Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Education News - 26 Feb 2008

GALVESTON — The University of Texas Medical Branch announced it received a multiyear, $250,000 contribution from ConocoPhillips to support the expansion of the Truman G. Blocker Burn Unit.
Source: texascitysun.com

Helen Mayberg, a professor of psychiatry and neurology at the Emory University School of Medicine. Mayberg and others worried that   a study released Tuesday by Irving Kirsch of the University of Hull in England might lead depressed patients to ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

A new report puts the drop-out rate at 1 in 5, but some universities have a knack for keeping numbers up. Jessica Shepherd reports
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

"That means they didn't complete high school but they can come here without the same preparation as others and then be expected to compete." Texas Southern University has an alarmingly low graduation rate, but the school's new president hopes to change that by ending the long practice of admitting all applicants, regardless of their academic ... via El Paso Times
Source: www.topix.com

The site offers free video, audio, and print lectures and course material taken straight from the university's classes.
Source: www.edweek.org



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