Wed, 22/09/2010 - 09:43 by harsheeb
Columbus -- Mixed-use neighborhoods combining residential and business development may help lead to lower levels of some types of violent crime, a U.S. study suggests.
Ohio State University researchers say the results were just as true in impoverished neighborhoods as they were in more affluent areas, offering one possible way of improving blighted areas, a university release reported.
But the findings have an important caveat, researchers say: In a sparsely populated neighborhood, increases in business-residential density actually lead to higher levels of violent crimes, at least in the short term.
However, after building density reaches a certain threshold, some violent crime begins to decline, they say.
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Tue, 21/09/2010 - 07:56 by harsheeb
Bloomington -- Students who "multitask" in class or while studying -- texting, typing, studying all at once -- aren't being as efficient as they think, U.S. researchers say.
Studies at Indiana University found that multitasking -- juggling cellphones, e-mail, texting, the Internet -- handicaps learning and steals a little bit from each task being performed, a university release said Monday.
"Why is multitasking, texting a problem? It has an impact on students' ability to understand and absorb, code, store and process information -- and learn," David Pisoni, IU professor of psychology, said.
"Memory and attention are limited. Students don't realize that when they study and engage in other activities, that multitasking comes at a price."
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Tue, 21/09/2010 - 07:33 by harsheeb
London -- British education officials say teachers at three schools were caught helping students cheat on a standardized test when kids gave the same wrong answer.
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority said investigators discovered teachers at one school had altered the SATS exams, curriculum assessment tests taken at the end of primary school, when 18 of 19 students gave the same wrong answer to a question, The Sun reported Monday.
A head teacher at another school was found to have personally changed students' exams, turning some right answers into wrong ones, and investigators discovered teachers at a third school had made 93 changes to student papers.
None of the schools were named by authorities.
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Tue, 21/09/2010 - 07:17 by harsheeb
Independence -- A Missouri high school principal says students wishing to attend this year's dances must sign contacts designed to halt sexually charged dancing.
Principal Kristel Barr of Truman High School in Independence said the contract, posted to the school's Web site, must be signed by students and their parents before they can attend dances, KMBC-TV, Kansas City, Mo., reported Monday.
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Tue, 21/09/2010 - 01:21 by Shruti Sharma
Cambridge, Mass. -- Harvard University professors say they're doing damage control to deal with the aftermath of a scientific misconduct case against one of their colleagues.
A month after Harvard found psychology Professor Marc Hauser guilty of eight academic infractions involving three published papers and other work, faculty at the university are considering how to respond, The Boston Globe reported Monday.
In popular books, news stories, and television programs, Hauser talked about his studies that suggested monkeys, which seem far removed from humans, share some of the same basic cognitive abilities -- studies that have since been retracted by the journals in which they appeared.
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Tue, 14/09/2010 - 07:06 by harsheeb
New Brunswick-- Students and professors at New Jersey's Rutgers University and other schools across the country are praising a classroom tool known as the "clicker."
Marketed as a high-tech "personal response device," the calculator-size clickers allow students to give multiple-choice answers to quizzes and take part in polling and student polling, the Philadelphia Daily News reported Monday. Teachers can use them to take attendance.
An estimated 2 million students in the United States are currently using clickers, which can run $35-$40, the Daily News said.
Neil Sheflin, an associate professor of economics at Rutgers, called clickers "the greatest educational innovation since chalk."
Sheflin said his students also enjoy using them.
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Fri, 10/09/2010 - 23:20 by harsheeb
Washington -- The amount U.S. students owe for tuition loans has surpassed what credit card borrowers owe for the first time, a private researcher said.
Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinAid.org and FastWeb.com, said student debt totals $850 billion, The Detroit Free Press reported. Revolving debt reported by the Federal Reserve Bank dropped to $827.8 billion in July.
With the recession forcing many to return to school, student borrowing rose 25 percent in 2009, skyrocketing to meet circumstantial demands of those who are out of work.
Concurrently, the recession has weighed heavily on consumer spending.
Tuition hikes have also outstripped inflation for the past 20 years, the newspaper said.
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Tue, 31/08/2010 - 16:54 by Anter Prakash Singh
We all face interviews at some point of our professional life, either to move up on the career ladder or compete against other individuals for ‘great opportunity’.
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Fri, 20/08/2010 - 10:28 by Gunjan Mehra
According to the findings of the U.S. Department of Education, the federal student loan default rate loans was 6.9 percent in 2007 and it has been rising each year.
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Tue, 10/08/2010 - 16:58 by Gunjan Mehra
Whether you like it or not, your wardrobe does have a significant role to play in your impression management. So, make your way through the corporate hierarchy by making suitable wardrobe alterations.
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Wed, 24/03/2010 - 07:37 by Shruti Sharma
St. Paul, Minn. -- The University of Southern California has signed prized high school football recruit Seantrel Henderson to a letter of intent, his father says.
Sean Henderson told SI.com that Seantrel, a 6-foot-8, 330-pound offensive lineman, sent the signed paperwork to USC Tuesday, ending a long-running recruiting saga for the St. Paul, Minn., high schooler, the nation's No. 1 prospect for much of the year.
The commitment comes a month after Signing Day and was delayed as NCAA investigators probed the Trojans over possible infractions. SI.com reported that Henderson decided to formally commit to USC even though the investigation is still ongoing, reportedly satisfied with its direction.
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Tue, 23/03/2010 - 01:45 by Shruti Sharma
Colorado Springs -- Everest University Online is planning to add 600 workers to its admission center, sources told The Colorado Springs Gazette.
The average salary among the first 200 the for-profit collage plans to hire will be $40,000 a year, the Gazette reported Monday.
The plan includes renting 70,000 square feet of office space on the second floor of the Corporate Ridge Office and Technology Center that was formerly occupied by microchip maker Intel. However, "until a lease signed," the company would not comment on the plans to rent the space, said a public relations firm hired by Corinthian Colleges Inc., which is Everest University Online's parent company.
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