Starting salaries, signing bonuses, and other job perks have sent the total compensation package for MBA students at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management up to $117,000. That's up 29% from last year's total of $92,000.
A recently released national report equates reading failure with the same destructive outcomes of serious disease.
Cornell University Law Library has become an official mirror site for the International Labour Organization
Minority and handicapped children in the New York state foster care system who qualify for subsidies are twice as likely to get adopted as other children, according to a Cornell University study by Rosemary Avery. She has completed one of the most comprehensive studies tracking the outcome of foster care children. However, she notes, 90 percent of the foster children available for adoption in the state get adopted.
Hard-to-place children who are adopted in New York State receive "vastly different levels of support," sometimes half that of a similar child living in a nearby county, says a new Cornell University study. Some of the most vulnerable children are not being treated equally, and low support may inhibit adoption rates, leaving children to linger in foster care, says Rosemary Avery, associate professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell.
The National Science Board (NSB) will host a ceremony and reception on May 6 honoring annual winners of key awards in science and engineering, and public service. The awards will be presented at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Traditional support groups clearly help cancer survivors cope with their experiences, and Internet-based networks can offer many of the same benefits, says a University of Delaware professor who examined the content, advantages andpitfalls of "cyber solace" in a new study published in the January-February issue of "Computers in Nursing."
Though the recent Carnegie Foundation report found fault with many U.S. research universities--arguing that undergraduates are too often simply "receiving what is served out to them," mainly by untrained graduate assistants--the University of Delaware was one of only five institutions cited for "making research-based learning the standard."
Less time off in the summer may translate into greater academic achievement for elementary-school students, says a Purdue University expert on year-round schools.
A Cornell University study provides new evidence that curriculum-based external exit exams not only enhanced student achievement, but also increased the earnings of graduating seniors who took them.. It also showed that students who took remedial or basic courses earned less than their peers who enrolled in more challenging courses.
In the new book "Escaping the Advice Trap," two Cornell psychologists ask more than 100 experts how they would respond to 59 tough relationship problems. Then, Wendy M. Williams and Stephen Ceci, both professors in the department of human development at Cornell University, offer a bottom-line analysis for each dilemma.
John Hope Franklin, a founding father of African-American history and the head of President Clinton's national advisory board on race, will deliver the keynote address and be awarded an honorary doctorate when Occidental College celebrates Commencement 1998 in the historic Remsen Bird Hillside Theater on Sunday, May 10, at 3 p.m.
Chocolate may be a harmless treat for humans, but it could land a racehorse into trouble. Researchers found that horses fed chocolate- coated peanuts every day for eight days showed detectable levels of caffeine and theobromine -- substances that are banned for horses.
Many WWW surfers are familiar with the "Dancing Baby," a cha-cha-ing toddler created by 3-D computer animation. But a Williams College junior has taken the Dancing Baby to a whole new level--the virtual jukebox. Although the baby isn't his, its musical incorporation into the student's Web site has brought him unforeseen acclaim.
Williams College has announced that Yo-Yo Ma will give the principal address at the college's 209th Commencement, Sunday, June 7.
Even though people of all ages are working fewer hours and retiring earlier than their parents and grandparents did, many of them feel overloaded. "Especially in two-job families with young children, life can seem like one long sprint, without time for real exercise or real leisure," says University of Michigan psychologist Robert L. Kahn.
A new book, The Soviet World of American Communism, further confirms the fact that the American Communist Party was a tool of the Soviet Union says co-author and Emory University political scientist Harvey Klehr. The claims are based on Klehr's research in the archives of the Communist International in Moscow.
A new educational software program developed at Purdue University is making it easier than ever for teachers to put the power of the Internet to work in their classrooms. Test Pilot is a new application that allows teachers to design surveys, tests and tutorials that students can take on any computer that is connected to the Internet.
Betty Friedan will join the Cornell University faculty as a distinguished visiting professor in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations to direct a $1 million, four-year project, New Paradigm: Women, Men, Work, Family and Public Policy," at the Institute for Women and Work that will attempt to transform the feminist ideals and practices she catalyzed more than 30 years ago into a broader societal and workplace agenda for the new century.
In the first study focusing on the juvenile "peer court" process, UC Irvine professor Robert Beck has concluded that this recent and innovative approach to combating teen crime appears to be an effective alternative to the more traditional and punitive juvenile justice system.
Too many young academically talented female students are being discouraged from taking higher math and science classes, limiting a group of future leaders, says a Ball State University educator.
It's not a good idea to be extremely friendly with your ex-spouse, but it's not healthy to be overly hostile, either
U-M Population Studies Center researcher Sanjiv Gupta analyzed data to see how changes in their martial status affected time spent cooking, doing the dishes, washing and ironing clothes, cleaning the house, and other routine, repetitive household chores.
An Arizona State University graduate student studying the Tibetan plateau in China is helping nomadic yak herders fight two years of savage winters. Biology student Marc Foggin went to the Qinghai Province of China to learn how best to sustain development and ecology on the grasslands of Tibet, one of the harshest environments in the world.
For college recruiters and admissions directors, the Internet's "killer application" may not be the World Wide Web or online application forms, but instant messaging programs that allow recruiters to engage in one-on-one Internet chats with potential students.
While summer is a "no-brainer" for many students, one Purdue expert says the break is a good time to groom your mind for college. "Summer is the best time to find ways to set yourself apart from other college applicants," says Doug Christiansen, Purdue's director of admissions. "The opportunities are endless. Students can pick up new skills, improve existing talents, explore possible career paths or work on deficiencies.
News stories about food and health bombard us daily. Whether we're watching the evening news at home, flipping through a newspaper or reading magazine headlines while in the grocery store checkout line, we stumble upon the latest food study. But what are consumers actually hearing and reading from media sources? That's what the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation revealed in a new quantitative and qualitative study that analyzed three months of coverage (May-July 1997) in 38 national and regional television, newspaper and magazine outlets.
Mediator and Central Michigan University restorative justice expert Harry Mika can talk about the role of local, community-based justice organizations involved in Northern Ireland's peace process. He can trace the development of emerging community justice programs designed as options to a current form of community policing called "punishment violence." According to Mika: "One of the preconditions of the peace talks and agreement is the ending of punishment violence" in Northern Ireland.
Perpetrators of the Oklahoma City bombing have their roots in rural radicals and anti-government hate groups tracing back to Shay's Rebellion; Waco's Branch Davidians have roots not unlike cult beginnings of Christianity, say two Connecticut College historians who have authored books that detail lessons learned from these two tragedies, which share an anniversary April 19.
Inspired by a glaring void in a growing academic field, doctoral students from four colleges at North Carolina State University have launched the first online research journal devoted to the role of technology in middle school education.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A whopping 73 percent of white college and high school students own a home computer, while only 32 percent of African American students have access to a computer at home, according to a survey by two professors at Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management.
Teams of science students from around the nation will compete for an all-expense-paid learning trip to Portugal after advancing to the finals of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl.
Thirty years ago, child psychiatrist James Comer, M.D. at Yale's Child Study Center developed a comprehensive strategy to improve schools. Now, First Lady Hillary Clinton, a long-time supporter of his work, will address a symposium, Child Development: The Foundation of Education, celebrating the program's anniversary.
Although President Clinton proudly proclaimed the recent federal welfare reform effort "an end to welfare as we know it," political scientist Gwendolyn Mink writes in her new book "Welfare's End" that the demise of welfare can be traced back almost to its origins.
In Western Massachusetts from April 29 through May 3, Vanessa Redgrave and her mother, Lady Rachel Kempson Redgrave, will step on stage in two different venues to pursue interests in Chekhov and women. Their first stop will be Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley where the pair will hold a master class on April 29.
On Sunday, May 24, Johnnetta B. Cole, the former president of Spelman College and its first African American woman president, will deliver Mount Holyoke College's 161st commencement address.
Tallahassee, FL--Using funds from its settlement with the tobacco industry, today the State of Florida is launching a $25 million annual anti-tobacco advertising campaign. The ìTruthî campaign was developed by FloridaÃs teens and uses one of the most effective strategies known to affect teen behavior: rebellion.
One Franklin & Marshall professor is finding a way to show her students the mathematical nature of art, and the artistic nature of math. The course, unique to F&M, is not taught anywhere else in the country.
"The Clash: U.S.-Japanese Relations Throughout History," by Cornell University historian Walter LaFeber, has been awarded the Bancroft Prize in American History for 1998. The Clash, according to Akira Iriye, a Harvard University historian, "will easily become the best history of U.S.-Japanese relations in any language."
Social phobias -- the presence of extreme fear and/or avoidance of social situations -- is common in adults and children and is extremely debilitating, according to a newly released book, Shy Children, Phobic Adults: Nature and Treatment of Social Phobia, published by the American Psychological Association (APA).
The grand opening today of a new technology education center in the Seattle area marks a milestone for the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program.
A Purdue University team is headed to the Air Race Classic for the fifth year in a row as the only all-student collegiate entry. The annual event is a summer cross-country race for female pilots. Two years ago, a Purdue team became the first collegiate team to win the race.
The controversial topic of body image is explored in an intriguing and, frequently, disturbing new video by sociologist Dane Archer. Archer tackles such topics as eating disorders, body piercing and tattooing, cosmetic surgery, modeling and beauty pageants, aging, and cultural differences.
A Connecticut College psychology professor, author and researcher says the disease-based concept for addiction treatment, as embodied in recovery programs like AA, ignores the root causes of addiction and will unlikely achieve sustained recovery when used alone.
Every April since 1970, Americans have celebrated Earth Day with fairs, rallies and educational programs on the imortance of protecting the planet. The holiday serves to promote environmental values -- but it also reveals the environmental movement's problems and limitations, says a University of Maine political scientist."The holiday has proved to be a mixed legacy," says Amy Fried.
Boosting taxes on cigarettes will have a far less dramatic impact on rates of teen-age smoking than politicians are hoping, a new Cornell University study finds. In fact, say the researchers, higher taxes will have "a statistically insignificant impact" on whether young people decide to start smoking.
The difference between environmentally correct, native landscaping and a neglected, weedy neighborhood eye-sore is not universally apparent. A new book offers advice on what gardeners can do to a home landscape in cities and suburbs to make people realize it is being naturalized, rather than neglected.
Several inmates from the Allenwood Federal Prison Camp in Montgomery, Pennsylvania will be at Susquehanna University on April 28 to relate their experiences with white-collar crime to Susquehanna University business majors.
When a University of Missouri-Rolla history professor volunteered to host a radio program on bluegrass music 15 years ago, he had no idea it would lead to a publishing career. Now that professor is also the publisher of "Bluegrass Now" magazine.
Few people are cut out for pressure-cooker jobs such as being a 911 operator or an air traffic controller. University of Washington psychologist have determined that certain people seem to possess a common trait that enables them to handle these kinds of jobs, sometimes involving life and death, and have developed a new test that identifies these individuals.
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