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- Studies: SAT writing portion good predictor of grades
- The controversial new writing portion of the SAT is actually a better predictor of grades for freshmen college students than the older, more-established, critical reading and mathematics portions, according to preliminary results of two new studies. The College Board, which administers the SAT, studied test scores...
- Research articles 2008-04-25
- 2008 Sterling Scholar winners
- MUSIC AND GENERAL STERLING SCHOLAR Lindsey Brinton West High School Parents: Gregory and Sally Brinton Salt Lake City "I am from a family of nine and each member plays a musical instrument. Instruments include the cello, trumpet, clarinet, harp and...
- Research articles 2008-03-27
- Russian-American MBA partnerships: the Cal State East Bay experience
- ABSTRACT The collapse of the Soviet Union and the transformation of Russia to a market-economy created a demand for Western management training and education. Russian universities adapted their curricula and teaching methodologies, and American and European universities engaged in various forms of educational partnerships. In this paper I describe...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- Member News
- Eleven Phi Kappa Phi Members Named to USA Today's 2007 Academic All-Star Team Eleven Phi Kappa Phi members' accomplishments earned them a spot on this year's USA Today Academic All-Star Team. Five of those members were named to the First Team. The First Team recipients typically extend their education beyond...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- Campus notes
- Utah FOOTBALL: The University of Utah football program now has two early recruiting commitments. Zach Davila, a 6-foot-5, 295-pound offensive lineman from Cienega High School near Tucson, Ariz., plans to sign a letter of intent with the Utes next February. He joins defensive back Lamar Chapman of El...
- Research articles 2007-06-08
- INCREMENTALISM: ERODING THE IMPEDIMENTS TO A GLOBAL PUBLIC PROCUREMENT MARKET
- ABSTRACT Following decades of international negotiations and agreements, the world's multi-trillion-dollar public procurement market appears to be maturing into a free, open international market. To reach that point, nations must lower a broad array of barriers to trade in procurement. As the U.S. experience demonstrates, purchasing agencies, laboring under the...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- TC upholds GSTT regs. (Tax Court, generation-skipping transfer tax)
- In Estate of Gerson, 127 TC No. 11 (10/24/06), the Tax Court held that the exercise of a testamentary general power of appointment GPA by a decedent in favor of her grandchildren was subject to generation-skipping transfer tax GSTT. In so holding, it ruled that Regs....
- Research articles 2007-02-01
- Racial Classification and the Flawed Pursuit of Diversity: How Phantom Minorities Threaten "Critical Mass" Justification in Higher Education
- I. INTRODUCTION1 In December, 2006, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a pair of cases that once again thrust racial classification to the forefront of public debate. The two cases, Meredith v. Jefferson City Board of Education2 and Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District3 are the...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Are Students Who Comply with Progress Toward Degree Regulations More Successful?
- Abstract "Progress toward degree" regulations which included the student development of an on-line "plan of study" were introduced to students to retain and speed up the rate of time toward degree completion beginning with the entering 2002 freshmen at North Carolina State University. This study found that contrary to Tinto's...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- Leaving Engineering: Lessons from Rowan University's College of Engineering
- ABSTRACT The paper focuses on retention in the Rowan University undergraduate engineering program with many "female-friendly" features despite its design as best practices for all students. Both male and female "stayers" in the program are compared to "leavers" on a variety of characteristics, including pre-college and family background, grades, satisfaction...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Getting In: Surviving the Admissions Process
- So, you've done your homework, and you've decided that the time is right: You're ready to head back to college, and you know where you want to go. Now what? How do you get in? While there may be a school or two out there that takes almost anyone who...
- Blog posts 2007-09-17
- Structural lumber from dense stands of small-diameter Douglas-fir trees.
- Abstract Small-diameter trees growing in overstocked dense stands are often targeted for thinning to reduce fire hazard and improve forest health and ecosystem diversity. In the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain regions, Douglas-fir can be a predominant species in such stands. In this study,...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- A virtual classroom experiment for teaching engineering economy
- The inclusion of out-of-the-classroom supplemental materials and activities, particularly real-world industry-provided problems, is known to reinforce concepts and improve learning in ways not available through traditional methods of lecture. Students develop problem-solving skills, project management skills, communication and teaming skills, and a sense of professionalism through such experiences. For Engineering...
- Research articles 2004-12-22
- Drinking, Alcohol Policy, and Attitudes Toward a Campus Riot
- Results from a survey of college students (N = 2,008) indicate that most disapproved of a major riot that had occurred on their campus but most also felt that the university was excessively restricting alcohol, and almost half of them enjoyed the riot. The major predictor of condoning the riot...
- Research articles 2004-09-01
- Life in the fast lane Busy seniors share how they manage to do it all.(Series: At the roundtable)(Neighbor)
- Students in the Naperville and Indian Prairie school systems rack up accomplishments right and left. They score well on tests, do well in many sports and activities and strive to get into top colleges. How on earth do they manage it all?...
- Research articles 2004-05-24
- USA TODAY's 2004 All-USA College Academic Team
- Here are the undergraduates named to the Second and Third Teams and honorable mentions in USA TODAY's 15th annual All-USA College Academic Team program. Grade-point averages are calculated on a 4.0 maximum scale. The Second Team Tracy Carson, Northwestern University. Major: History. GPA: 3.88. President of Black Student...
- Research articles 2004-02-12
- Modesto, Calif., Junior College Students Earn Agriculture Studies Scholarships.
- By Richard T. Estrada, The Modesto Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 19--Kelly House was met with plenty of odd looks when she revealed to friends that she was going to study agriculture at Modesto Junior College. "They were...
- Research articles 2003-11-19
- DISABILITY LESSONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: ACCOMMODATING LEARNING-DISABLED STUDENTS AND STUDENT-ATHLETES UNDER THE REHABILITATION ACT AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
- INTRODUCTIONUnder the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA1 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504),2 institutions of higher education are prohibited from discriminating against individuals with disabilities.3 This prohibition imposes upon colleges, universities and professional schools an obligation to provide a disabled student with reasonable accommodations to...
- Research articles 2003-10-01
- An analysis of B.S.E.E. degree completion time at Ohio University
- ABSTRACTIn response to a state mandate to consider time-to-degree, a transcript analysis was performed on BSEE graduates at Ohio University to determine the time it took them to obtain their degree. It was found that the average student took 5.15 years and 15.6 quarters to graduate. Major causes of students...
- Research articles 2003-07-01
- Best & brightest.(Neighbor)
- - Meghan Elizabeth Stanton, Kildeer, has been named to the dean's list at Clemson University in Clemson, S.C. To be named to the list students must earn a 3.5 grade point average for the semester. - Kevin Robert Stanton, Kildeer has been named to the...
- Research articles 2003-02-12
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