Instructors wishing to incorporate interactive demonstrations in their classrooms will soon be able to retrieve high-quality, peer-reviewed learning materials from the Web because of a partnership between educational institutions called the Multimedia Education Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT).
The 2000 edition of The Best College for You, from TIME magazine and The Princeton Review, has named Sarah Lawrence College as the liberal arts college of the year.
To prevent school playground injuries, authorities should check playground equipment for loose, damaged or missing parts before students go back to school, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons advises.
Being in charge of their own finances can overwhelm college students. The financial officer at the University of Michigan Office of Financial Aid has some hints for college students from their first year to graduation.
As part of a far-reaching mandate to provide a new model for engineering education, the new Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering announced "Invention 2000," an unprecedented two-year effort to fundamentally rethink the way engineers are taught and the way colleges function.
Parents can be the lead conductors in making sure their children reap the benefits of music education -- even if the programs available to them at school are limited -- says a Purdue University child development specialist.
Ursinus College has joined the ranks of the nation's "most wired" colleges this year, with all new students scheduled to receive laptop computers when they arrive on campus in three weeks.
Fresh education news angles from the University of Wisconsin-Madison are given that may help enrich fall education coverage.
Anxiety often arises with the return to school -- about school violence, bullies who harass other students, and other assaults. A noted psychoanalyst has developed several pragmatic tools to counter school violence that parents, students, and teachers will find most helpful.
Abbie Brown, assistant professor of educational technology at Washington State University, has received a $1.4 million, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to prepare teachers to use technology more effectively in the classroom.
Students who read essays on a computer screen found the text harder to understand, less interesting and less persuasive than students who read the same essay on paper, a study at Ohio State has found.
How do you keep low-income high school students motivated in science and math, and encourage them to aggressively pursue college degrees in these subjects? A new federally funded outreach program at the University of California, San Diego, may provide insight.
The introduction of wireless networking dovetails nicely with Purdue's engineering heritage and Krannert programs' emphasis on computer technology. "We have a reputation as a techno-business school, so our students have expectations of a high-technology information environment," says the network administrator.
A list of seven Purdue experts who can speak on a variety of issues related to the start of the school year is presented.
Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel will receive the honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Michigan on Sept. 5. Havel will participate in a panel discussion titled "Globalization's Intellectual Challenge."
Williams College will honor eight distinguished scientists at its Fall Convocation on Sept. 23. Dr. Rita R. Colwell, director of NSF, will give the principal address. The college's science center will be dedicated in the afternoon.
Physics students can build many more circuits than in traditional labs via the "Interactive Electronics Laboratory" developed in the UIC College of Engineering. UIC hosts a symposium on teaching electrical circuits with the IEL.
Purdue University is solving its problem of filling the growing number of computer-related positions on campus by "developing its own" in an unusual program that has captured national attention.
Gifted programs are providing valuable benefits to students, but are saddling them with undesired labels, according to many such former students in a recent University of Illinois study.
Previous research says the boys who bully most in grade school are often on the social fringe. In sixth grade, the first year of middle school, however, bullying apparently becomes popular, says a University of Illinois professor.
First-year college students are more stressed out than ever trying to balance the increasing pressures of academic competition, financial responsibilities, and extracurricular activities such as running their own business.
The concept of group-think has spread from schools to businesses. One researcher has answered the question, "What is it about talking with peers that makes working in groups so effective?" Talk makes the students' thinking visible and helps teachers find out why they're making a particular decision and whether they're getting it.
The first annual Tom Creed Compassionate Pioneer Award has been presented to Patrick Wiseman, professor of law at Georgia State University. The award is named in honor of the late Tom Creed, a CSB/SJU professor of psychology.
There are many ways parents can help prepare their children for school, say Drs. Sharon and Craig Ramey, developmental psychologists at UAB and authors of "Going to School."
Governor Gray Davis announced that the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technologies [Cal-(IT)2], a joint proposal of UC San Diego and UC Irvine, has been selected among the six finalists to be submitted for final consideration as a California Institute for Science and Innovation.
There is a perception that children of migrant families are "flooding the schools" in the Midwest. One University of Missouri-Columbia researcher is working to help educators build new bridges of understanding and cooperation with migrant parents.
Boston University announces the creation of a Washington Journalism Program for both graduate and undergraduate students who will report on national politics with a New England angle for the program's newly created BU-Washington News Service.
Universities can play a major role in helping lessen the impact of disasters in their communities and speeding recovery, according to a professor who researches public preparedness for hurricanes and who has organized the July 26 Project Impact Higher Education Conference.
Temple University has many faculty members and administrators available to contribute expert advice and opinion to any "back to school" related articles.
A Virginia Commonwealth University study published in the current issue of Academic Medicine offers new perspectives on factors that might influence women's progress to academic medicineÃs highest ranks.
A proposal to form a college-run high school program from Marlboro College to Brattleboro (Vt.) High School was rejected last week by the school board because of strong concerns about equity and access. Critics called the idea a potential "brain drain."
Westminster College will create a first-class aeronautical institute thanks to a $7.4 million grant from a private, charitable foundation, announced Westminster College President Peggy Stock.
Washington State University will build an antimatter-physics research laboratory with a $1.1 million grant awarded by the W.M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles; the grant will be used to purchase and install an accelerator.
Move over Siegfried and Roy -- the real magical powers these days belong to Harry Potter, at least when it comes to capturing kids' interest.
Thirty-two inquisitive high school students will begin delving into the mysteries of science July 10, when Rhodes College opens its annual Young Scholars Program in biology.
A University of Arkansas law professor describes how school officials could handle problem situations, if the children involved were disabled, under the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Arizona Law Review).
A University of Illinois department that has specialized in teaching community college educators is bringing that expertise online.
"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.
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