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| Psychological Research About Students Who Cheat Could Help Anti-Cheating Campaigns Students who did not cheat scored higher on qualities like courage and empathy than students who did cheat, researchers at Ohio State found. Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:10:05 GMT Fewer University-Based Researchers Appear on 2008 List of Young Innovators Last year 28 of the 35 young innovators recognized by Technology Review were based at universities, but this year more than half are at private companies. Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:23:20 GMT 'The Chronicle' Teams Up With CBS News and UWire for Poll of Student Voters The poll will be conducted in early October, and results will be published later that month. Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:47:34 GMT University President Is Arrested in Iraq's Restive Diyala Province An unidentified official in the Iraqi army accused the president of playing a role in the killing of several professors. Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:19:16 GMT Pennsylvania Auditor Urges Governance Changes at Student-Loan Agency Among the changes sought are replacing eight of the 16 state lawmakers on the agency’s 20-member board with financial and academic experts. Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:54:00 GMT 2 Professors Explain Why They Resigned From U. of Missouri at Kansas City The tenured academics, who were accused of sexual harassment, say their decision to quit was not an admission of wrongdoing. Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:12:00 GMT Drinking-Age Campaign Binges on Big Names, Big Media An initiative that seeks to lower the drinking age to 18 has gained the support of some college presidents, and drawn both publicity and criticism. Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:13:58 GMT Law-Schools Meeting Finds a Way to Deal With Boycott Threat The group had contracts with two San Diego hotels, including one whose owner had become controversial for supporting anti-gay-rights measures. Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:26:04 GMT As Storm Approaches, Florida Colleges Batten Down the Hatches Many institutions closed their campuses this afternoon and planned to remain closed until Wednesday. Publ.Date : Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:00:44 GMT Dean at Carnegie Mellon U. Resigns Over Irregularities in Awarded Degree The dean of the public-policy school has abruptly resigned after questions were raised about the awarding of a degree four years ago. Publ.Date : Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:24:50 GMT RSS Parser |