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HHMI Bulletin May 2011 |
HHMI Announces $60 Million Competition for Colleges Challenging colleges and universities to think creatively about how they teach science, HHMI has invited 215 undergraduate-focused institutions across the country to apply for a total of $60 million in science education grants. |
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2010 |
National Awards to Foster Science Education In May, HHMI announced $79 million of new grants to help universities strengthen undergraduate and precollege science education nationwide. |
Registered Rep. January 23, 2015 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Five Secrets Colleges Are Keeping From You While universities may lure students with fancy brochures, luxury housing and scenic architecture, the reality is that colleges are high-stakes businesses preoccupied with enhancing their own prestige. |
HHMI Bulletin Spring 2013 Erin Peterson |
I Am a Scientist Science benefits from diversity, says David Asai, senior director of HHMI's precollege and undergraduate science education programs. "Finding solutions to hard scientific problems often depends on the diversity of the problem solvers." |
Registered Rep. September 19, 2014 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
The College Illusion Are your clients, who could be paying as much as a quarter of a million dollars to send one child to college, getting their money's worth? |
Registered Rep. September 27, 2010 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College In Four Years, Not Six Before a teenager falls in love with any colleges be sure to check their graduation rates. It could save your clients tens of thousands of dollars. |
T.H.E. Journal March 17, 2010 David Nagel |
Snapshot: Students Want Online Learning High school students seem to be overwhelmingly in favor of online instruction as a component of their educations. |
HHMI Bulletin May 2012 Erin Peterson |
Making Bigger Better University of Texas at Austin Freshman Research Initiative student Holli Duhon describes her research. |
Registered Rep. June 18, 2012 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
How College Rankings Influence Scholarship Awards For your affluent clients, it's the schools that don't possess the marquee names that will be eager to award their children scholarships. The author's book, The College Solution: A Guide to Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price explains more. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2003 Sylvia Charp |
Engaging the Tech-Savvy Generation It's the job of every educator to use all technological resources available to keep students engaged in the classroom. But a true tech-savvy educator is continually learning from his or her students. |
Registered Rep. November 21, 2011 Liz O'Shaughnessy |
Negotiating through the Maze of College Costs One of the biggest mistakes that families with college-bound teenagers make is looking in the wrong places for college cash. |
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2011 Lisa Chiu |
Going Viral Science Education Alliance's hands-on lab approach takes on a life of its own. |
Registered Rep. October 15, 2012 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College at a Discount Next year, a Minnesota-based university will cut its tuition by 33 percent for all its students. Others will likely follow. |
HHMI Bulletin May 2012 Cori Vanchieri |
Jo Handelsman: Engage to Excel How to keep STEM students from jumping ship? |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 |
HHMI Offers International Student Research Fellowships New fellowship supports 48 international graduate students. |
HHMI Bulletin May 2011 Cathy Shufro |
Richard Losick: Extolling the Teacher-Scientist Universities should encourage creative teaching, says Losick, just as they reward outstanding research. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 Alex Roman |
McAfee Donation Bolsters RIT's Graduate Computer Science Program The $1 million donation of next-generation intrusion and prevention technology coincides with the university's launch of a new master's program in computer security and information assurance at its college of computing and information sciences. |
T.H.E. Journal November 2004 |
2005 HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative The program will award grants in cash and HP equipment to K-12 public schools and higher education institutions who are using mobile technology in innovative ways. |
T.H.E. Journal November 2000 |
Embark Embark has just launched a new version of its Web site, embark.com, to help college-bound students through the college search and application process... |
HHMI Bulletin Spring 2013 Robert Tjian |
President's Letter: Ripple Effect HHMI is awarding a $22.5 million, 5-year grant to the National Math and Science Initiative to expand UTeach, an established training program aimed at preparing science and math majors to become teachers. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2002 Tshepo Batane |
Technology and Student Collaboration A research project in one Botswana secondary school |
Job Journal November 9, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: Postsecondary Teachers College-level instructors enjoy a class of students more eager to learn. |
Salon.com December 15, 2000 Maura Kelly |
Stop the madness Admissions officers at top-rated colleges prescribe time out for burnout... |
HHMI Bulletin May 2011 Robert Tjian |
President's Letter: Learn, Show, and Tell Today, with total investments of more than $1 billion, programs in science education have become an integral part of our mission and culture. |
National Defense March 2011 Cynthia D. Miller |
National Science Foundation Supports STEM Education Of equal importance to the foundation is the support of science and engineering education, from pre-kindergarten through graduate school and beyond, with a variety of fellowships and programs specifically for teachers and students. |
Registered Rep. August 26, 2013 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
School's (Not) Out Parents often assume that their children are going to finish their degrees in four years. Most of the time, it doesn't happen. |
T.H.E. Journal November 2004 |
The Webby Awards The international honors for Web sites has opened up this year's competition to include categories for schools and universities, students, and general education. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2002 Sylvia Charp |
Changes to Traditional Teaching Teaching and learning have changed as the use of technology becomes more prevalent... |
T.H.E. Journal September 2003 Stephen P. Forte |
A Pragmatic Approach to High-Tech Security on Campus The challenge is complex, especially considering how decentralized a campus' security, IT and safety systems are today. |
Entrepreneur April 2010 |
Top Honors Business school students give a shout out to their schools. The Princeton Review's Student Opinion Honors for business schools. |
Information Today February 25, 2014 Barbie E. Keiser |
Evaluating the Laura Bush 21st Century Grant Program Launched in 2003, the grant was designed to address a range of challenges facing libraries throughout the United States. |
Information Today August 28, 2014 |
OpenStax College Expands Its Textbook Catalog OpenStax College, an initiative of Rice University, will use a $9.5 million grant from multiple donors to add 10 free college textbooks to its catalog by 2017. |
IEEE Spectrum November 2005 Jones & Aaronson |
Showing Some Class Universities reach out to those affected by Katrina. |
T.H.E. Journal August 2003 Gaylord & Tolliver |
Sharing E-Learning Services: Former Rivals Improve Education While Stretching Dollars Technology makes strange bedfellows. Archrivals on the football field and steely competitors for Ohio's best students, we at The University of Akron and Kent State University are joining forces to share an e-learning infrastructure. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2002 Sylvia Charp |
Educators' Acceptance of Computer Technology? The use of technology as a tool in education for instruction and management is now accepted. Now that technology is accepted in schools, the search for new applications and justification for spending on those applications, hardware and professional development is ongoing... |
HHMI Bulletin May 2012 |
2012 Gilliam Fellows Announced Howard Hughes Medical Institute has selected nine students to receive the 2012 Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2007 Charlene O'Hanlon |
1-to-1 Computing :: A Measure of Success The first rounds of data are in, and districts are evaluating the impact of their 1-to-1 programs. With the results showing a revolution in teaching and learning, the task now is to find ways to keep the funding alive. |
T.H.E. Journal November 2002 |
Technology Takes On Rural Alaskan Schools Technology is improving virtually all aspects of rural education for teachers, administrators and students. Nowhere is this demonstrated better than in the Northwest Arctic Borough School District, located in one of the most remote areas of northwest Alaska. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2002 Dan Holden |
The Litany Investigating the organizational changes needed to make technology effective in the classroom and create an environment where no child is left behind |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 |
Education: The Bleak Writing On The Blackboard State budget deficits will mean stingier spending on public schools. The bright spot: Test-prep and tutoring firms are thriving. |
Registered Rep. December 17, 2012 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College Admissions Fever The college admissions process can drive teens and their parents crazy this time of year. Here are some statistics to get clients of college-bound kids to simmer down. |
CIO September 1, 2001 Meg Mitchell Moore |
Stay Tuned for More Knowledge Videoconferencing hasn't exactly fulfilled its promise in the corporate world, but a few universities are putting the put-upon technology to innovative uses... |
Registered Rep. September 16, 2013 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
The Real Costs of College A net price calculator allows clients to look beyond sticker prices to focus on the only price that matters to a mom and dad: the price they'll pay for their child to attend college. |
T.H.E. Journal March 5, 2010 David Nagel |
National Ed Tech Plan Advocates Radical Reforms in Schools The U.S. Department of Education released the first public draft of the National Education Technology Plan. The document reveals an intent not only to infuse technology throughout the curriculum, but to implement some major changes to education itself. |
InternetNews January 25, 2011 |
Google Targets Education With New Apps Section Google builds on established partnerships with schools and universities to develop a separate category for education applications in its Apps Marketplace. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2001 Sylvia Charp |
Partnerships and Collaborative Learning The power of partnerships and the value of alliances in education have existed for many years. Hardware vendors have been partnering with content providers and users to demonstrate the value of technology in education... |
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Timothy D. Snyder |
Colorado: Unlimited Learning With its many small and remote districts, Colorado is using online learning to educate kids in every nook and cranny in the state. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2005 |
Adobe Creates New Licensing Program The Adobe Education Student Licensing Option enables institutions to purchase volume licenses of certain Adobe desktop software products for their students. |
The Motley Fool January 3, 2012 Brian Stoffel |
Was I Completely Wrong About For-Profit Education? Our analyst takes a second look at the industry's ability to disrupt. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2005 Podoll & Randle |
Building a Virtual High School...click by click South Dakota's Rapid City Academy finds out just what it takes to provide a diverse population of students the flexibility offered by online learning. |