Stories about "Education"
Mara Tieken, assistant professor of education
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:40 am
Tieken researches how rural public schools shape their communities and, in particular, those schools' influence on racial dynamics. A former public schoolteacher in rural Tennessee, Tieken says she is "continually stunned by how overlooked rural schools are in educational policymaking."
Bates appoints tenure-track faculty in politics, English, education
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:19 am
Bates' commitment to social justice, its stated values of diversity and equity, and its innovative teaching were all factors that drew three scholars to join the faculty for the 2011-12 academic year. These potentially tenured faculty members have added to our knowledge about political antagonism toward federal courts, the role of the body in Arab American and African American literature, and the cultural and community functions of rural schools.
Efficient private-public response to catastrophes topic of May 10 talk
Monday, May 2, 2011 4:42 pm
The roles that the public and private sectors can play in reducing the damage from and costs of extreme events will be the topic of a presentation by Howard Kunreuther '59, James G. Dinan Professor of Decision Sciences and Public Policy at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, in the Keck Classroom (G-52), Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road. Sponsored by the economics department, Kunreuther's presentation is open to the public at no cost. For more information, please call 207-786-8296.
A Burning Interest in the Serengeti
Friday, February 4, 2011 3:01 pm
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John J. Margarones '48, professor emeritus of education, dies at 87
Thursday, November 18, 2010 2:32 pm
Professor Emeritus of Education John J. Margarones ’48, who helped to transform…
Chronicle of Higher Education quotes thought-leader Merisotis '86 on rankings
Thursday, September 2, 2010 1:41 pm
The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s Richard Kahlenberg discusses a new book by…
Live Where You Pay
Friday, December 18, 2009 8:08 am
Hurricane Katrina didn’t stop people from living near the ocean. Along the Gulf Coast in Mississippi — where the monster storm came ashore — nine out of 10 people have come back. Economist Howard Kunreuther ’59 knows that people will always take such risks. What he’d like is for them to pay for the privilege.
New (and Young) Orleans
Thursday, December 17, 2009 2:15 pm
But for enthusiastic and committed twenty- and thirty-somethings, New Orleans is an alluring story of opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime chance to plunge into the trenches of what may be the world’s largest urban renewal project.
The Stanford Daily reports on symposium honoring art history professor Wanda Corn '62
Monday, November 30, 2009 3:32 pm
The Stanford Daily reports on the “Great American Thing,” a two-day symposium…
Newsweek calls on President Hansen for roundtable on higher education
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 6:34 pm
For its October 26, 2009 cover story, Newsweek magazine called on President Elaine Tuttle Hansen and four other thought leaders in American higher education to "debate the merits of a three-year degree and assess the state of higher education."