Poll finds skepticism about online education A Gallup poll released Tuesday shows a mixture of opinions on online education among the American public, including significant skepticism about its pedagogical potential. The poll, conducted earlier this month, found low overall approval ratings for online ...
Senior Lecturer in English Elizabeth Taylor, Instructional Designer Ren Whitaker and three students from Brown’s first for-credit online course, ENGL 0180: “Introduction to Creative Nonfiction,” spoke to a group of about 25, mostly faculty and staff members, in Lippitt House Wednesday afternoon ...
A well-attended teach-in, a student paper series and a packed panel about Israel-Palestine are just three of many events put on by the newly expanded Middle East Studies Initiative. The initiative has doubled in size since last year’s appointment of Beshara Doumani as the program’s new director. “(The ...
Though New England Common Assessment Program retesting concludes this week, Rhode Island’s high school seniors may be unable to enjoy their final year until results are released in February. Over the next four months, many teachers will wait anxiously alongside their students as they also experience ...
Nearly half the student body has no opinion on how President Christina Paxson has handled her job as president, and about 65 percent of students either had not heard of the strategic plan Paxson released in draft form last month or did not know enough about it to offer an opinion, according to The Herald ...
“My generation is stealing a whole lot of money and leaving your generation with a whole lot less of the economic pie,” Stanley Druckenmiller, former chairman and president of Duquesne Capital, told a nearly full auditorium yesterday afternoon in List Art Gallery 120. Druckenmiller and Geoffrey ...
The Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning will host a series of new digital teaching workshops over the coming weeks to address technology’s growing role in students’ learning experiences, center administrators said. Three hour-long workshops held today, Oct. 29 and Nov. 12 are open to faculty ...
See accompanying article. 1. Do you believe the University should divest any of its endowment assets currently in large U.S. coal companies, as requested by the student group Brown Divest Coal? 22.0% Strongly agree 30.2% Somewhat agree 20.5% No opinion 8.5% Somewhat disagree 5.5% Strongly ...
As some of Rhode Island’s high school seniors embark on the college application process, over 4,000 of their peers are still unsure whether they will graduate from high school this spring. When these students first took the New England Common Assessment Program as juniors, over 40 percent of the ...
See interactive graphic, full results and methodology. About two-thirds of undergraduates either did not have an opinion on President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan or had not heard of it, according to a Herald poll conducted Sept. 30-Oct. 1. More than half of the student body supported ...
The following is an account of crime events that took place this weekend, reported to The Herald by Deputy Chief of Police for the Department of Public Safety Paul Shanley: Friday night In the first of two reported residence hall thefts that occurred this weekend, a MacBook Pro laptop was ...
The prospect of universal health care in the United States, particularly compared to international equivalents, was explored in depth at a panel discussion at the Alpert Medical School entitled “American Health Care Reform: Lessons Learned from International Systems” Thursday evening. Former President ...
Fraternity members and unaffiliated students alike have perceived an increase in the University’s efforts to police Greek and program house parties this semester, but University officals denied any increased focus. “There is no deliberate crackdown on frats. If there was a deliberate crackdown ...
Though students have reported long waiting lines at both the J. Walter Wilson and Graduate Center package pickup stations this fall, Mail Services administrators said it is difficult to gauge whether the package wait-time is longer than in years past. Between the last week of August and the end of ...
The Undergraduate Council of Students may issue a referendum later this month asking the student body for its thoughts on the Citizens United Supreme Court decision. Citizens United, a 2010 Supreme Court decision, affirmed the First Amendment right of corporations, labor unions and other groups to ...
Campus Goose, a new College Hill concierge and errand service starting this year, offers students and their family members a range of services provided by staff members in packages of time ranging from 10 to 100 half-hour units. Services range from decorating dorm rooms, cleaning apartments and running ...
The University is one of two Ivy League institutions that has not signed the Say Yes Higher Education Compact, an agreement between member universities and the nonprofit organization Say Yes to Education to provide financial aid to low-income students from urban backgrounds. Cornell, Dartmouth and ...
The Department of Computer Science has seen a significant increase in introductory course enrollment numbers and concentrators in recent years, a change faculty members and students attributed to strong employment prospects and widening interest in developing better technological skill sets. The number ...
The Sharpe Refectory will be renovated in the next few years, pending approval of President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan. Renovations would address the Ratty’s electricity, plumbing, heating and air circulation, while focusing on making the building “more convenient and comfortable for students,” ...
General Treasurer Gina Raimando would have a slight lead over Providence Mayor Taveras in a possible Democratic primary for governor, according to a new statewide poll from the Taubman Center for Public Policy. The poll, released yesterday, surveyed public opinions of a random sample of 638 Rhode Island ...
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