Archives 1998 High-Tech Cheating With dozens of online term paper mills appearing on the Internet, professors and institutions are imposing new strategies to deter students from using them Jul 16, 2007, 01:19
Archives 1998 The Shape Of 1998 "You've got to know the shape of the river perfectly. It is all there is left to steer by on a very dark night." So begins Derek Bok and Dr. William Bowen's new book, The Shape of the River, one of the first books to demonstrate the power of race-sensitive admissions practices. The former presidents of Harvard and Princeton universities evoke the image of Mississippi riverboat pilots winding through fogs, slow eddies, and hidden bluffs. Jul 16, 2007, 01:11
Archives 1998 The Guidance Piece of the Puzzle One of the obstacles to academic achievement, according to The Education Trust, has been the way guidance counselors are used. Often burdened with complex scheduling duties and the responsibility to do individual and group therapy, they are rarely educational advocates for students -- and sometimes, are the exact opposite. Many adults and current students can point to a guidance counselor who steered them away from more rigorous classes, telling them that they weren't destined for college and would only be setting themselves up for failure. In the words of Education Trusts' Patricia Martin, "We've been sorting and selecting and teaching some a very rigorous and others a watered down curriculum." Jul 15, 2007, 21:11
Archives 1998 In Education We Trust - The Education Trust Kati Haycock, director of The Education Trust, has released a new report full of data that she hopes will support efforts to improve the quality of public education. Jul 15, 2007, 20:22
Archives 1998 Knowing the Real Score: Football vs. Mississippi Education In fall 1993, while discussing a program for Sunday morning service in our church in Oxford, Miss., a committee member, after looking at her calendar, stated that Sunday would not be a good day for the program because Ole Miss was playing a home football game that weekend. Little did I know at that time how prophetic that statement was. Football is a religion in Mississippi. Jul 15, 2007, 20:04
Archives 1998 BI What's New The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education -- an independent, foundation-supported organization -- has been formed to promote constructive state and federal policy leading to increased opportunities for those seeking education and training beyond high school. Jul 15, 2007, 19:22
Archives 1998 Grants & Awards Columbia University has been awarded $75,000 from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for the Kellogg Jobs and Education Empowerment Program which will help more than 400 residents of upper Manhattan receive job training, education and employment through a student-based social service program at Columbia. Jul 15, 2007, 17:17
