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Colleges and Universities RSS FeedsConnecticut College names 13 Winthrop Scholars, College´s highest academic honor - Thirteen Connecticut College seniors have been named Winthrop Scholars, the highest academic honor bestowed by the college. All have also been chosen for membership in Phi Beta Kappa and were recognized at a ceremony on Nov 11. ...Feed Source: aspen.conncoll.edu Connecticut College improves student transportation with Zipcars and upgraded shuttle service - Connecticut College today announced a partnership with Zipcar Inc. to provide cars on demand to students, faculty and staff. The college has also contracted with Livery Limited LLC to upgrade the Camel Van shuttle service, which transports students to popular locations in the area, including downtown New London and the Crystal Mall. ... Connecticut College receives $500k grant to establish a Mellon-Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program - With a $500,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Connecticut College becomes the newest institution selected to participate in the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program (MMUF), a program dedicated to increasing the number of minority students and others with a demonstrated commitment to eradicating racial disparities who will pursue a Ph.D. in core fields in the arts and sciences. ... AIDS Memorial Quilt on display at Connecticut College - The Week of Nov. 10, Connecticut College will host a series of events to raise awareness for AIDS, including a display of the NAMES Project´s AIDS Memorial Quilt. ... Connecticut College partners with Jewish Federation of Eastern CT to commemorate 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht - Connecticut College is partnering with the Jewish Federation of Eastern Connecticut to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht - or the Night of Broken Glass - with a lecture Sunday, Nov. 9, and a panel discussion Monday, Nov. 10. ... James Berrien, head of Forbes Magazine Group, elected chairman of the Connecticut College Board of Trustees - James S. Berrien, a 1974 Connecticut College graduate and president and publisher of Forbes Magazine Group, has been elected to serve as chairman of the Connecticut College Board of Trustees for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2009. He succeeds Barbara Shattuck Kohn, a 1972 graduate of the college, who is completing her second three-year term as chair. ... Arthur Miller´s ´After the Fall´ to play at Connecticut College - The Connecticut College Theater Department will present a student production Nov. 13-15 of Arthur Miller´s "After The Fall"- a powerful and moving study of a contemporary man struggling to come to terms with himself and his world. ... Charles Chu, master artist and Connecticut College emeritus professor, dies at 90 - Charles Chi-Jung Chu, master painter, calligrapher, scholar and emeritus professor of Chinese at Connecticut College, died yesterday, October 30, 2008. He was 90. ... Arboretum hosts seminar for shrinking lawns - The Connecticut Arboretum will hold a SALT (Smaller American Lawns Today) called "Naturally Beautiful Lawns," to give tips and techniques for cutting back a lawn´s size to bring it in harmony with nature. ... Connecticut College launches $200 million comprehensive campaign - Connecticut College President Leo I. Higdon Jr. officially kicked off the public phase of a $200 million fundraising campaign with an announcement that the College has already raised $110 million. ... California Universities Will Cut Enrollment Unless State Increases Money - Hard hit by budget cuts, the California State University system is planning to cut its enrollment by 10,000 students for the 2009-10 academic year.
... James Armsey Dies at 90; Oversaw College Grants - As a Ford Foundation executive, Mr. Armsey directed more than $350 million in grants to universities in the 1960s while prompting the foundation to deny grants to segregated universities.
... Head of Teachers? Union Offers to Talk on Tenure and Merit Pay - A frail economy prompted a gesture of compromise from Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
... Study Abroad Flourishes, With China a Hot Spot - The number of Americans studying in China increased by 25 percent last year, according to a new report.
... Presidents? Pay Rises Faster at Public Universities Than Private Ones, Survey Finds - The president of Suffolk University in Boston received a $2.8 million pay package in 2006-7, while the president of Ohio State University was compensated with $1.3 million a year.
... Cuomo Investigating Colleges? Deals With Health Insurers - The investigation by the attorney general appears to be focused on the adequacy of disclosure of policy terms and costs to students.
... News Analysis: Letter Grades Look Simple, but Realities Are Complex - The A-through-F grading system for New York City schools is billed as a public information tool, but the grades can obscure salient information about schools.
... Parents? Night With the President - Washington?s prestigious private schools are competing to have the Obama girls within their halls of power.
... Enrollment Surges in Quick Prep Courses - In these shaky economic times, more students are skipping a degree and heading straight for the colleges? noncredit training and certification programs.
... I. Bernard Weinstein, Who Studied Causes of Cancer, Dies at 78 - Dr. Weinstein was a researcher at Columbia University who advanced the study of how pollutants and other environmental factors can cause cancer.
... Dallas Schools Used False Hiring Data - Eager to hire teachers for bilingual programs, the Dallas public school system assigned fake Social Security numbers to newly hired foreigners, an internal investigation found.
... Teachers Win Bonuses at High-Need Schools - Teachers at 33 high-need secondary schools across New York City will receive bonuses of several thousand dollars each as a reward for student gains on school report cards.
... Plan to Centralize Choice of Kindergarten Is Ended - Drawing protests, the Eduction Department will abandon its plan and require all schools to follow the same admission rules.
... A School Chief Takes On Tenure, Stirring a Fight - The Washington, D.C., school chancellor has proposed spectacular raises for teachers willing to give up tenure.
... Dartmouth Junior Wins County Election - Vanessa Sievers was not content to wait tables or make coffee as a side job. Instead she ran for treasurer of Grafton County, N.H., and won.
... Women Gain in Education but Not Power, Study Finds - A study found that women still lag far behind men in top political and decision-making roles, though their access to education and health care is nearly equal.
... Most City High Schools Improved This Year - More than 83 percent of New York City?s high schools received a grade of A or B on the Bloomberg administration?s contentious report cards.
... Schools See Pain Ahead if the State Cuts Aid - Under the governor?s proposal, school districts across the state could face staff reductions, larger class sizes and fewer extracurricular programs.
... School District Tries to Lure Asian Parents - In Jericho, N.Y., the high school?s new diversity has revealed a cultural chasm over the meaning of parental involvement.
... Applications Surge for Courses at CUNY?s 2-Year Colleges - In September and October, CUNY colleges received 15 percent more applicants than all of last year.
... Colleges Struggle to Preserve Financial Aid - With the financial markets in crisis, the days of swelling educational endowments and plentiful financial aid are over.
... Training to Lead Nonprofits - Members of ?Gen Y? have sparked a surge in nonprofit management and leadership courses at colleges and universities around the country.
... Groups ?Party for a Cause? to Help Charities - An annual event that has raised more than $40,000 for Heal the Bay, a nonprofit organization devoted to cleaning up the beaches of Southern California.
... Finding Similarities Among the Differences - A program brings together high school students of different faiths and encourages cooperation on community service projects.
... Parenting | Basking Ridge: Drawing the Line on Drug Testing - Is it in a student?s best interest to be subject to drug testing in school, or is the policy an invasion of privacy?
... City Room: Ask About After-School Programs - Lucy N. Friedman, the president of the nonprofit After-School Corporation, will be answering selected readers? questions.
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