Education

School Facilities Strained By Boom In Petroleum Engineering

8:00am October 14, 2014

by Dan Boyce

Students want to cash in on that growing job market. Those high paying jobs are also attracting petroleum engineering professors. So there are fewer professors to teach ballooning classes.

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WSSU Earns Grants To Assist Counseling For Students

12:00pm October 13, 2014

Winston-Salem State University will get two grants to help its online Rehabilitation Counseling program reach more students and help more people.

Students at Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., attend a debt management workshop. Broward is one of 29 colleges that no longer accepts unsubsidized student loans. The effort is part of an experiment to cut down on student loan debt and defaults.

To Cut Student Debt, Florida College Cuts Off Some Student Borrowing

6:52pm October 12, 2014

by John O'Connor

One of Florida's largest community colleges is trying to reduce the amount of debt its students take on. As part of a federal experiment, it has barred them from taking out any unsubsidized loans.

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President George W. Bush, seated, signs No Child Left Behind into law at Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio.

It's 2014. All Children Are Supposed To Be Proficient. What Happened?

12:57pm October 11, 2014

by Anya Kamenetz

The No Child Left Behind law famously set this year as the date when, well, no children would be left behind. So now what?

Digital Natives, Except When It Comes To Textbooks

7:13pm October 10, 2014

by Eric Westervelt

Textbook prices are high and rising, yet one obvious alternative to paying for paper — the e-textbook — just hasn't caught on, even with a new, digital-savvy generation of students.

Ashjame Pendarvis, a first-year community college student, works on her math homework at the University of District of Columbia.

Who Needs Algebra? New Approach To College Math Helps More Pass

7:16am October 10, 2014

The subject long been considered essential to a well-rounded education, but it's also been a subject that keeps millions of people from getting a degree.

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UNCG Faculty Concerned; Want More Answers On Firings

5:00am October 07, 2014

The UNC Greensboro Board of Trustees is bringing in an independent panel to review university policy surrounding outside employment for faculty and staff.

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Professor Laurence Steinberg, of Temple University, says adolescence should be conceived of as lasting from puberty to the early 20s.

Q&A: Plumbing The Mysteries Of The Teenage Brain

9:46pm October 04, 2014

by Anya Kamenetz

In Age of Opportunity, psychologist Larry Steinberg applies neuroscience to risk-taking, peer influence, the boredom of high school and other adolescent conundrums.

Dancer Needed To Move To Think

1:50pm October 04, 2014

From the TED Radio Hour, an idea worth spreading: When she was 7, Dame Gillian Lynne's mother took her to a doctor, worried she had a learning disorder. The diagnosis? She was just born to dance.

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After Protests Over History Curriculum, School Board Tries To Compromise

3:56pm October 03, 2014

by Jenny Brundin

For weeks, Colorado high school students protested a proposal that the AP history course promote patriotism. The school board dropped some controversial language, but voted to review the curriculum.

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