Cornell University researchers have received a NSF one-year grant of $799,085 to develop a proposed architecture for the National Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education Digital Library.
Bad as it may have seemed, the University of Illinois in 1904 was "poised for take-off." Within a few years - and under a new president - it would become a leading U.S. university. So says author of "The University of Illinois, 1894-1904: The Shaping of the University".
State learning standards are moving forward in Illinois schools, but very slowly, according to a recent University of Illinois report. One thing holding back implementation, ironically, is the test intended to measure how well the standards are being taught.
Elmhurst College will introduce a new master's degree program in supply chain management during the fall of 2001. This graduate-level program, the sixth at Elmhurst, was created to address the needs of the new economy.
Just in time for Christmas, St. John's University proudly announced a gift in the amount of $10M. This is the second Christmas in a row St. John's has received a gift of this size.
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has awarded Colorado College a $4 million grant to help build the Russell T. Tutt Science Center, which will house several departments and programs in the natural sciences, including environmental science.
The business world has embraced e-commerce as a valuable tool for selling, but it has been slow to develop e-learning as a tool for training, despite some obvious benefits, a University of Illinois professor says.
A study by Cornell University librarians shows that many World Wide Web addresses cited in student term-paper bibliographies often are incorrect, or refer to documents that no longer exist. (J. of the American Society for Information Science)
A first for the Ivy League, the Ven. Tenzin Gephel, a monk at the Namgyal Monastery in downtown Ithaca, became the first Tibetan Buddhist chaplain at Cornell United Religious Work.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President announced that the Institute has obtained a gift of $130M from an anonymous donor to construct two major new facilities: a biotechnology research building and an electronic media and performing arts center.
On December 21 at the University of Maryland, Tasha Inniss, Kimberly Weems and Sherry Scott will do something few other African American women have done -- receive Ph.D.s in mathematics.
Students are racing against time in a high-tech showdown to create new, commercially viable internet technology in Purdue's first annual Internet Olympiad. "The goal of the Internet Olympiad," said associate head of Computer Sciences, "is to get students to develop a prototype of an Internet application.
A new program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is the first in the country to respond to the growing demand for individuals with information engineering as well as real information management skills.
Results of the recent Third International Mathematics and Science Study Repeat, announced by the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, confirms previous evidence that the U.S. needs to strengthen efforts in math and science education in middle school, say officials of the NSF, which cofunded the study.
Just as light-rail stations in East St. Louis, Ill., have helped connect low-income residents to the job market in the St. Louis area, a new program initiated by the University of Illinois and community organizations will help residents get aboard the Internet.
Project Drive, a program developed by UAB's Civitan International Research Center, is helping people with low reading skills prepare to take the learner's license exam.
Beginning in the fall of 2001, Michigan State University will offer a unique on-line program that will give eligible educators the chance to earn a master of arts degree in education.
What has eight legs, three heads and the ability to make someone smile?
A Cornell Law School professor and an attorney suggest that abstinence-only sex education promotes a religious agenda and violates the First Amendment's "establishment of religion" clause. (The Southern California Review of Law)
In his new book, "The Anguish of Leadership," a University of Alabama at Birmingham associate professor profiles 14 veteran school superintendents around the nation and the problems and challenges they face as school leaders.
Associate professor at Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, and an adjunct professor at Millsaps, have developed an innovative program -- the first of its kind -- to correct problems deaf children have with reading and writing English.
A new culture for a new economy -- bringing together education, the private sector and state leadership -- should be the goal of a contemporary governor, Michigan State University President Peter McPherson today told the nation's Republican governors.
By combining high-tech computer design and elements of traditional Shaker furniture, Purdue University wood scientists are filling a need for economical, functional school furniture in developing countries.
An adult workplace learning program at Swarthmore College provides more than a unique forum in which students and staff members can learn from each other. The program also suggests a new model on which similar programs can be based.
Purdue Professor Marc Loudon has great chemistry with his students. Loudon was named the 2000 Indiana Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
On Monday, 11/13, Purdue University President Martin C. Jischke called for a national movement by America's universities to establish fellowships to increase the numbers of minority graduate students preparing to be the faculty of the future.
Universities nationwide struggle with efforts to diversify their faculties. The University of Redlands found a way by diversifying its curriculum.
The Children's Defense Fund has made child literacy the theme of its Annual Benefit, November 16, 2000 in Washington, D.C. Ringling Bros. Ringmaster Johnathan Lee Iverson will headline the night's entertainment.
A $5 million donation to Ohio University by Robert Walter, chairman and CEO of Cardinal Health Inc., and his wife, Peggy McGreevey Walter, will help fund a state-of-the-art science lecture hall and "smart" classroom facility.
Texas businessman and Ohio University alumnus Frank P. Krasovec and his wife, Margaret, commited at least $20 million in support of Ohio University's Bicentennial Campaign, primarily to benefit the College of Business.
The popular online auction site eBay has nothing on Penn State's Smeal College of Business Administration. Second-year MBA students can now bid online to acquire seats in popular classes. It is the first online bidding auction for MBA classes in the country.
Smith College and Wesleyan University have joined forces to launch "Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism," the first peer-reviewed, scholarly journal devoted entirely to issues affecting the lives of women of color.
For every one-dollar invested in higher education, you get an eight percent return, and for every one-dollar invested in research universities, you get a 23 percent return.
An innovative after-school academic program is making a difference in the lives of nearly one thousand Chicago public middle school students. In its third year, the Bulls Scholars Program is helping to change the course of education in the Chicago Public Schools system.
A national online digital library, considered a key step toward addressing the digital divide, moved closer to reality recently with 29 awards totaling some $13.5M from NSF. The awards aim to create, organize and install high-quality education resources onto the Internet.
Centre College students hosted this year's vice presidential debate. Now one dozen of them face a tough assignment: a 15-page academic paper predicting and analyzing the outcome of the Presidential race, including vote percentages.
Poets and poetry have long been celebrated at Bucknell, so it was fitting that poems be part of the pomp in the inaugural ceremonies for the university's 15th president.
Bucknell's President Proposes 10-Year Plan at Inauguration
Improving a lackluster grade point average takes more than a few extra hours of study each week. In fact, an Ohio State study of 79 college students found that a one-letter-grade increase in quarter GPA was associated with a 40-hour increase in weekly study time. (Journal of College Student Development)
Johns Hopkins University researchers have produced "Schooling Students Placed at Risk: Research, Policy and Practice in the Education of Poor and Minority Adolescents" and are available to talk about what affects academic achievement among poor, minority students in middle and high schools.
More than 37,000 individuals applied to U.S. medical schools for the 2000-2001 school year, the Association of American Medical Colleges reported. Although this figure is 3.6 percent lower than the number of applicants last year, it remains well over twice the number of available positions offered.
Marlboro College announces the acquisition of the Holstein Association building in downtown Brattleboro and invites the public to a special event at 2 p.m. on October 30 to rename the building the Marlboro College Technology Center.
A number of leading figures in education reform, including Ted Sizer, will gather at Smith College Nov. 3 - 4 for the premiere of "'Only'A Teacher," a documentary examining the changing role of the American teacher from the mid-1800s to the present.
College and university educators from the U.S. and seven other nations will gather for PBL 2000 Oct. 29-31 in Birmingham. They will delve into the inspiration, development, application and refinement of Problem-Based learning.
Students learn more and their teachers are less stressed in full-day kindergartens as opposed to half-day programs, says a Ball State University educator.
Ohio University President Emeritus Vernon R. Alden announced today his commitment of $5 million to create the Marion Parson Alden Permanent Endowment for University Libraries.
The U.S. Department of Education has rewarded the University at Albany's National Research Center on English Learning and Achievement with an additional $5.3 million to extend its national leadership on student learning and achievement in new school settings.
A Purdue University Krannert Graduate School of Management team walked away with top honors and a $12,000 prize in a case competition at the 30th Annual National Black MBA Association Convention.
The average starting salary for Purdue University's May agricultural graduates is almost $1,800 higher than that received by last year's graduates. The survey results show that 92 percent of the 332 graduates reported they have either found employment or are furthering their education.
Mann at Cornell University has received a National Leadership Grant for Preservation or Digitization for Libraries from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to preserve and make available worldwide the most important and influential volumes on the history of home economics.
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