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Getting Smart About Higher Education Involves Doing Your Homework
Getting Smart About Higher Education Involves Doing Your HomeworkSo you’ve gotten the good news: “Overproduction” of Ph.D.s is, by and large, a myth. Many fields are experiencing painful shortages of Ph.D.s. Bioinformatics is one, notes Peter Syverson, vice president of research for the Council of Graduate Schools. “We’re not producing any Ph.D.s in bioinformatics because, […]
July 2, 2003
Preparing Graduate Students to Teach
Faculty & Staff
Report Lists Top Threats to Campus Freedom
Report Lists Top Threats to Campus Freedom NORMAL, Ill. As colleges finish the academic year, a report on academic freedom in America identifies the leading dangers to intellectual freedom on college campuses, with “Patriotic Correctness” leading the list of violations of academic freedom. The “2002-2003 Report on Academic Freedom” details hundreds of incidents at colleges […]
July 2, 2003
Academic Freedom without Tenure
Faculty & Staff
Ole Miss Acquires Unique Drums From Ghana
Ole Miss Acquires Unique Drums From Ghana UNIVERSITY, Miss. Music lessons at the University of Mississippi are about to become even more dynamic, thanks to a recently acquired, hand-carved drum set from West Africa. Intricately decorated and culturally rich, the 15 drums are native to the Ewe of southeastern Ghana. For centuries, Ewe drums have […]
June 18, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Labor of Love
Labor of LoveLaw professors’ study provides new weapons in fighting job discriminationBy Ben HammerRuth and Alfred “Al” Blumrosen have worked for almost 50 years to improve labor conditions in this country and around the world. And despite recently buying a beach house in Naples, Fla., the couple, law professors at Rutgers University in Newark, N.J., […]
June 4, 2003
Faculty & Staff
UC Regents Turn the Tables on Ward Connerly
UC Regents Turn the Tables on Ward Connerly Regents oppose initiative to outlaw collection of racial data even as Connerly predicts victory at the ballot boxBy Pamela Burdman SAN FRANCISCO The University of California Board of Regents went on the offensive recently against fellow regent Ward Connerly, formally opposing his campaign to outlaw the collection […]
June 4, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Wayne State Opens High-Tech Clean Room
Wayne State Opens High-Tech Clean Room DETROITIn an effort to bolster its high-tech research capabilities, Wayne State University is launching a 3,700-square-foot clean room this month as part of its Sensors and Integrated Microsystems laboratories in the university’s College of Engineering.A clean room is an area in which the air quality, temperature and humidity are […]
May 21, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Rice University Launches Minority Scholar Lecture Series
Rice University Launches Minority Scholar Lecture SeriesHOUSTONRice University in March began a twice-a-year lecture series featuring leading minority scholars in an effort to build the school’s commitment to diversity and relationship with the minority community. Initiated by Rice President Malcolm Gillis, the President’s Lecture Series of Diverse Scholars each year will feature one speech of […]
May 21, 2003
Students
Community College’s New Foray
Community College’s New ForayAs more two-year colleges begin to offer bachelor’s degrees, higher education officials ponder benefits, possible pitfalls By Kristina Lane WASHINGTON What does two plus two equal? Usually posed in the very early stages of a child’s education, the question is being looked at afresh by higher education leaders postulating a new sum: two […]
May 21, 2003
Students
Banking on the Future
Banking on the Future By Kendra Hamilton NEW YORKOn a snowy day back in February, during its annual African American History Month assembly, the very best of the “Bank Street way” was on display.There’s no “star system” at the Bank Street School for Children — every class has its moment, every child his or her […]
May 21, 2003
Faculty & Staff
In Search of the Most Effective Education
In Search of the Most Effective EducationHow do we ensure that students, particularly students of color, get the best education possible? From standardized testing to teacher education, there are ongoing debates about who and what most affects a student’s achievement. And how do we best measure students’ progress over the years? Do we compare them […]
May 21, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Finding the ‘Right’ Research Mix
Finding the ‘Right’ Research MixSticking to what they know and love helps some scholars chart successful research careersBy Kendra Hamilton The research enterprise is the cornerstone of the modern academy. It is so much a feature of the landscape that perhaps it’s not surprising that no aspect of the scholarly condition has been subject to […]
May 7, 2003
Faculty & Staff
DeVry to Purchase Caribbean Medical School
DeVry to Purchase Caribbean Medical School By Ronald Roach OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.Business and technology education provider DeVry Inc. has announced that it will buy Ross University for $310 million in cash, in a bid to enter the medicine and health sciences education market. Ross, based in Dominica and St. Kitts-Nevis in the Caribbean, has more […]
May 7, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Teaming Up for Success
Teaming Up for SuccessPartnerships, collaborations help Tennessee State meet the challenges of securing research fundingBy Phaedra Brotherton For researchers, getting a single grant or award of at least $1 million takes skill and dedication, not to mention commitment to the university, students and to scholarship, says JoVita Wells, associate director of the Office of Sponsored […]
May 7, 2003
Faculty & Staff
History’s Burden
History’s BurdenAfter decades of neglect, an academic research agenda is being built around health disparitiesBy Ronald Roach R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges by Geographic Division R&D Expenditures at Doctoral-Granting InstitutionsandTop Patenting U.S. Universities Special Report Research Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the above listed chart(s). If you do not have Acrobat Reader […]
May 7, 2003
Faculty & Staff
History’s Burden
History’s BurdenAfter decades of neglect, an academic research agenda is being built around health disparitiesBy Ronald Roach R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges by Geographic Division R&D Expenditures at Doctoral-Granting InstitutionsandTop Patenting U.S. Universities Special Report Research Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the above listed chart(s). If you do not have Acrobat Reader […]
May 7, 2003
Faculty & Staff
College, High School Teachers Disagree On Importance of Grammar, Usage Skills
College, High School Teachers Disagree On Importance of Grammar, Usage Skills IOWA CITY, IowaAlthough college faculty and high school teachers largely agree on the writing skills that are most important for students to possess, they disagree in one key area — grammar and usage skills. While college instructors believe these are the most important skills […]
May 7, 2003
Faculty & Staff
When the Name of the Game Is Research
When the Name of the Game Is ResearchAs they say in the academy, “publish or perish.” That’s music to some scholars’ ears. Nothing is more interesting and causes such intellectual stimulation, yet at the same time causes such extreme frustration and stress than their own research — and finding funding. Others would rather spend their […]
May 7, 2003
Students
‘Educate, Don’t Segregate’
‘Educate, Don’t Segregate’ April 1st started out as a rainy, dreary day but that didn’t dampen the spirits of all of the people — young and old — who descended on the U.S. Supreme Court, carrying signs and banners, in support of affirmative action. Student and alumni associations representing a variety of colleges and universities […]
April 23, 2003
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