. "It is the most positive and significant development on federal medical marijuana policy since the Carter administration."
But opponents have expressed concern that such a policy could also lead to more illegal drug use and sales. According to the Justice Department, marijuana distribution in the United States remains the single largest source of revenue for Mexican cartels.
ABC News
Officials: 250,000 Teaching Jobs Aided by Stimulus
The Obama administration says spending aimed at boosting the economy has created or saved 250,000 teaching or other education jobs this year.
A White House report released Monday concludes that money from a $787 billion stimulus package has helped states fill budget gaps that would have cost teachers their jobs in school districts and public universities across the country.
Washington Post
A White House report released Monday concludes that money from a $787 billion stimulus package has helped states fill budget gaps that would have cost teachers their jobs in school districts and public universities across the country.
Washington Post
German Team Shines in Solar Decathlon
The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that Team Germany is the winner of this year's Solar Decathlon, in which 20 teams of college students from the USA, Europe and Canada competed to design the best solar house.
The German team scored 908.29 out of 1,000 possible points. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in second, with 897.30 points and Team California placed third, with 863.08 points.
USA Today
The German team scored 908.29 out of 1,000 possible points. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in second, with 897.30 points and Team California placed third, with 863.08 points.
USA Today
College Green Building Teams Compete in 'Solar Decathlon'
What might look like a quirky 20-home subdivision that has sprung up on the National Mall between the U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument is actually the Solar Decathlon, a college competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy every two years.
Teams from across the USA, Canada and Europe are competing to design and build the most attractive and efficient solar home.
USA Today
Teams from across the USA, Canada and Europe are competing to design and build the most attractive and efficient solar home.
USA Today
Monday, October 19, 2009
Girl in Tuxedo Denied a Place in School Yearbook
Veronica Rodriguez describes her daughter, 17-year-old Ceara Sturgis, as "a perfect child": a straight-A student, a goalie on the soccer team, a trumpet player in the band and active in Students Against Destructive Decisions.
Sturgis also is gay and feels more comfortable in boys' clothes, her mother says. So Rodriguez supported her daughter's decision to wear a tuxedo, rather than the drape customary for girls, when she had her senior portrait made in July. Now she is battling officials at Wesson Attendance Center in the Copiah County (Miss.) School District. Rodriguez said she received a letter from the school in August stating that only boys could wear tuxedos and have since refused to include the photo in the school yearbook.
USA Today
Sturgis also is gay and feels more comfortable in boys' clothes, her mother says. So Rodriguez supported her daughter's decision to wear a tuxedo, rather than the drape customary for girls, when she had her senior portrait made in July. Now she is battling officials at Wesson Attendance Center in the Copiah County (Miss.) School District. Rodriguez said she received a letter from the school in August stating that only boys could wear tuxedos and have since refused to include the photo in the school yearbook.
USA Today
Education (VCs Pledge to Enhance Quality of Teaching and Research)
Higher Education Commission (HEC) will meet the challenging targets for higher education as put forth in the National Education Policy-2009. This was stated by Dr. Javed R. Laghari, Chairman HEC here Friday while addressing a media conference at the conclusion of the two-day Vice Chancellors Committee Meeting hosted by the HEC.
Further, the Vice Chancellors of public and private universities also pledged to enhance teaching quality and research despite the financial crunch that faces them.
Individual
Further, the Vice Chancellors of public and private universities also pledged to enhance teaching quality and research despite the financial crunch that faces them.
Individual
Profs Ponder Print Costs
A professor asks his students to print off a 23-page journal article to bring to the next class. In student speak, 23 pages means $1.15 worth of the $10 printing balance students receive at the beginning of each semester. $10 may seem like a sufficient amount. But, that gets students a mere 200 printed pages, which may not be enough for an entire semester of classes.
It's a struggle many UP students face, but what about the professors? If they do not have limits on printing, what encourages them to restrict their paper use in class?
The Beacon
University of Portland, Portland, OR
It's a struggle many UP students face, but what about the professors? If they do not have limits on printing, what encourages them to restrict their paper use in class?
The Beacon
University of Portland, Portland, OR
Student Enrollment Balanced Across Colleges
The College of Arts and Letters noticed a drop in enrollment this year, but this decrease actually marks a success for the University as it creates more balanced numbers among the various colleges - a priority outlined in the University's 2003 strategic plan.
Less students enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters because more chose the College of Engineering and the College of Science, two programs that the University sought to expand.
The Observer
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
Less students enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters because more chose the College of Engineering and the College of Science, two programs that the University sought to expand.
The Observer
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
Orbis Breaks Down Health Care Reform
An overview of the issues before Congress
What is really going on with health care reform? Many people have become increasingly confused over the country's health care debate amidst conflicting reports on the bills making their way through Congress.
So what is being proposed? There are a number of bills currently under consideration, with a variety of ideas designed to reform our ailing system.
The Orbis
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
What is really going on with health care reform? Many people have become increasingly confused over the country's health care debate amidst conflicting reports on the bills making their way through Congress.
So what is being proposed? There are a number of bills currently under consideration, with a variety of ideas designed to reform our ailing system.
The Orbis
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Tweeting for Votes
IN OLDEN DAYS, elections were waged by supporters who mobilized door-to-door campaigns and used phones to get a candidate's message to voters.
The olden days were about two years ago.
Candidates still go door to door, especially in local elections, but new battle lines are being drawn on the Web, especially through social-networking sites Facebook and Twitter.
Media, academic and many elected officials say Facebook and Twitter have revolutionized politics on the national and local levels. Many pundits credit President Barack Obama's daily use of Facebook and Twitter as contributing to his victory.
Richard Hanley, assistant professor of journalism at Quinnipiac University, said he believes it's a major mistake for political candidates to ignore the new mediums.
"They need to be everywhere where eyeballs are," Hanley said. "It's a very cheap and an efficient way to get information to voters engaged in that space."
Individual
The olden days were about two years ago.
Candidates still go door to door, especially in local elections, but new battle lines are being drawn on the Web, especially through social-networking sites Facebook and Twitter.
Media, academic and many elected officials say Facebook and Twitter have revolutionized politics on the national and local levels. Many pundits credit President Barack Obama's daily use of Facebook and Twitter as contributing to his victory.
Richard Hanley, assistant professor of journalism at Quinnipiac University, said he believes it's a major mistake for political candidates to ignore the new mediums.
"They need to be everywhere where eyeballs are," Hanley said. "It's a very cheap and an efficient way to get information to voters engaged in that space."
Individual
Teacher tuition reimbursement policies vary widely: Survey finds no standard for issue that is a sore spot in Saucon Valley
The question of how best to reimburse educators for the cost of their ongoing academic pursuits has become a major sticking point in the labor impasse that has paralyzed the Saucon Valley School District.
A survey of policies in 10 Lehigh Valley school districts shows there is no standard -- districts are all over the board, and few of the restrictions Saucon Valley is trying to impose are unusual.
Individual
A survey of policies in 10 Lehigh Valley school districts shows there is no standard -- districts are all over the board, and few of the restrictions Saucon Valley is trying to impose are unusual.
Individual
Rural school goes from worst to among best in 3 years
...While Tohatchi Elementary School is a new building this year, with walls decorated with Navajo language posters and student artwork, the demographics of poverty and language have added up in the past to some of the worst test scores in New Mexico....
Tohatchi boosted its math scores from 15% of the students being proficient in 2006 to nearly 78% this year. Reading scores rose from nearly 28% of the students being proficient to almost 71% this year, according to state data....
...Daria Hall, director of K-12 policies with The Education Trust, based in Washington, D.C., said that schools like Tohatchi "are proof positive that when we organize for student success, low-income and English language learning students can perform at high levels."
USA Today
Tohatchi boosted its math scores from 15% of the students being proficient in 2006 to nearly 78% this year. Reading scores rose from nearly 28% of the students being proficient to almost 71% this year, according to state data....
...Daria Hall, director of K-12 policies with The Education Trust, based in Washington, D.C., said that schools like Tohatchi "are proof positive that when we organize for student success, low-income and English language learning students can perform at high levels."
USA Today
U.S. illiteracy: Why Johnny still can't read
"Compensatory education" complaints are increasingly being used by parents who say school districts have a legal responsibility to educate children in spite of disabilities. The 2002 No Child Left Behind law dictated that schools must use "research-based" programs to teach these children to read, says Philadelphia-area attorney Dennis McAndrews. Reading comes naturally for many children, he says, but not for Rocha and others: "Putting print in front of them and hoping they'll crack the code is useless."
Labeled, by turns, learning-disabled, speech-impaired, emotionally disturbed and even mentally retarded, Rocha admits to Fertig, "I just gave up on myself."
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Labeled, by turns, learning-disabled, speech-impaired, emotionally disturbed and even mentally retarded, Rocha admits to Fertig, "I just gave up on myself."
USA Today
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