Tag: Research: Page 38

Opinion

Which Way Forward? President Obama and Higher Education

Higher education needs colleagues. There are some big decisions ahead.

January 23, 2014

Students

University of North Carolina: Athlete Literacy Research Findings Flawed

North Carolina’s top academic officer said Friday that reading specialist Mary Willingham’s findings on athlete literacy levels are flawed, though she stands firm that her research is “100 percent correct.”

January 19, 2014

African-American

Diverse Conversations: Learning to Lead

When a faculty member is promoted to an administrative position, it can be quite a challenge to master the art of leading.

January 19, 2014

Home

New Study Quantifies Impact of College Ratings

The findings demonstrate the influence of these rankings, which many higher education officials complain are unscientific, overly general, and misleading.

January 19, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: Former ASU Doctoral Student Sexual Harassment Case Moves Forward

Former doctoral student Tasha Kunzi’s sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation case against Arizona State University can move forward, a federal judge has ruled.

January 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

UPenn Professor Overcomes Odds, Uses Community Research to Study HIV

Bridgette Brawner’s tough youth helps her understand and fuel research on people and communities struck by HIV/AIDS.

January 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Stanford Dean Claude Steele Selected as UC Berkeley Provost

Claude Steele, social psychology scholar and dean of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education, has been tapped to serve as the next executive vice chancellor and provost of the University of California, Berkeley.

January 13, 2014

Faculty & Staff

LaSalle Professor Embarks on Groundbreaking Work in HIV/AIDS

Jillian Lucas Baker has become one of the nation’s leading researchers on developing ways to stem the HIV crisis, particularly in minority communities.

January 12, 2014

Leadership & Policy

South Louisiana Community College Says it Needs More Nursing Teachers

South Louisiana Community College PR director says nurses can earn a better wage for practicing rather than teaching.

January 9, 2014

Latinx

Colombian MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Winner Honored in Physics

As a young student in Bogota, Colombia, Ana Maria Rey was discouraged by her parents from pursuing her love of physics.

January 6, 2014

Home

LSU Testing Use of Drones in Agriculture

LSU AgCenter researchers are examining the possibility of using unmanned drones to help farmers monitor their crops from the air.

January 5, 2014

Home

Gallup, Purdue to Examine Post-college Success

Gallup is launching a survey project with Purdue University to provide insight into how the college experience enables graduates to pursue life and career success.

January 2, 2014