"We do everything at the German International Graduate School of Management that we do back on the Purdue campus, but we do it in an international context," GISMA dean Dan Schendel says.
While college students make gains in the cognitive process, they think about problems much simpler than professors assume, says a study at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Two Cornell University preservation librarians have created a self-help reference guide called "Moving Theory Into Practice," a guide for librarians digitizing their resources.
The Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia will host the 31st Annual Conference on Higher Education and the Law at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education on July 17-18.
Purdue University, IBM and Dassault Systemes announced Friday (6-23) a collaborative alliance to create a digital enterprise applied-research center in the School of Technology on the university's West Lafayette campus.
Today's food producer is more likely to drive a microprocessor than a tractor. Purdue University's School of Agriculture and the Krannert Graduate School of Management a year ago began offering a largely Internet-based MBA in food and agribusiness.
Williams College graduate Ali Michael, for her senior thesis in African and Middle Eastern Studies, wrote a biography of Gertrude Sgwentu, a black woman who created the foundation for South African Female Empowerment.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is at the forefront to curb binge drinking through the RWJ Project, which aims to change the campus and community norms that result in high-risk drinking.
Summertime is here and kids should be enjoying the freedom from the regular grind, says s child psychologist and New York University School of Education professor of applied psychology. "Even though children are out of school, there are ways to make certain learning doesn't end," he said.
The job market has never been better for liberal arts graduates. The vast majority of liberal arts graduates are "ordering" the fries, not serving them, and Ursinus College graduates are a case in point.
The Johns Hopkins University will host a conference July 17-18 that will bring together some of the nation's top experts on summer learning loss, summer school and year-round learning.
Starting fall semester 2000, Krannert School master's degree students will be able to study e-business in 13 classes across the whole traditional business curriculum: marketing, finance, operations, organizational behavior, accounting, economics, management strategy and information systems.
The University of Missouri-Rolla in fall 2000 will become the first university in Missouri to offer a master's degree program in manufacturing engineering.
The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and School of Medicine will share a $1.6 million gift from the estate of Evelyn Grollman Glick, the Baltimore philanthropist and golf champion who died last year.
Drexel will operate as a fully wireless CyberCampus as of fall 2000, University President Constantine Papadakis recently announced.
June 14, log onto WOW.UAB.EDU to join a University of Alabama at Birmingham team as they travel to the Hopi and Navajo reservations in Arizona to learn more about the emergency response training needs of these Native American communities.
C6, the first virtual reality theater designed to totally immerse the user in images and sound, will open June 19 at Iowa State University; C6 will turn VR into a much more useful engineering tool.
Whether public schools teach sex education or not, history shows it neither prevents nor promotes sex for teens, says a University of Kansas assistant professor of history.
A Web-based teaching aid to help deliver satellite images of Earth to classrooms around the country has been designed by an Ohio State University engineer.
The Tuck School of Business is pleased to announce that Robert E. Rubin will address the centennial class of 2000 at their investiture ceremony on June 10. Mr. Rubin will also be awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Dartmouth President James Wright.
A doctoral student at UAlbany has won a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Program for Minorities for his work on urban issues; he is writing his dissertation on "The Politics of Black-Church Based Community Development."
Grinnell College's sociology 260 class isn't your typical classroom experience. This sexuality course places a new emphasis on the Internet and an email discussion group as a tool for the student.
A U.S. Department of Education grant totaling $1.14 million over a three-year period will allow Ohio University's African Studies and Southeast Asian Studies programs to expand their outreach across the state through educational programs for teachers, students and residents.
The University of Tulsa and Williams (NYSE: WMB) today announced plans to establish an energy risk management center integrating the latest in trading floor technology with a new graduate program focusing on the integration of financial theory with the practice of risk management in the energy industry.
The overwhelming majority of recent Ball State University graduates strongly believe their college education prepared them for life in the modern workforce.
Ohio University has selected two doctoral programs -- one in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the other in the Department of Psychology -- for the initial round of selective enhancement under a new Ohio Board of Regents directive.
The members of the University of Michigan Medical School's 150th graduating class will embark on their medical careers June 9 with the words of the nation's genetic research leader, Francis Collins, echoing in their ears.
Purdue University will upgrade its research computing facilities with a $10 million IBM supercomputer that will be among the most powerful research tools in the nation.
June 3, UAB journeys to Europe via the WOW.UAB.EDU Web site with a UAB Spanish scholar for two weeks of research into the African experience in Spain.
On June 9, the Smith College School for Social Work will host an unprecedented collaborative conference to mobilize against school violence in western Massachusetts; participating are cops, teachers, social workers, school administrators, parents.
A Purdue University educator's mathematics and science education graduate course creates a virtual classroom where students participate in live classroom discussions, produce multimedia projects and co-write documents through a collaborative distance learning venture.
Georgia Governor Roy Barnes, North Carolina Governor James Hunt, former Ga. Governor Zell Miller and UVA president John Casteen are among those scheduled to speak at a University of Georgia conference focusing on financing and accountability of public higher education.
DuPont has donated a patent estate to the University of Tulsa for development of a little black bead that can house hungry bacteria that then feast on hazardous substances and render them harmless before they damage the environment.
Ball State University experts are available to provide information and background on a variety of issues.
Purdue University announced 5/23/00 that Martin C. Jischke, president of Iowa State University, will become Purdue's 10th president. The board is expected to confirm the appointment at its June 1 meeting, and Jischke will assume the responsibilities of the office on Aug. 14.
Steven C. Beering will leave a 17-year legacy of growth in academics, facilities and reputation when he relinquishes the Purdue University presidency this summer.
Christopher Merrill has been appointed director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa; he also will have a faculty appointment as professor in the UI department of English.
The educational progress of special needs students for the first time can be gauged and documented, thanks to a computerized program created by Purdue University educators.
Although black students are catching up to their white peers in using computers at school, research by a Princeton University economist suggests a gap has opened in use of the latest technology, such as accessing the Internet.
Pulitzer Prize-winning environmentalist E.O. Wilson to keynote Connecticut College graduation, May 27.
7th- and 8th-grade students at Cedars-Sinai's third annual "Brainworks" will perform simulated brain surgery using a teaching tool developed by a surgical equipment manufacturer; in addition, they will meet dogs that are part of the pet therapy program, dress in surgical scrubs, and get a close look at the brains of sheep.
When Jonathan B. Stolzenberg receives a degree from Trinity at the school's 174th commencement on Sunday, it won't be the first time he has received a college degree, but it will be the most meaningful.
Benjamin S. Carson, pediatric neurosurgeon and author, advised the Ursinus Class of 2000 that success is about using your God-given talents, developing them to the extent that you lift up and become valuable to the people around you.
Actress Uta Hagen, glass artist Harvey K. Littleton and former Cargill chief executive officer Ernest S. Micek will deliver the "Charge to the Graduates" at University of Wisconsin, Madison, ceremonies May 20-21.
The Medical College of Wisconsin will honor a leading national advocate for the health and safety of children, two of its trustees and three distinguished faculty members at its 87th commencement exercises on May 20.
The School of Management at Boston University announced a unique program offering concurrent Masters degrees in business and information systems to prepare future CEOs for the new economy.
Students are proving that small liberal arts colleges are more than capable of competing with much larger and much better known schools across the country, said Grove City College's dean of the School of Arts & Letters.
Lewis University is honoring Philip J. Rock, chairman of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, best known for his service in the Illinois State Senate where he held the position of president and majority leader longer than anyone in the state's history.
Actress and School for the Arts alumna Olympia Dukakis will receive an honorary degree at Boston University's 127th commencement exercises on May 21; Tom Wolfe will deliver the BU commencement address.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee, a six-time Olympic medalist in track and holder of world and Olympic records, will give the address when DePauw University awards more than 500 bachelor's degrees in its 107th Commencement on May 20.
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