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Too fat for a B.A.? University adds BMI requirement for graduation

Pennsylvania's Lincoln University has instituted a requirement that first-year students who arrive on campus with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher must either lower their BMI below 30 or take a one-unit course called "Fitness for Life" in order ...

From LESLIE MADSEN BROOKS, BlogHer,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Institutes of Health

University of California tuition to increase 32 percent

Today, a panel of the University of California Regents—the ten-university system's governing body—approved a proposal to increase undergraduate "fees" (UC's word for tuition) by 32 percent over the coming year. Should the full board of Regents consent ...

From LESLIE MADSEN BROOKS, BlogHer,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of California,  University of California, Los Angeles,  New York Times Company,  Amy Goodman,  University of California Berkeley

Not enough U.S. scientists? Don't blame schools

Sloan Foundation and written by researchers at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University; the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, and the Urban Institute. A study published in ...

From LESLIE MADSEN BROOKS, BlogHer,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Georgetown University,  Microsoft Corporation,  Google Inc.,  Oracle

Should men receive preferential admission to college?

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is investigating whether selective colleges have been discriminating against women applicants by admitting less-qualified men in an attempt to maintain a gender balance on campus.  According to The Chronicle of ...

From LESLIE MADSEN BROOKS, BlogHer,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chronicle of Higher Education,  Georgetown University,  Johns Hopkins University

Murders, head injuries, and assorted violence -- Is it time to cancel high school football?

nger to violence by students and even, unfortunately, by a teacher or two.  Poly High School, the oldest high school in the district and the alma mater of both Snoop Dogg and, well, me, serves the "inner city" neighborhoods.  Poly High has also had its ...

From LESLIE MADSEN BROOKS, BlogHer,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Snoop Dogg

The only genius in Baby Einstein DVDs was in the marketing

s him).  After all, he's learning some phonics, so it can't be all bad.  As I type this, my four-year-old son is explaining that because it's getting dark outside, it's time to fire up the DVR and watch WordWorld, his favorite PBS show.  Indeed, on ...

From LESLIE MADSEN BROOKS, BlogHer,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Walt Disney Company,  PBS,  Federal Trade Commission,  Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood,  New York Times Company

40 percent of American teachers need cheering

The view that teaching is “so demanding, it’s a wonder that more people don’t burn out” is remarkably pervasive, particularly among the Disheartened—they are twice as likely as other teachers to strongly agree with this view. Members of that group, ...

From LESLIE MADSEN BROOKS, BlogHer,  22 Oct 2009

What causes school violence, and what are the antidotes?

Parents, students, teachers, school boards, elected officials, and the public are asking what's causing these kinds of violence and positing solutions to the problem. A good Critical Incident Stress Management Team knows what to expect from an officer ...

From LESLIE MADSEN BROOKS, BlogHer,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Wikipedia,  Starbucks Corp,  U.S. Republican Party,  Snoop Dogg

The universal design for learning plans for all students

Universal design is an approach to designing course instruction, materials, and content to benefit people of all learning styles without adaptation or retrofitting. Universal design provides equal access to learning, not simply equal access to ...

From LESLIE MADSEN BROOKS, BlogHer,  10 Oct 2009

School desegregation back in the news

Now, a new study by sociologist Robert Crosnoe from the University of Texas at Austin suggests that there are some hidden academic and psychological risks of integrating low-income students in schools with predominantly middle- and upper-class student ...

From LESLIE MADSEN BROOKS, BlogHer,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: University of Texas

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