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Colleges and Universities RSS FeedsConnecticut College Dining Services Recognized for Start on Success Program - Connecticut College´s Department of Dining Services was recognized recently by the National Organization on Disability for its participation in the Start on Success Program (SOS), which provides introductory job experiences to high school students with physical, mental and sensory disabilities. ...Feed Source: aspen.conncoll.edu Connecticut College professors win college´s highest faculty awards - Connecticut College Professors Jefferson Singer, Hisae Kobayashi and Bridget Baird have been honored with the college´s most prestigious faculty awards. ... ´May Move Out´ sale rescheduled for June 21 at All Souls Unitarian Church in New London - The "May Move Out" tag sale, hosted by the New London Homeless Hospitality Center and Connecticut College, has been rescheduled for Saturday, June 21, from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at All Souls Unitarian Church, 19 Jay Street in New London. In the event of rain, the sale will be Sunday, June 22. ... New leadership for four of Connecticut College´s interdisciplinary centers - Three of Connecticut College´s interdisciplinary academic centers have new directors and an interim director will lead the college´s Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity during the 2008 - 2009 academic year. ... Connecticut College welcomes seven new faculty members - Seven new tenure-track faculty members, including a history professor fluent in six languages, a classics professor with a passion for jazz and a psychology professor who gets local children excited about neuroscience, are joining the Connecticut College faculty. ... Media Advisory: Connecticut College Reunion Weekend - Connecticut College´s annual alumni reunion is this weekend, May 30 - June 1. Reunion usually draws 800-1,000 alumni and guests back to campus. ... Connecticut College receives $1 million gift to renovate residence hall common rooms throughout campus - Connecticut College has received a $1 million gift from 1957 Connecticut College graduate Sylvia Pasternack Marx through the Virginia and Leonard Marx Foundation to renovate the common room spaces in residence halls and enhance residential education throughout campus. ... Legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin to speak at Connecticut College May 30 - Jeffrey Toobin, a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1993 and Emmy-award winning legal analyst for CNN, will speak Friday, May 30, at 8 p.m. in Evans Hall, Cummings Arts Center, at Connecticut College. A Q&A and book signing will follow. ... Book by Connecticut College professor wins Abbott Lowell Cummings Award - Abigail Van Slyck, the Dayton Professor of Art History and chair of the Department of Art History and Architectural Studies at Connecticut College, has been awarded the Abbott Lowell Cummings Award from the Vernacular Architecture Forum for her book, "A Manufactured Wilderness: Summer Camps and the Shaping of American Youth, 1890-1960." ... Connecticut College graduates urged to lead with ´passion, purpose and principle´ - Public radio and television host, author, philanthropist and advocate Tavis Smiley urged the 450 graduates at Connecticut College´s 90th Commencement Sunday to focus on issues of humanity, to contest injustice and to have the courage to lead. ... The ?60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire - Hired during an expansion in higher education, baby boomers are being replaced by a new generation.
... Students, Teachers and Parents Weigh In on State of the Schools - For the second year in a row, a vast majority of New York City parents, teachers and students who responded to a Department of Education survey said they were satisfied with their schools.
... Profit at Apollo Group - The Apollo Group, an education company that owns the University of Phoenix, says it earned $139.1 million in the third quarter as enrollment grew by 11 percent.
... Attention Goes a Long Way at a School, Small by Design - At the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice in Brooklyn, many in the first graduating class of 79 seniors are from the city?s poorest neighborhoods, and nearly all are collegebound.
... A Game Changer Left Unchanged by the Game - In an era when high school prospects increasingly seek handouts and entourages, Jamarkus McFarland, college football?s top defensive recruit, stands out.
... Law School Pays the Price in ?Don?t Ask? Rule Protest - The Vermont Law School has been denied some federal research money because of its policy barring military recruiters.
... Education: Bringing Potential Dropouts Back From the Brink - To improve their dropout numbers, officials in districts throughout Long Island say they are taking aggressive steps to keep students in the classroom.
... Survey of Teachers Shows Dissatisfaction With Klein - Of more than 61,000 respondents, 85 percent disagreed with the statement that the Joel I. Klein?s emphasis on testing had improved education in their schools.
... Career Programs Stress College, Too, and Give Students a Leg Up, Study Says - An evaluation of nine career academies has found that eight years after graduation, participants had significantly higher employment and earnings than similar students in a control group.
... Taking Lessons, and Confidence, From the Water - A New York City school is trying to raise academic achievement and confidence by having students learn about and navigate the harbor that surrounds the city.
... Holding Back Young Students: Is Program a Gift or a Stigma? - A New York school district has revived a controversial retention practice to not only hold back nearly 12 percent of its first-graders this spring but to segregate them come fall.
... Well: School Is Out, and Nutrition Takes a Hike - Camp food is just one of the summertime nutrition challenges for parents these days.
... Reading and Math Scores Rise Sharply Across N.Y. - Test scores in grades three through eight improved across the state, with particularly sizeable gains in urban areas.
... To Avoid Student Turnover, Parents Get Rent Help - In response to the turmoil in Flint schools, Michigan is giving some families $100 a month to help them stay put.
... Officials Reject Report of Pregnancy Pact - The mayor of Gloucester, Mass., said there was no independent evidence that a group of high school girls had made a pact to become pregnant and raise their babies together, as a magazine reported.
... Hacking Case Jolts Affluent California High School - A senior has been arrested on charges that he broke into the high school several times, hacked into administrative computers, changed grades and sent copies of test answers to dozens of students.
... Big Paycheck or Service? Students Are Put to Test - Many college officials are asking whether more should be done to encourage students to consider public service.
... Philanthropist Giving Millions to Two Schools of Journalism - Leonard Tow is pledging $5 million to Columbia University and $3 million to the City University of New York to examine how the troubled newspaper business can succeed online.
... Does 8th-Grade Pomp Fit the Circumstance? - While some educators are grateful that notice is still being paid to academic achievement, others deride the festivities as overpraising what should be routine accomplishment.
... Immigrants: Breaking Down Barriers to Get Parents Involved - A principal is trying to reach out to immigrant parents, who often are 0n the sidelines in an era of hovering parents.
... Land a Job, Then What? Graduates Adjust to Life With No Going Back - New college graduates lucky enough to be gainfully employed sometimes find their joy tempered by the realization that they no longer will have summers ?off.?
... House Approves Veterans? Education Aid in a Deal on War Spending - The House voted to offer military veterans what amounts to a free college education in a package that finances the war in Iraq through the end of President Bush?s term.
... Spike in School?s Pregnancies Leads to Report That Some Resulted From Girls? Pact - At least 17 girls at the public high school in Gloucester, Mass., are expecting babies, and a report says nearly half became pregnant after making a pact to do so and raise the children together.
... Gifted Programs in the City Are Less Diverse - An analysis shows that children from the city?s poorest districts were offered a smaller percentage of gifted slots.
... 2 School Entrepreneurs Lead the Way on Change - Wendy Kopp and Richard Barth are a power couple in the world of education, emblematic of a new class of young social entrepreneurs seeking to reshape the United States? educational landscape.
... Judge Gives a Victory to Tree Sitters in Berkeley Oaks - Protesters who have occupied a stand of coastal oaks at the University of California, Berkeley, for 19 months claimed victory when a judge ruled that a project on the site must be temporarily delayed.
... Report Sees Cost in Some Academic Gains - A study argues that the nation?s focus on helping students who are furthest behind may have yielded steady academic gains for low-achieving students in recent years at the expense of top students.
... Study Finds Little Benefit in New SAT - The revamped SAT, expanded three years ago to include a writing test, predicts college success no better than the old test, according to studies by the College Board, which owns the test.
... Bill Promotes Universal College Loans - After reports that some lenders have stopped offering federal loans at community colleges, two senators introduced legislation to forbid lenders from picking and choosing among institutions.
... Young American Indians Find Their Voice in Poetry - Students at the Santa Fe Indian School are drawing national attention for their decidedly American Indian take on an art form that has grown increasingly popular with young people.
... Courting Minority Students to Study the Environment - Four seniors at the University of Vermont were on a mission to recruit minority students from New York City to pursue environmental studies in college and as a career.
... Commencement Speakers: Messages of Exhortation, Counsel and Congratulation - Speakers ? including authors, executives, newscasters, athletes, comedians and actors ? focused on traditional messages.
... Career Couch: The Homework to Do Before Enrolling Online - Online degrees can be a boon to your career and your life, as long you choose the right program and understand the commitment that will be involved.
... Preoccupations: In a Year Off the Beaten Path, a New Direction for Life - Taking a gap year after high school ? to pursue other interests before applying to college ? can define career paths.
... George Carlin Didn?t Shun School That Ejected Him - George Carlin is not the most famous graduate of Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx. But he is without doubt the most famous Hayesman who never graduated.
... Big City: A School Steeped in Tolerance Adds a Course That Tests It - Friends Seminary is most likely the first school in New York to offer Arabic that doesn?t have a significant Arabic-speaking student body.
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