Tag: students
member name: John M.
|
May 11, 2007 11:27 AM EDT --
I will be 33 this summer; I have been in school for 29 of those 33 years.
3-4-- Pre-school
5-18-- Primary/Secondary School
19-22-- Drew University (BA, Psychobiology and English)
22-23-- No School . . .
more
|
|
November 09, 2006 11:56 AM EST --
Are you:
In constant contact with your child?
In constant contact with school administrators?
Making your child's academic decisions?
Feel bad about yourself when your child does not do well? . . .
more
|
|
November 01, 2006 04:43 PM EST --
Gosh, I'm really hoping this isn't true. I'm all for gay rights, but it is not the role of the faculty to force people to sign on their support for something that go against their belief . . .
more
|
|
December 01, 2006 08:15 AM EST --
I found this article on cnn.com and it seemed very timely. As a grad student, I find myself in the unique position of being both a student and a faculty member depending on the day and time. So I've . . .
more
|
|
February 02, 2007 10:54 AM EST --
A friend sent this to me the other day, well worth a quick look if you need a chuckle:
http://www.overheardatcollege.com/
It has those snippets of conversation that you hear on college campuses . . .
more
|
|
October 06, 2006 08:29 AM EDT --
<h3></h3> <h3 style=""></h3>
This is such a tricky issue. How do we try and find a balance between the rights of groups to be formed based on their values and the . . .
more
|
|
November 17, 2006 02:48 PM EST --
What an interesting project. This is the first program like this that I've heard of. It seems like a move away from a deficit model of thinking about lower income students (i.e. we need to provide . . .
more
|
|
November 26, 2006 02:00 PM EST --
I saw this one on cnn.com. A group of students at Boston University (the BU College Rebuplicans)has raised money for a private scholarship that is only for white students (Caucasian Achievement . . .
more
|
|
November 15, 2006 10:25 AM EST --
This issue has come up largely through the work of David Horowitz and Anne D. Neal who assert that students, faculty, and staff with more conservative views are being biased against in the academy. . . .
more
|
|
February 12, 2007 02:49 AM EST --
At both Harvard and at Yale, women have moved into historic positions of leadership.
At Yale, C. Megan Urry has been named chairwoman of Yale University's physics department, making her the first . . .
more
|
|
November 14, 2006 12:52 PM EST --
Interesting article from insidehighered.com about students chalking the campus (writing on the sidewalks) with gay-positive and heteronormative challenges for National Coming Out Day on Swarthmore's . . .
more
|
|
November 14, 2006 01:27 PM EST --
Ok, that's not exactly the argument that's being made, but this is an example of a case of a minority student charging that the use of race in admissions is hurting their chances for getting into . . .
more
|
|
November 16, 2006 08:23 AM EST --
Just on the heels of a suit against a school disctrict in NJ, a school district in Florida will now find itself in court for denying the rights of a gay/straight alliance on their campus that . . .
more
|
|
December 10, 2006 10:44 AM EST --
I first read about this on chronicle.com.
In order to comply with the new law in MI banning any preference or consideration being given to students in public schools (among other places) on the basis . . .
more
|
|
October 25, 2006 08:34 AM EDT --
I saw this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. It is an interesting debate. I have problems with the conceptualization on both sides of this argument.
On the pro-side: The . . .
more
|
|
October 06, 2006 11:33 AM EDT --
Hey folks:
I'm debating with some of my co-workers about why students work while going to college. My thought is that most full-time, traditionally aged students (18-22) work more for lifestyle . . .
more
|
|
November 01, 2006 10:21 AM EST --
I read this online at chronicle.com. I thought it was an interesting position that colleges are being put in as more and more students are arriving at their doors with mental health issues. . . .
more
|
|
November 01, 2006 12:48 PM EST --
Nike's new ad campain claims that football is everything: http://www.nike.com/nikegridiron/index.jhtml?l=fie&locale=us_en#briscoe
I have read some stuff online about this new ad campaign from . . .
more
|
|
November 02, 2006 11:37 AM EST --
Wow, I read this on chronicle.com this morning. The article is very long; I'll post the beginning of it below and try to summarize the rest.
________________________________________
by Peter . . .
more
|
|
February 12, 2007 02:35 AM EST --
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently reviewed an interesting study that looked at black students at elite universities and found that 28% of them were, or were the children of, immigrants (mostly represented . . .
more
|
|
|
|
