Chinese prof: Americans too focused on test scores (Daily Herald) When it comes to tests Chinese students are tough to beat, said Yong Zhao. "They are great test takers and they produce a large number of engineers and scientists," said Zhao, a college professor and Chinese native....more...Capella University PhD Graduate Named Vice President at Allegany College of Maryland (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) Barb Beebe, who earned a PhD in education at the online university, is the new vice president of continuing education and community services...more... Worcester superintendent finalists to be at meetings (The Daily Star) The public is invited to meetings with each of the finalists for the superintendent position at Worcester Central School, according to a news release....more... Major changes greet OWU students (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise) Driving onto the campus, it?s evident there have been some major changes over the summer at Oklahoma Wesleyan University....more... Capella University PhD Graduate Named Vice President at Allegany College of Maryland (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) MINNEAPOLIS----Capella University PhD graduate Barbara R. Beebe has been named Vice President of Continuing Education and Community Services for Allegany College of Maryland. Capella is an accredited, fully online university that has built its reputation by providing quality graduate education for working adults....more... College classes are booming in PTC (The Fayette Citizen) Higher education classes in Fayette County are getting more and more crowded. According to Dr. Kevin Demmitt, director of Clayton State-Fayette, the university?s less-than-a-year old instructional site has a total registered enrollment for all courses of 578 for the semester that opened Aug. 18. ...more... Ypsilanti native publishes psychology article (Ypsilanti Courier) Jennifer Pop, a 1999 graduate of Saline High School, will have an article published in Pastoral Psychology, based on an experiment conducted for her master's thesis....more... Payne escapes prison time in conviction (Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune) Despite an emotional appeal from the victim and her mother in court Monday, Kyle Dean Payne will serve no prison sentence for his conviction on three crimes related to an incident in which he partially stripped an unconscious fellow Buena Vista University student, photographed himself fondling her body, and later installed the images and video on his computer....more... Counterproposal expected (Northwest Herald) HUNTLEY ? Teachers union representatives are set to present a counterproposal to the District 158 board today....more... |