Life News (Education)

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Countering the national trend of rising college tuition costs, Marlboro College will freeze its current tuition rate for the second year in a row.

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A recent study by two University of Iowa economics researchers shows that college-educated workers with mathematical and verbal skills have the potential to earn the biggest paychecks.

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Performing in a school production can help children develop poise and self-confidence. But for some, the thought of standing in front of a live audience is terrifying.

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The National Science Foundation has awarded almost $6 million over four years to help institutions of higher learning that traditionally serve minority communities prepare for the next generation of information technology and computer networks.

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Swarthmore College, the primary beneficiary of the estate of the late James Michener, is devoting the bulk of the funds to the support of faculty research.

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Ball State University experts are available to provide information and background on a variety of issues.

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In the first course of its kind at an American veterinary school, Cornell's future animal doctors are discovering the extent of what their instructors call a national epidemic: the "disease of euthanasia," what enlightened animal shelters are doing and what they, as caring professionals, can do to help.

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The National Science Foundation has made a first round of grants to 31 institutions nationwide enabling talented graduate students and advanced undergraduates in science, mathematics, engineering and technology to serve as teaching fellows in K-12 schools.

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Elie Wiesel will speak in Bailey Hall on the Cornell University campus Nov. 4 at 8 p.m.

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Football has taken over as "America's pastime," says a Temple sports psychologist.

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The University at Buffalo will host a major international meeting of policy experts and researchers in higher-education finance on Nov. 14-16 to discuss the critical worldwide shift of higher-education costs from governments and taxpayers to students and their parents.

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Colleges and universities recognize that diversity is a desirable goal and an integral component of offering a higher quality education, but they are finding that diversity comes with a price.

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High school students now can apply at Purdue University without filing a single piece of paper. Prospective students can fill out an application, pay the application fee and complete a financial aid estimater online.

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Marlboro College announced this week that it will receive the largest single gift in history of Vermont colleges.

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A new study says there's a big hole in the argument used by university officials who say collective bargaining with teaching and research assistants interferes with the faculty's ability to instruct and advise those students: It isn't true.

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Cornell University students working in the new Cornell Small Children/Small Business Clinic provide direct technical assistance, consultation and training to local child care entrepreneurs on a wide variety of legal, business, facility and work and family issues.

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Leading Internet industry pioneers who are University of Virginia alumni will lead e-summit@virginia, a free public forum about the Internet, Nov. 12 and 13 at the University of Virginia. Key topics of debate include: ethics, privacy and personal security, the changing economy, free expression, censorship, and the common good.

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"Reframing the Affirmative Action Debate," an address by Harvard law professor Lani Guinier, will set the stage for a three-day national conference at Smith designed to consider critical issues, advance educational opportunities and develop policies that will move the United States forward in addressing areas of race and ethnicity.

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More than 800 students from across North America will meet in Chicago for the third annual Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO!) conference Oct. 22-24.

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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will help showcase a new kind of graduate business school for his nation at a ceremonial opening Friday, Oct. 22. In an initiative prompted by Schroeder, a private German foundation contracted with Purdue University to establish the German International School of Management and Administration.

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On October 28 Hofstra University students enrolled in the class "An American Odyssey" will embark on a trip through America and Canada for a unique study of the countries and their people at the turn of the century. They will travel through more than 30 North American cities.

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Danny Greenberg, president and attorney-in-chief/CEO of The Legal Aid Society of New York City, the nation's largest private public service law firm, will deliver the University of Georgia School of Law's 90th Sibley Lecture "Pursuing Economic Justice: Agendas for the New Millennium," Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 3:30 p.m.

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Ball State University experts are available to provide information and background on a variety of issues.

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As humanities Ph.D.s scramble to find employment in and outside of academia, they have found a national champion in Bob Weisbuch, president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, who is heading up a bold new program, "Humanities at Work," and is on a mission to change the employment landscape for those holding Ph.D.s, especially those in the humanities.

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The nation's leading corporate law scholars will share tools of the trade with their peers during a two-day conference aimed at better preparing law students for the realities of corporate practice Oct. 15-16 at the University of Georgia School of Law.

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Schoolchildren across Washington, especially "high needs" students who are at the greatest risk of failure, will benefit from a 5-year, $9.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. to the Washington State University College of Education.

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Louisiana State University will host a high-tech summit Oct. 11, featuring speakers from some of the world's most prominent computer-software and telecommunications companies, including Microsoft and WorldGate, who will address the impact of technology on commerce and education.

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From Oct. 17-19, librarians and computer scientists from across the United States will gather at Cornell University to discuss the management of the digital libraries of the future.

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1- women and the law; 2- most sexual assaults committed by acquaintances.

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How can university schools of education be improved to more effectively prepare quality teachers and impact education reform? SREB conference to hear about critical education school program changes implemented at UNC Wilmington that can be adopted elsewhere.

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The University of California, San Diego has received a $2 million GEAR UP Award from the Federal Government to support partnerships with San Diego area high and middle schools aimed at motivating and preparing disadvantaged students for college.

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William R. Harvey, president of Hampton University in Virginia, a top HBCU institution, serves as mentor to future college presidents from his administration. On September 27, the sixth Hampton administrator in a decade was named to an HBCU presidency.

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Faculty seeking ways to offer quality instruction via the World Wide Web or other distance technologies may soon be able to turn to a "virtual" instructor that can be accessed -- where else -- but through the Internet.

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Not one of the widely used science textbooks for middle school was rated satisfactory by Project 2061, the long-term science, mathematics, and technology education reform initiative of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. And the new crop of texts that have just entered the market fared no better in the study.

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Swarthmore College has established two first-of-their-kind study-abroad programs in Poland.

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"The Transforming Power of Art," a symposium, will be held at Ursinus College Oct. 20 from 3 to 5 p.m., in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Ursinus' Berman Museum of Art. Keynote speaker will be J. Carter Brown, director emeritus of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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Visionaries from NASA, the Russian Academy of Science, Merrill Lynch, and SpaceDev--the world's first commercial space exploration company--will brainstorm ideas for deriving useful products from asteroids and space bodies at Colorado School of Mines near Denver.

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The groundbreaking for the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice takes place on Wednesday, Oct. 6. U.S. Education Sec. Richard Riley is the keynote speaker.

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Louis V. Gerstner Jr., chairman of the board and chief executive officer of IBM, will be featured speaker and will receive an honorary degree at the 1999 Rensselaer Honors Convocation. The event will be held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Room 308 of the Darrin Communications Center.

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The latest strategies in research funding and grants will be presented at the National Science Foundation Grants Conference Oct. 14-16, sponsored by Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colo.

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In conjunction with the groundbreaking for the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, USD will hold a conference featuring an innovative "peace games" simulation.

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"A Celebration of Four Women Presidents," a conversation among New York Capital Region's groundbreaking female higher educational leaders, will highlight the Sixth Annual Initiative For Women Awards Dinner on Tuesday, Oct, 26, beginning at 5:30 p.m., in the atrium of UAlbany's new library.

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Artists, writers, philosophers, scientists and scholars are among the distinguished visitors participating in the Center for Advanced Study/MillerComm lecture series this fall at the University of Illinois.

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Abraham Lincoln is overseeing an exhibition in his honor at the University of Illinois Library. An extremely rare plaster life mask of the 16th U.S. president, made shortly before he was nominated, is on display in the Rare Book and Special Collections Library this fall.

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Vanderbilt University is offering a media fellowship that will explore the bold opportunities and unique challenges of the educational technology revolution. The program will engage journalists, teachers, and Vanderbilt faculty in discussions about educational technology as a potentially powerful, effective tool that enhances learning.

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Texas A&M University will hold its 1999 Academic Convocation on Oct. 7 at 3 p.m. in the Rudder Theater. This year's convocation will celebrate Texas A&M's academic community, with special emphasis on welcoming new faculty and recognizing others for their contributions to the university.

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April 1 will mark the 19th time Texas A&M University students have held "The Big Event," the largest one-day, student-run community service project in the country. More than 4,500 students work on more than 500 local projects over the course of the day.

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The National Science Foundation has announced that 14 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will receive more than $42 million over five years to promote diversity and increased participation of underrepresented groups in science, mathematics, engineering and technology.

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From fashion models who want more out of life to grandmothers who never had an opportunity to go to college, many adult students are changing their lives by beginning or completing college degrees at Sarah Lawrence College's Center for Continuing Education.

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Journalism and law students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have joined forces to generate in-depth coverage and analysis of the university's student fee lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court.