Tag: Research: Page 46

Opinion

In Era of Accountability, Let’s Use Proper Evaluations

Periodically, we will share Letters to the Editor that we feel will further shed light on the complex issues that abound in higher education.

April 15, 2013

Students

Special Report: Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2013

Diverse honors the memory of Arthur Ashe Jr. by recognizing the achievements of student-athletes who are charge ahead with academics and athletics.

April 11, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Experts Differ on Route to Getting Talented Teachers to Most Challenged Schools

Consideration of talent, diversity and effectiveness urged in the ongoing struggle to boost student achievement, but should a ‘bar exam’ also be part of the process?

April 4, 2013

Home

Feds: Man Stole U.S. Cancer Data to Study in China

Hua Jun Zhao has been charged in a federal complaint with economic espionage, accused by prosecutors stealing academic research to pass off as his own in China.

April 3, 2013

Students

New Student Advisers Show Nontraditional Students the Way at Online University

As driven as the students are to move forward professionally, many lack the will to communicate openly about barriers that are likely to come up in a virtual learning space.

April 2, 2013

Students

Experts Recommend a Switch in Teacher Evaluations

When it comes to judging teacher effectiveness, value-added models—statistical models that a number of states and districts have adopted to rate teachers based on student test scores—are too problematic to be of practical use and could unfairly hurt teachers who get assignments in struggling schools.

March 24, 2013

Home

NIH Clearing Path for Underrepresented Groups to Obtain Grants

The effort envisions the agency investing millions of dollars into efforts to boost the number and grant-readiness of students from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups and institutions.

March 21, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Oberlin Dean Named Next Kenyon College President

A dean at Oberlin College has been named the next president of Kenyon College.

March 18, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Oberlin Dean Named Next Kenyon College President

A dean at Oberlin College has been named the next president of Kenyon College.

March 18, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Study: Female Science Professors Underrepresented on Corporate Scientific Advisory Boards

Research universities can play a proactive role in reducing the discrimination female professors may encounter while seeking to commercialize scientific research, according to a forthcoming management study.

March 17, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Catholic Institutions React to Announcement of a New Pope

On the second day of the papal conclave, the world watched Wednesday as Catholic leaders announced that Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio would be the next head of the Catholic Church worldwide.

March 13, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Tech Venture Initiative Launched on HBCU Campuses

Representatives of the HBCU community launched an effort to stream a tech-based entrepreneurship initiative at Black institutions.

March 7, 2013