Education News - 15 Jan 2008

With imbalances threatening ongoing disruption to the global economy, Harold James, history and international relations professor at Princeton University, proposes a new task for the International Monetary Fund. In the past, the IMF has served as a crisis manager for global economic problems, and James proposes that the IMF assist nations with massive sovereign funds.
Source: yaleglobal.yale.edu

At first, their impulsive behavior may appear 'cool,' gaining them social recognition," says the study’s lead author Jaap Dennissen, a professor of psychology at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. "However, as people grow up and are expected ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

An English professor is on the warpath against the bureaucrats who monitor university teaching. Chris Arnot reports
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

"This wake up and breathe strategy was effective and was associated with few adverse events in a diverse population in intensive care in both community and university hospitals." Main Category: Pain / Anesthetics Also Included In: Respiratory / Asthma Article Date: 11 Jan 2008 A paired sedation and ventilator weaning protocol consisting of daily spontaneous awakening trials - ie, daily ... via MediLexicon
Source: www.topix.com

A Teach For America veteran is leading the effort to finance and establish a university that offers a free, four-year degree to students in exchange for five years of postgraduate work in the public sector.
Source: www.edweek.org