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Chemistry World December 19, 2012 Laura Howes	Home office to help student job seekers In a speech last week, the UK's home secretary announced that from April 2013, all international PhD students will be allowed to remain in the country for one year to find work or start a business after their course has finished.
T.H.E. Journal August 2002 Jacqueline Keane	Teacher vs. Computer. Where Educators Stand in the Technology Revolution Instructional technology and the World Wide Web offer powerful teaching resources that provide educators with a limitless wealth of information and shared professional practices.
T.H.E. Journal August 2005	Adopt-An-Author Adopt-An-Author is a free, Webbased, nationwide non-profit program designed to excite students about reading and writing through the use of best-selling thrillers, heroic nonfiction stories, and motivational books chosen by the site because they are fun and interesting.
T.H.E. Journal June 2000	Taking a Balanced Approach to Reading A Balanced Approach to Reading builds phonological awareness and decoding skills while providing students with opportunities to engage in content-rich, literature-based activities. The results have been exceptional.
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.
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2011	Michelle Withers: Extolling the Teacher-Scientist I create learning activities so students come up with their own answers. I need to figure out what questions will get them there. How can I guide them to figure it out?
Chemistry World March 26, 2015 Mark Peplow	Thinking ahead Recognizing that a PhD can be a springboard to many different career paths is the first step towards ensuring that science students have every opportunity to succeed.
T.H.E. Journal February 2001 Adam Garry	Tom Snyder's That's a Fact Jack Preparing students to be productive citizens means requiring them to read and comprehend. Teachers struggle every day with motivating students to read and understand. Tom Snyder productions has gone the extra step for students in grades three through ten with "That's A Fact Jack! Read."
BusinessWeek September 2, 2010 Paul M. Barrett	Book Review: Higher Education? How Colleges are Wasting Our Money Authors Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus look at where students can get value for their money -- and how too many schools charge too much and deliver too little
T.H.E. Journal November 2002 Laura Grillo Abdelnour	Bytes of Learning's CREATE Together CREATE Together from Bytes of Learning is a multimedia software program that combines creation, collaboration, communication, problem solving and publishing tools for all grade levels.
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?
T.H.E. Journal December 2004 Cecile M. Arquette	A University-Public School `Key-Pal' Partnership Thoughtful teachers must find time to fit technology into their crowded schedules. One way to accomplish this task is to combine pen pals, an old technique, with the Internet to create electronic pen pals called "key pals."
T.H.E. Journal September 2004	Google for Reading' Delivers a Wealth of Book Resources The goal of TeachingBooks.net is to foster enthusiasm for books and reading by providing easy access to authors, illustrators and exceptional book resources in one central location.
Chemistry World May 30, 2014	Taking responsibility Sara Cooper talks to Neil Withers about safety in the lab and how it's up to everyone, from boardrooms to students, to create a safe environment
T.H.E. Journal March 2005 Douglas Kellner	The Changing Classroom: Challenges for Teachers The integration of technology in classrooms has obligated teachers to develop new teaching strategies to enhance learning across the curriculum.
Chemistry World April 24, 2012 David Smith	Skills for students Practical Skills in Chemistry, by John Dean could offer any undergraduate a way to develop all of the skills of a fine chemist.
T.H.E. Journal March 2000 Sue Shelton	Breathing New Life into a Dead Language: Teaching Latin Online
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Katharine Gammon	Room to Grow -- and Learn For undergraduates who have the opportunity to do high-level research, the experience can be unforgettable.
T.H.E. Journal June 2002 Douglas W. Green & Thomas O'Brien	The Internet's Impact on Teacher Practice and Classroom Culture Does Internet use result in an increase in constructivist teacher practices? What other features of classroom life are impacted when the Internet is used as a source of information for student research projects?
T.H.E. Journal May 2005 Kirsti Aho	Teaching Digital Communication to All Students From the primary level through college, students can be prepared to communicate more effectively by teaching them the whole communication process from planning the message all the way to testing for usability.
T.H.E. Journal March 2003 Shawna White May	Integrating Technology Into a Reading Program Being a teacher is a difficult job. You often have more than 25 students in your classroom and several different learning styles. In addition, it is your responsibility as a teacher to reach all of the students. I believe this can be made possible through the use of instructional technology.
D-Lib October 2003 Marcum & George	Who Uses What? Report on a national survey of information users in colleges and universities
Chemistry World January 23, 2013 Paula Stephan	Too many scientists? It may be hard to believe, but once there was a time when scientists (young and old), policy wonks and those in government worried about a shortage of trained individuals to conduct research.
T.H.E. Journal March 2002 Peter Draus	Elementary Computer Skills Training The CLIP Program provides an intensive approach to teaching computer skills to first-graders...
T.H.E. Journal October 7, 2009 Ruth Reynard	More Challenges with Wikis: 4 Ways To Move Students from Passive to Active Wikis are truly powerful tools to support collaboration. However, teachers are the central engager and the one who keeps the process moving forward.
Geotimes September 2004 Megan Sever	Undergrad Forums: It's All About the Process Student Publishing Prospects... Spotlight on Keck... Spotlight on Argonne... Campus Events... Bigger Fish...
InternetNews March 16, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	Google to Take More Students For Summer of Code Originally set for 600 participants, Google is now planning on taking 800 for 2007. It marks the third year of the program that offers students and open source organizations cash grants for developing open source projects.
T.H.E. Journal November 2000 Pat Herr	The Changing Role of the Teacher: How Management Systems Help Facilitate Teaching...
T.H.E. Journal June 2003 Mona Westhaver	Learning to Learn: The Best Strategy for Overall Student Achievement State and local funding for schools is decreasing. Learning to learn -- helping students develop thinking skills, learning skills and, most importantly, a passion for learning -- is the solution that will have the most long-term and widespread impact.
T.H.E. Journal August 2000 Elizabeth Amberg	Focus on Reading/Language Development ...Although educational software should never be considered a substitute for books, several programs can give novice readers extra help and practice....
T.H.E. Journal May 2004 Geoffry Fletcher	Technology for All Students The White House recently released a report detailing the progress the administration has made in removing barriers to assistive technologies, giving people with disabilities full access to all aspects of American life. Few, if any, of these efforts have made it to the schools yet.
T.H.E. Journal January 2007 Justine Brown	Targeted Instruction :: On Target Using technology to pinpoint problem academic areas can enable students to catch up, keep up, and get ahead.
Job Journal February 29, 2004 Marty Nemko	QUICK FIX: Could You Counsel College Students? Professors used to advise students, but colleges have realized that most profs are more interested in their own research than which courses Jill should take. So colleges now hire counselor types to advise undergraduates.
T.H.E. Journal September 2003 Howard Tomlinson	Educational PDA Games Engage Students, Teach Essential Language Skills One kind of handheld gadget is increasingly becoming accepted, encouraged and often provided by the school: PDAs. This is because handheld computers are a much less expensive alternative to laptop or desktop PCs for each student.
HHMI Bulletin Fall 2012	HHMI Awards $50 Million to Colleges Forty-seven small colleges and universities have accepted a challenge: to create more engaging science classes, bring real-world research experiences to students, and increase the diversity of students who study science.
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.
Financial Planning June 1, 2006 Elizabeth O'Brien	White Paper: The Clueless Investor To test if investors consider fees when selecting mutual funds, the authors gave Wharton and Harvard students prospectuses of four S&P 500 Index funds and had them create a hypothetical $10,000 portfolio.
T.H.E. Journal August 1999 Jody C. Isernhagen	Technology: A Major Catalyst for Increasing Learning "If you can conceive of it, you can achieve it." (Kennedy Space Center, Florida) A rural Nebraska public school district adopted this philosophy when they applied for a three-year competitive Excellence in Education Grant in late 1995....
T.H.E. Journal November 2001 Jonathan C. Basden	Authentic Tasks as the Basis for Multimedia Design Curriculum Virtual reality project enables students to pursue their own interests and guide their own learning...
Chemistry World July 27, 2011	Granting wishes for researchers Rafael Luque discusses funding for early stage researchers and the importance of green chemistry with Anna Simpson
T.H.E. Journal February 2002 Kevin T. McNulty	Fostering the Student-Centered Classroom Online There are many ways to maximize use of the Internet to benefit student instruction. On my classroom Web site I publish tutorials to assist with classroom instruction, and students use the site as a launchpad to research information...
HHMI Bulletin May 2012 Erin Peterson	Making Bigger Better University of Texas at Austin Freshman Research Initiative student Holli Duhon describes her research.
HHMI Bulletin February 2012 Cori Vanchieri.	Susan Singer: A Magical Moment The time to entice students to be STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) teachers is during the first years of college, says Susan Singer, a professor of natural sciences at Carleton College.
T.H.E. Journal October 2003 Styron & Disher	Improving School Performance and Career Preparation With a Wireless Computer Lab Two years ago, a high school in Louisiana purchased a mobile wireless computer lab with grant funds from the state. This lab not only helped improve the writing and research skills of the school's ninth-grade students, but also improved its overall performance score to among the state's highest.
T.H.E. Journal February 2008 John K. Waters	How Geek Became Chic With budgets and staff stretched thin, schools are turning tech-savvy students into technology leaders and a popular, important source of IT support.
BusinessWeek May 29, 2006 Dean Foust	Tough Love At The Office The Managerial Moment of Truth, written by Bruce Bodaken and Robert Fritz, is required reading for managers who are uneasy when confronting subordinates.
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.
T.H.E. Journal October 2000 Julie Reinhart, Tiffany Anderson & Joseph Slowinski	Creating a Pre-Service Teachers' Virtual Space Issues in Design and Development of Cross-Country Collaboration...
Job Journal December 4, 2005 Julia Hollister	Careers on Campus Because colleges and universities are basically small communities with small-town needs, they employ a wide range of well-paid non-teaching professionals.
T.H.E. Journal April 2001 Joshua D. Baron & Mercedes M. McKay	Designing and Delivering an Online Course for K-12 Educators The design and delivery of a distance education course are complex undertakings. This is partly because the development process involves many interrelated elements that must work in unison to form a single system for learning...