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Nov30	Top 6 Countries Studying Japanese Bill Belew November 30, 2006 Know More: International Education Who is studying Japanese besides the kids in Japan? Presently there are about 2.4 million people studying Japanese overseas - according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In Japan, there were about 135,000 students studying Japanese, says the Agency for Cultural Affairs. So, what country sends the most students to learn Japanese? 6. Thailand - 3,200 5. Taiwan - 3,600 4. Brazil - 3,800...this is striking unless you know that Brazil has the largest population of Japanese outside of Japan of any country in the world. 3. USA - 5,500 2. South Korea - 15,800 And more than all the other countries in the world combined..... 1. China - 73,000 FWIW, it seems China is doing its part, or at least trying harder than the others to understand their Asian neighbor...despite their past. What do you think? More Posts about Japan Bill Belew on Business in Asia More Posts about the Business of Education More Posts about International Eduacation Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov30	Traffic School For Plagiarizers Bill Belew November 30, 2006 According to Inside Highered, a community college prof has hit on the idea of sending students to 'traffic school' if they are caught plagiarizing.Instead of just bouncing them, the prof wants to send them to a five step program.The five... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Carnegie Mellon Study Finds that Laptops for Students is not Always the Best Bill Belew November 30, 2006 A study by a group at Carnegie Mellon was conducted to learn: -whether laptops affect the nature of the instructor-to-student or student-to-student interactions in and out of the classroom; how students conduct their out-of-class work in terms of location, time-on-task, and... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Will Smith Gave Up On MIT Bill Belew November 30, 2006 While I was suffering in the dentist chair today...actually I was waiting for the anesthesia to kick in so three people could climb in my mouth with picks and shovels to dig a canal, I picked up a recent Readers... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Bowl Games worth $200 Million Plus Bill Belew November 30, 2006 32 College Football games will be played between December 23 and January 8th. The 64 teams that are playing will share, win, lose or draw, more than $200 million.In four games the participants will take home from $14-17 million.Those bowls... Continue Reading Posted at 4:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Schools that Do NOT Play Intramural Sports Bill Belew November 30, 2006 My college could have made this list. We didn't play sports. We didn't play anything. Well maybe my friends did. I went to school. I worked. I slept (sometimes). Rinse and repeat.According to Princeton Review's survey of some 100,000+ students... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov29	Top 10 Countries Japanese Students Head to for Study Bill Belew November 29, 2006 Japan has about 135,000 foreign students studying Japanese. Somehow, I thought there would be more Japanese going overseas to study than there would be foreigners coming to Japan.That is not the case.According to the Ministry of Edcuation, Culture, Sports, Science... Continue Reading Posted at 8:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Schools Playing Intramural Sports Bill Belew November 29, 2006 I hated intramural sports. I was big enough to win at wrestling, hit a ball farther than nearly all my classmates, play a line on the football team...you name it. Problem was, I couldn't get anyone else to play.Not at... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Law Professor Takes on the Supreme Court - Loses Bill Belew November 29, 2006 A DePaul University law professor has taken his case to the Supreme court and lost. The professor sued the FBI for keeping records on him, demanding that the records be expunged. He says his actions were protected by the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Renmin Philosophy School in China Steals Princeton University Web Site Design Bill Belew November 29, 2006 DVDs, music, clothes are not the only thing that some Chinese will try to beg, borrow or steal. The Renmin Philosophy School in China apparently has the philosophy that if it can be copied, then dang it, we'll copy... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Atheists Vs Leprechauns Bill Belew November 29, 2006 A student at the Art Institute of Portland said he was sent over the rainbow for questioning another student about why she believed in leprechauns. There is a lot of 'he said' 'she said' and discussions about existing on another... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Purdue Students Go on Hunger Strike Bill Belew November 29, 2006 A baker's dozen or so of students at Purdue University have begun a hunger strike. Their aim is to persuade the administrators to stop using 'sweatshop' labor to produce school apparel. The students want the university to adopt revised guidelines... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov28	Professors and Little Old Librarians Get Exemption Bill Belew November 28, 2006 The U.S. Copyright office issued an exemption to professors of film and media studies who use clips of films, music and what not in their classes. The librarians who help are in the clear as well. The question, of course,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Legislators in "How to Fix Higher Ed" Training Bill Belew November 28, 2006 The National Conference on State Legislatures has decided to send a bunch of legislators to school to learn how to fix higher education.When the training is done the legislators should:1. understand the "big picture" issues regarding appropriations, tuition, and financial... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University Of Michigan Considers Affirmative Inaction Bill Belew November 28, 2006 Michigan voters decided affirmative action should be canned. - 58% to the rest of the state. University of Michigan president said - nah, we are going to sue the state. Who cares if we are a public institution and... Continue Reading Posted at 6:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Schools that Hate Intercollegiate Sports Bill Belew November 28, 2006 Maybe their teams are no good. Maybe they don't even have a team. I don't see my school on the list, but it could be.According to the Princeton Review the students at these schools felt strongly enough about how much... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Schools Donating Money to Democratic Candidates Bill Belew November 28, 2006 In this past election, 70% of all monies that were donated to candidates by educational institutions went to democratic candidates. That percentage was down from 78% to democratic candidates in 2004.Aren't schools, public schools, supposed to be impartial? Aren't college... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Courses - Who is taking them Bill Belew November 28, 2006 The National Center for Education statistics released a report on an overview of the transcipts from the high school graduating class of 2003-04.Some of the findings-Overall 30% of high school grads earned credit in AP or IB courses.About 12% earned... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov27	Miami Football Coach Gets Kicked Off and $3 Million to Boot Bill Belew November 27, 2006 It must be tough to get fired from a job that you have poured yourself into, a job where your crew was unbeaten by anybody in the nation in 34 tries and where you eventually led that crew to the... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chinese Student Spends One Day Reciting Pi to 67,890 Digits Bill Belew November 27, 2006 Some Chinese dude with nothing better to do than spout numbers did so in front of several dozens of witnesses for 24 hours straight...plus 4 minutes.The student recited pi to 67,890 digits. That is 50 numbers per line, 40 lines... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Schools with the Best Fans Bill Belew November 27, 2006 When I was in school, there wasn't much to cheer for. We had a basketball team that won sometimes and that was it.But, it's not that way everywhere. The other day I watched Ohipo State beat the University of Michigan... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University of Hawaii Offers Scholarships to its Best High Schoolers Bill Belew November 27, 2006 The University of Hawaii wants its best highschoolers to stay around.In honor of the schools 100th year, a program has been designed to allow each of the Hawaii school systems 10 universities to provide $1000 a year to Hawaiian high... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Ways Canadian MBAs have been Dumbed Down Bill Belew November 27, 2006 It seems that American fopros are not the only schools being attacked for selling degrees, giving an 'education' for profit.A veteran professor of Concordia University in Canada is attacking Canadian schools as well for - "selling MBAs to generate revenue... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Christmas Gifts for a Kindergarten Teacher Bill Belew November 27, 2006 It was Christmas time, and a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her pupils.The florist's son handed her a gift. She shook it, held it overhead, and said, "I bet I know what it is. Some flowers." "That's right" the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov26	When Hazing Goes Too Far Bill Belew November 26, 2006 There are apparent reasons for hazing and enduring the ritual. It happens all the time in the Navy - crossing the international date line, cross the equator, and so on.It happens even more regularly in university clubs.Sometimes/often perhaps?, it goes... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Commitments of the Canadian Government to Higher Education Bill Belew November 26, 2006 The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada is the voice of Canada's universities, representing 91 Canadian public and private not-for-profit universities and university-degree level colleges.After fall fiscal and economic data was released, the organization responded with praise.1. "The federal... Continue Reading Posted at 1:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Perfect Score on the SAT Bill Belew November 26, 2006 What kind of students get a perfect score on the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)?This year, 1.465,744 (including international) students took the SAT test, some of them two times or more.Of those, only 238 or one in 6,000 got a perfect... Continue Reading Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	7 Goals of the American Competitiveness Initiative in Education Revisited Bill Belew November 26, 2006 President Bush's American Competitiveness Initiative in Education has seven goals.They are:1. Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate (AP/IB) Program to expand access of low-income students to rigorous course work by training 70,000 additional teachers.2. Adjunct Teacher Corps to encourage up to 30,000 math... Continue Reading Posted at 11:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov25	12 Goals of the American Competitiveness Initiative in Research and Development Revisited Bill Belew November 25, 2006 President Bush's American Competitiveness Initiative Research and Development has 12 goals.They are: 1. World-class capability and capacity in nanofabrication and nanomanufacturing. 2. Chemical, biological, optical, and electronic materials breakthroughs critical to cutting-edge research in nanotechnology, biotechnology, alternative energy, and the hydrogen economy. 3.... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Flushing Out Juvenile Delinquency in Japanese Schools Bill Belew November 25, 2006 Beginning in 1993 a group of 35 business executives started cleaning toilets in a school in Gifu prefecture. The group -Nihon wo Utsukushiku Suru Kai (Make Japan Clean Group).At first the group was rejected by most for fear they were... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov24	Teaching English as a Second Language Overseas Bill Belew November 24, 2006 For the individual looking to teach English overseas - pick a country - there is, hand's down, one web site that everyone looks at.When I was in Japan and we needed teachers, we went to this site. Back then it... Continue Reading Posted at 11:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Atheists Are Morons Bill Belew November 24, 2006 A young woman teacher with obvious liberal tendencies explained to her class of small children that she was an atheist. She asked her class if they were atheists, too. Not really knowing what atheism is but wanting to be like... Continue Reading Posted at 7:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Education Jobs - Help Wanted Bill Belew November 24, 2006 Want to work for the Department of Education? Get ready to jump through hoops.Here are the links for - US Department of Education Job Openings US Department of Education Internship ApplicationEducation Job openings at the US Department of Education (Don't... Continue Reading Posted at 5:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	9 Evidences of a Critical Need in Foreign Language Skills to Advance National Security Bill Belew November 24, 2006 The U.S. Department of Education has some interesting facts/articles. I stumbled upon one this morning that articulates the need for foreign language education.Consider these nine facts - 1. More than 200 million children in China are studying English, a compulsory... Continue Reading Posted at 2:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Goals of The American Competitiveness Initiative Revisited Bill Belew November 24, 2006 President Bush's American Competitiveness Initiative has 5 goals.They are:1. 300 grants for schools to implement research-based math curricula and interventions2. 10,000 more scientists, students, post-doctoral fellows, and technicians provided opportunities to contribute to the innovation enterprise3. 100,000 highly qualified math... Continue Reading Posted at 11:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov23	Jessica Alba - The Most Desired Substitute Teacher in America Bill Belew November 23, 2006 I don't know what kind of a classroom project this was, but students were asked in a poll by the National Education Association to select the celebrity they would most like to have as a substitute teacher. Jessica Alba... Continue Reading Posted at 1:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Steps to Better Relations Between Foundations and Education - Carnegie Foundation Bill Belew November 23, 2006 Educational institutions are losing the trust of foundations, says the Carnegie foundation.The Carnegie foundation says that grantors:1. are growing weary of support for education, 2. are skeptical that institutions can deliver on promises to improve student learning or advance societal... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov22	Scholarship for Caucasians Bill Belew November 22, 2006 A Boston University student group is offering a scholarship for students who are at least one-fourth white. Any one quadrant of their anatomy is okay.Applicants must write two essays - one describing their ancestry, and one describing what it means... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	NCAA Conference on Intercollegiate Athletics and Higher Education in America Bill Belew November 22, 2006 This is a first...a first in a hundred years...a first in the 100 year history of the NCAA.The NCAA will host a scholarly conference on the overall value of sport in higher education.One hundred years into the program and now... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	14 Practical Steps Parents can Take to Improve the Quality of Their Child's School Bill Belew November 22, 2006 The U.S. Department of Education lists 14 practical steps that parents can take to ensure their children have the best quality school facilities to succeed in the 21st Century. 1. Get involved in helping your child's school improve. 2. Find out if... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Reasons to Have Segregation on Campus Bill Belew November 22, 2006 Integration is not good. Not everyone is meant to get along, sit together, work together and study together.Segregation is the key.Here are eight reasons why:1. Administrators and college officials can impose puritanical values on the campuses.2. One demographic might begin... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Kaplan Plans to Educate the UK Bill Belew November 22, 2006 Kaplan International is planning to take on the traditional universities of the U.K. much like it is doing in the U.S.The UK wants 50 per cent of its young people in university and the government wants them to pay more... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov21	5 Steps to Gender Parity at Johns Hopkins Bill Belew November 21, 2006 A group at Johns Hopkins has completed a three year study and reached the conclusion that the school needs to be gender equal by 2020. That is, there will be a 50/50 representation of women in senior faculty and leadership... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Similar Characteristics of Peking University and American Elite Universities Bill Belew November 21, 2006 Peking (Beijing( University received a donation (173.3 million yuan - $21.9 million - nice round numbers) from a Singaporean billionaire. The president signed a donation contract with the daughter of the late banker making the gift from the inheritance fund.... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Practical Steps Parents Can Take to Improve Education at Their Child's School Bill Belew November 21, 2006 The U.S. Department of Education lists 6 practical steps that parents can take to ensure their children have the best educators in the front of their classroom to help them succeed.1. Encourage your child's teacher to take advantage of the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 5 Pay Packages for College Presidents Bill Belew November 21, 2006 More college presidents than ever are making at least $500,000 annually.About 112 of 853 public and private university president say their pay and benefits total more than half a million dollars.And, these results are based on the 2004-2005 academic year.The... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Much Does an Assistant Professor Make in the US? Bill Belew November 21, 2006 The American Association of University Professors released figures on the salaries of Professors - 1. Doctoral - public - $60,440 - private - $71,877 - private church related - $65,2862. Masters - public - $52,873 - private -$54,996 - private... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	2007 Job Market for College Grads Promising Bill Belew November 21, 2006 The Collegiate Employment Research Institute at Michigan State University reports that job opportunities for college grads next year will expand by 4 - 6 percent.The expansion numbers are down from this year when job opportunities grew by 6-14% and down... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov20	BestSemester Photos and Videos Contest Ends Dec. 4. 2006 Bill Belew November 20, 2006 BestSemester announced a photo and video contest open to BestSemester program participants.2006 Photo & Video Entry Categories: 1. Emotion Images in this category will have captured the essence of a moment of accomplishment, surprise, triumph, discovery, etc. 2. Local... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	12 Practical Steps Parents Can Take to Help Their Children Succeed in School Bill Belew November 20, 2006 The U.S. Department of Education lists 12 practical steps that parents can take to ensure their children have a better chance of succeeding in the 21st Century.1. Make sure your child understands the importance of math in elementary school, and... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 People Whose SAT Scores Didn't Matter Bill Belew November 20, 2006 Each year some two million high schoolers take the SAT in hopes of getting the highest score possible and then gaining entry to one of the 3,000 some colleges in the U.S. that the use those results as part of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Science & Engineering Doctorates Reach All-time High in 2005 Bill Belew November 20, 2006 For all the alarms being sounded about America not having enough scientists and engineers, last year the number of doctorates awarded in science and engineering rose for the third consecutive year to reach an all-time high.The number of doctorates awarded... Continue Reading Posted at 9:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The State of Academic Libraries - part 4 Bill Belew November 20, 2006 Do you think no one uses the libraries at colleges anymore? Is all research done online these days.The National Center for Education Statistics released its state of the Academic Libraries 2004: (I don't know why its a year and half... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Much does an Associate Professor Make in the US? Bill Belew November 20, 2006 The American Association of University Professors released figures on the salaries of Professors - 1. Doctoral - public - $70,952 - private - $84,419 - private church related - $77,4092. Masters - public - $62,700 - private -$67,148 - private... Continue Reading Posted at 12:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov19	How Much Does a Professor Make in the US? Bill Belew November 19, 2006 The American Association of University Professors released figures on the salaries of Professors - 1. Doctoral - public - $101,620 - private - $131,292 - private church related - $113,7402. Masters - public - $78,884 - private -$88,800 - private... Continue Reading Posted at 6:59 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	18 Practical Steps Businesses Can Take to Make Sure Students Are Prepared When They Graduate Bill Belew November 19, 2006 The US Department of Education gives 18 practical steps that businesses, not schools can take to make sure the students in their communities are prepared for the 21st century.Here are eighteen steps that can be taken: 1. Find out about your... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The State of Academic Libraries - part 3 Bill Belew November 19, 2006 Do you think no one uses the libraries at colleges anymore? Is all research done online these days.The National Center for Education Statistics released its state of the Academic Libraries 2004: (I don't know why its a year and half... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov18	Ohio State $100M beats Michigan $50M Bill Belew November 18, 2006 Ohio State just beat Michigan $100million to $50million.There were more than 105,000 people at the game spending $100-$200 each. That means OSU's football team brought in $10-20million just today.But, now there are title games - for OSU, Rose Bowl's for... Continue Reading Posted at 5:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The State of Academic Libraries - part 2 Bill Belew November 18, 2006 Do you think no one uses the libraries at colleges anymore? Is all research done online these days.The National Center for Education Statistics released its state of the Academic Libraries 2004: (I don't know why its a year and half... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Reasons Why Community Colleges Do NOT Meet Students' Needs Bill Belew November 18, 2006 Only 10% of students who enter a community college with the intent of getting a two-year degree achieve their goal.Yeesh! That is only one in ten. And it doesn't count the students who take classes just for the fun of... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov17	NCAA Division I Football Coaches Average Salary Reaches $950,000 Bill Belew November 17, 2006 USA Today reported that the average salary for an NCAA Division I football coach is $950,000, not including benefits, incentives and perks.Three such coaches are Oklahoma (8-2) head coach - $3.45 million/yr, Iowa (6-5) head coach - $2.84 million/yr and... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Happy Belated Veterans Day Bill Belew November 17, 2006 This site is about the business of education. For the past 25 years, I have been in the business of educating. I received an email today, with a picture that I thought worthy of passing on. It 'educated' me and... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	1,240,000 College Grads Will NOT Find a Job in China in 2006 Bill Belew November 17, 2006 China's Ministry of Labor and Social Security warned that about 1.24 million Chinese college students will graduate and NOT find jobs that require their field of study.Altogether, 4.1 million students graduated this year, up 750K from last year.However, only 22%... Continue Reading Posted at 10:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The State of Academic Libraries - part 1 Bill Belew November 17, 2006 Do you think no one uses the libraries at colleges anymore? Is all research done online these days.The National Center for Education Statistics released its state of the Academic Libraries 2004: (I don't know why its a year and half... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Praying Schools - And Not Just Before Tests Bill Belew November 17, 2006 Someone once said that as long as there tests there will be prayer in school.It doesn't matter to the students at these schools. The student bodies told Princeton Review they pray, and they pray often.The Top Ten Praying Schools.10. Texas... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Great Table on Trends for Students Coming to and Going From the US Bill Belew November 17, 2006 I love the idea of studying abroad and/or hosting students from abroad.Opendoors has put together a tremendous resource on trends in international students - those coming to the U.S. and students in the U.S. heading elsewhere.It is estimated that foreign... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov16	Tenured Professors at Oregon University Threatened with Job Loss Bill Belew November 16, 2006 Southern Oregon University's enrollment is down. Expenses for benefits is up. Utilities are costing more.The Southern Oregon Prez is responding by letting the professors, tenured and tenure track that they may be among the cuts that need to take place.The... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Campus Homosexual Group Triggers Debate in China Bill Belew November 16, 2006 Schools, college, is a good time for students to stir up the topic pot. If a student says something stupid, they can respond, "I was young and learning."If they say something smart, "I hit onto something when I was learning."It... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Campuses Sending a Large Percentage of Their Students Overseas to Learn Bill Belew November 16, 2006 Living in a foreign country is a tremendous experience. The only thing that beats living in a foreign country is living and learning there. The only thing that beats that is having someone pay you to do it.These 10 colleges... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Five Fields of Study for International Students in the U.S. Bill Belew November 16, 2006 International students spend about $13.5 billion each year in the U.S. on tuition, living, playing, inviting friends and family and such to visit.Every state, every institution would like a piece of that pie...the bigger the better, no doubt.California hosts the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Students Bodies Who Should Stay on Campus Bill Belew November 16, 2006 Wild parties, drunks, litter, beer bottles and naked girls running the streets. Most towns prefer to not have this go on, except for maybe the last one.These colleges have no love with their college towns. Perhaps the girls are too... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	E-Learning is Big Business and Growing - Part 5 Bill Belew November 16, 2006 The Sloan Consortium has issued its fourth annual publication on the state of e-learning in United States Higher Education.The report addresses several key questions:Fifth Question: What are the barriers to widespread adoption of online masters in education and similar programs?Answer:... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov15	Resources for Studying Abroad Bill Belew November 15, 2006 Where were these guys when I was growing up? When I was a kid the only way to go overseas, that I knew of, was to be an Olympian. Otherwise, it was just out of the question.Everywhere was too far... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Reasons Why Postgrad Students Commit Suicide in China -3rd Fudan Postgrad Student in 3 Weeks Jumps to Her Death Bill Belew November 15, 2006 A second female postgraduate student from Fudan University commited suicide this month. And it's only the 15th.A third female doctoral student jumped to her death on the 26th of last month...that's 3 women in 3 weeks.No reason has been given... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Campuses Which Send Students Abroad To Learn Bill Belew November 15, 2006 It's no mystery. An international education is priceless. How often does someone get to say, "I spent a year studying in France?"Presently there are about 200,000 US students who can say, I studied in (pick a country). It will definitely... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten States Accepting International Students Bill Belew November 15, 2006 International students bring big bucks, the ones that aren't on a scholarship of course, to the instiutions and the states that host them.It can cost an international student $30-70k a year to study, live, spend, invite family, and so on.... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Student Bodies Loved By the Town They are In Bill Belew November 15, 2006 Wild parties, drunks, litter, beer bottles and naked girls running the streets. Most towns prefer to not have this go on, except for maybe the last one.Some college towns actually get along with their student bodies and welcome them to... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	E-Learning is Big Business and Growing - Part 4 Bill Belew November 15, 2006 The Sloan Consortium has issued its fourth annual publication on the state of e-learning in United States Higher Education.The report addresses several key questions:Fourth Question - Have perceptions of quality changed for online offerings?Answer: Since the beginning of these studies... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov14	Ludwig Foundation Pledges $20 million to Six US Institutions for Cancer Research Bill Belew November 14, 2006 The Ludwig foundation has pledged to give $20 million each to six research institutions for cancer research.The six centers are:The Ludwig Centers are: * The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School, * The Johns Hopkins University Kimmel Cancer Cente. * The... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Asian Student Claims Discrimination in Princeton Rejection Bill Belew November 14, 2006 Insidehighered reports on an Asian student with perfect SAT scores, top 1% graduation ranking and completion of nine advanced placement classes being rejected by Princeton and having to settle for Yale.Poor baby.Still, the boy is saying that he was rejected... Continue Reading Posted at 4:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 20 International Destinations for US Students Bill Belew November 14, 2006 The number of US students going overseas to learn is over 200,000, up 8% from last year.This number is less than 40% of the total number of foreign students who come to the U.S. But then, there are a lot... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Universities Accepting International Students Bill Belew November 14, 2006 International Students pay through the nose, when they pay that is, to go to American schools. They pay out of state tuition which can be multiple times that of instate tuition costs at public schools.Needless to say, it is good... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Colleges With NO Town to Play in Bill Belew November 14, 2006 According to Princeton Review's survey, these students would rather stay on campus, because there is nothing to do in town...well, if there were a town to go to.The top ten college towns that have more to do on campus.10. Duke... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	E-Learning is Big Business and Growing - Part 3 Bill Belew November 14, 2006 The Sloan Consortium has issued its fourth annual publication on the state of e-learning in United States Higher Education.The report addresses several key questions:Third Question: What types of institutions have online offerings?Answer: Public institutions and fopros have consistently been at... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov13	Top 20 Countries Sending Students to the United States Bill Belew November 13, 2006 Ever since 9/11 it seems that schools have been having a hard time recruiting international students. Seems is the key word.It is not the actual case.According to Opendoors 2006, America has seen a steady influx of foreign students for the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Collegeboard VP Admits SAT Coachable Bill Belew November 13, 2006 Collegeboard doesn't want to admit that students who are 'coached' can do better on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). "It is wise to be skeptical about the claims made by high-priced coaches and coaching companies. Although commercial coaching courses—those that... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Diamond Lady Class - How to Catch a Rich Bachelor - Opens in China Bill Belew November 13, 2006 A company in Shenzhen, Zuanyuan (Diamond Affinity) Information Co. has opened a class called "Diamond Lady Class."The curriculum includes:1. Image building2. Household management3. Perfect mannersThe objective - meet requirements to become a rich bachelor's wife.Seriously...this company aims to "help Cinderella... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Marxist American Wins Election in India with Anti-American Campaign Bill Belew November 13, 2006 A kid from Hippieville, CA, otherwise known as Berkeley, was elected vice president in a student election, All India Students' Association at Jawaharlal Nehru University.India, apparently, takes student elections quite seriously with many going on to politics and holding key... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten College Towns Bill Belew November 13, 2006 Princeton Review asked 115,000 college students what they thought about the town where their college is at.The answer came back with a winner.These days some colleges invest in their towns just to make the surrounding area more desirable for prospective... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	E-Learning is Big Business and Growing - Part 2 Bill Belew November 13, 2006 The Sloan Consortium has issued its fourth annual publication on the state of e-learning in United States Higher Education.The report addresses several key questions:Second Question: Who is studying online?Answer: Generally the online student (for example, your average online nursing degree... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov12	New Zealand Schools Opt to Allow TXT SPK on Exams Bill Belew November 12, 2006 New Zealand schools have opted to allow high school students to use text speak (mobile phone abbreviated language) on their national exams this year.txt = text, lol = laughing out loud or lots of love, omg - oh my god...... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Schools Ignoring God IF S/he is There Bill Belew November 12, 2006 Well, not everyone prays in school, regardless if there are tests of not.These schools don't care if there is a god or not, a heaven or not, a hell or not, but sure wish they could swear to something when... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	E-Learning Is Big Business and Growing - Part 1 Bill Belew November 12, 2006 The Sloan Consortium has issued its fourth annual publication on the state of e-learning in United States Higher Education.The report addresses several key questions:First question: Has the Growth of Online Enrollments Begun to Plateau?Answer: Online enrollments (such as those for... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov11	Teachers Vs. Educators Bill Belew November 11, 2006 According to a news report, a certain private school in Victoria, BC, recently was faced with a unique problem. A number of grade 12 girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Live Video Webcast on School Safety Bill Belew November 11, 2006 In light of the recent school shootings, the US Department of Education will present a one hour Web Cast for parents, educators, school administrators, local safety personnel and any other interested parties who want to review their emergency management plans.Sucessful... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Breakdown of Race/Ethnicity of College and University Faculty and Staff Bill Belew November 11, 2006 Ever wondered what the breakdown on ethnicity/race of college and university faculty and staff is? The Institute of education sciences of the US Department of Education provides these facts.In thousands. Employees in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and primary occupation: Fall... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov10	Central Florida University Loses One of its Oldest Fraternities Bill Belew November 10, 2006 The Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at Central Florida University will be closed immediately.The reason - making its new members wear women's underwear and drink till they can't remember doing it - hazing.The headquarters for the Sigman Alpha Epsilon says, "Our... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Missouri State and Student Settle Out of Court Over Gay Adoption Issue Bill Belew November 10, 2006 A student at Missouri State said she was given an unreasonable assignment to write a letter to the state requesting them to consider allowing homosexuals to adopt. The student, because of religious convictions, did not want to write the letter.Consequently,... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Debunking the Dumb Jock Theory - NCAA Student-Athletes Have Higher Graduation Rate Than General Student Population Bill Belew November 10, 2006 So much for the dumb jock theory. The NCAA released a report that counters the misconception that jocks are more likely to drop out of school than the other kid who is just there to study."According to the most recent... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Education Secretary Heads US University Presidents Delegation to Asia Bill Belew November 10, 2006 I'd like to see the records and receipts of this trip.A Ed.gov press release announces "U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Dina Habib Powell will lead the first ever high-profile delegation of U.S. college... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mesa Community College Get the Clamps Bill Belew November 10, 2006 Mesa Community Colleges spent about $300,000 from 2001 till now for 87 officials to make trips to England, the Netherlands and China under pretenses of recruiting new students.The chancellor of the community colleges said, "that will not happen anymore."But, will... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Whitman College Cancels Classes to Hold Symposium on Race Bill Belew November 10, 2006 I don't know who or what blackface is. But, the students wore it to school and the administrators at Whitman College and other black students didn't like it.consequently, ALL classes have been called to a halt for a day so... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 9	Southern Illinois Chancellor Bounced for Plagiarizing Bill Belew November 9, 2006 I am going to send a link to this post to my students.I teach a class on persuasive writing and one of the aspects we deal with is citing sources to prevent plagiarism.I, btw, am getting this story from Insidehighered.I... Continue Reading Posted at 9:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University of Michigan Plans to Fight Affirmative Action Referendum Defeat Bill Belew November 9, 2006 Michigan overwhelmingly voted against affirmative action earlier this week.Instead of being good sports, the president of the University of Michigan has "asked our attorneys for their full and undivided support in defending diversity at the University of Michigan. I will... Continue Reading Posted at 6:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University of Florida Bends Rules to Give Faculty a Raise Bill Belew November 9, 2006 The University of Florida is not permitted to raise its tuition. The Florida legistlature has put the kabash on that. But, the University of Florida president thinks he has found a way around it. No tuition raise. No additional fees.... Continue Reading Posted at 3:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blind and Wheelchair Bound Japanese Completes NYC Marathon Bill Belew November 9, 2006 We learn life's lessons from many different sources.School, even hard knocks is not the only place where one can get an education.We can learn by looking at those who cannot see us. We can overcome obstacles by immitating those who... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Britain Experiences Brain Drain, too Bill Belew November 9, 2006 The Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge says that one-fourth of her staff and more than half of the postgraduates in her program are from overseas.The biggest problems are in science, technology and mathematics.Gee, sounds like we are talking about the US.But, it... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	AAUP Opposes Israeli Universities' Decision to Ban Palestinian Students Bill Belew November 9, 2006 A committee on academic freedom and tenure of The American Association of University Professors issued a statement."The AAUP's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure notes with great concern the recent action of the Israeli army to ban Palestinian students... Continue Reading Posted at 12:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 8	Gallaudet Loses Two Boardmembers After Rescinding President Offer Bill Belew November 8, 2006 Gallaudet University lost two board members, its chair and a key figure in Senator John McCain.Gallaudet's Board succumbed to student body protests, sometimes violent, by rescinding an offer to a new president. The 20-member board is now 18 members.While, I... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Limits on State Spending Being Rejected - Colleges Rejoice Bill Belew November 8, 2006 People across the country are voting to NOT impose limits on state spending. Colleges are happy because that means they can beg/squeeze/coerce more money out of the states coffers = taxpayers.Am I so stupid as to not be able to... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Criminology Major At University of Miami Fails Ultimate Test Bill Belew November 8, 2006 A 6' 4" 280 lb defensive lineman at the University of Miami was shot in the head and is dead. He is no longer on his way to the NFL.The mountain of a man was at practice just hours before... Continue Reading Posted at 12:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Democrats Vow to Change Education Landscape Bill Belew November 8, 2006 The Democrats have taken control of the House and may still take control of the Senate.One of the spiels of these potlickers is a promise to agressively help students and families afford college...but without pressing colleges for accountability.Hello! The problem... Continue Reading Posted at 9:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pentagon Offers $1 million to Robot Car Race Champ Bill Belew November 8, 2006 At first, the Pentagon thought they could not give away prize money to the winners of robot car racers, quite popular among teams of college students.Now, it seems they can, according to insidehighered.It is easy to see the benefits the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Questions Stanford Wants to Answer about Dual-Career Academic Couples Bill Belew November 8, 2006 Stanford University wants to know...1. Why does 65 percent of the national workforce, have a particularly adverse effect on women inside the academy.2. While only 7 percent of the members of the American Physical Society are women, an astonishing 44... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 7	University of Florida System Pushes Chinese, Arabic and Portugese Bill Belew November 7, 2006 There are 11 public universities in the University of Florida system.Their chancellor wants to turn them into a Virtual Language Institute.According to the Florida prosperity website...150,000 students in American are studying French....and still can't speak it.However only 16,500 are studying... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Election Day - Removing Affirmative Action in Michigan Bill Belew November 7, 2006 Michigan is voting today on whether or not affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment should be banned or not.The proposed ammendment to Michigan's constitution would:1. Ban public institutions from using affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment to groups... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Postdoc Unions - University of California Postdocs Speak Up Bill Belew November 7, 2006 he University of Connecticut health center made history when its 138-member unit of postdocs voted to join the 1,800-member AFT Connecticut affiliate.Sigh!Of course the union side is touting it as a first step towards better salaries, more respect and greater... Continue Reading Posted at 2:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Rutgers University Football Program Burns Hole in School's Budget Bill Belew November 7, 2006 Rutgers is only one of three unbeaten Division I college football teams left after 10 weeks.It is the first time in decades that the school has seen their football team natioanlly ranked, currently 14th.However, the NorthJersey.com says that the success... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Washington State University Matches University of Washington's Free Tuition Offer Bill Belew November 7, 2006 The University of Washington pledged to provide free tuition for students with family incomes of up to 65% of the state's average income - that is, a family of four making $46.5K can send their kids to college for free.Washington... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Suffered Severe Depression Before Taking the Leap Bill Belew November 7, 2006 SFGate reported that a University of California Santa Cruz Chancellor had suffered from severe depression and was hospitalized in a pyschiatric facility for six days right before jumping 42 floors to her death.The chancellor "was under severe stress related directly... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 6	University of Pennsylvania President Hangs Out With 'Suicide Bomber' at Halloween Party Bill Belew November 6, 2006 There is a picture of the University of Pennsylvania President posing with a suicide bomber at a Halloween party last week.Now, everyone has their underwear tied in a knot and is calling for a resignation and beating worthy of an... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blackboard Launches 2007 Global Greenhouse Award Bill Belew November 6, 2006 All Blackboard and WebCT community members are eligble for a piece of a $100K pie offered by Blackboard Inc. in their annual Blackboard Greenhouse Program.A call for proposals goes out today for papers. The deadline is February 7, 2007.Last year's... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	European Colleges Full Of Bologna Bill Belew November 6, 2006 The European Union wants all the colleges to get along. What a novel idea.In the US, where competition is key and rivalry rampant, in Europe, starting from Bolgona, the colleges are trying to find common ground. Only Belarus hasn't signed... Continue Reading Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Textbook Gives Chinese Entrepreneur the Idea to Sell Air Bill Belew November 6, 2006 A Chinese textbook "Little Fox Sells Air" is a primary school book about a cunning fox that opens an air-selling business in a dirty air-polluted city.Capitalizing on that idea, Li Jie, decided to bag "World Cup Air" for 50 yuan... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Central Florida Physicist Reasons Dracula Doesn't Add Up Bill Belew November 6, 2006 Halloween has come and gone but Americans have not abandoned their belief that houses are haunted - more than 30%.One in five of your neighbors, maybe you, too, believe in witches and that people can communicate with the dead. Gee,... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Vermont College Running on Cow Power Bill Belew November 6, 2006 Green Mountain College in Vermont is taking advantage of the 1:2 cow-to-people ratio in VT. The state has 300,000 cows. For the math challenged, the population of vT is two times that.Each cow produces about 13 gallons of manure a... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 5	Harvard's Plariarism Finder Guilty of Plagiarism Bill Belew November 5, 2006 Harvard University's student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson found a plagiarizer earlier this year. That discovery prompted a U.S. publisher to pull a best-seller off the shelves.Now, The Crimson has its own plagiarizers to deal with.One cartoonist was found guilty of... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Looking for Bigfoot Bill Belew November 5, 2006 A tenured PhD in anatomical sciences at Idaho State University is convinced that Bigfoot exists.His colleagues, all of them, call him pseudo-academic. However, one person, the dean of the arts and sciences calls him a 'bonafide scientist' who 'provides a... Continue Reading Posted at 6:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	$2.8 Billion Test Industry Fails Bill Belew November 5, 2006 There are some 92,816 American public schools that take about 45 million standardized reading and math tests, including SAT, No Child Left Behind, and other such tests.Next year, states will begin testing science as well and the number will swell... Continue Reading Posted at 3:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 4	Football is the Answer to Many Universities' Bottom Line Bill Belew November 4, 2006 It's no mystery that football programs are the source of great revenue for many universities. Ask Ohio State, USC, Alabama, Texas, Michigan...They will all tell you how much the football program affects their bottom line.Mansfield University of Pennsylvania realizes it,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Celebrities In Desperate Need of an Education - Paris Hilton, Jessica Simpson.... Bill Belew November 4, 2006 And to think that these people are the role models for so many others.These 8 celebrities are in desperate need of an education."What's Walmart, do they sell like wall stuff?" Paris Hilton"Is this chicken what I have, or is this... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chinese Internet Addict Makes Fourth Attempt at College Bill Belew November 4, 2006 It is estimated that about one-third of China's 120 million Internet users are young men who hang out at Internet bars.Apparently, not all of those boys are stupid...well, not test stupid.One boy, passed his college entrance exams for the fourth... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 3	James Madison University Demonstrates How Stupid Title IX is When Applied Incorrectly Bill Belew November 3, 2006 Members of the James Madison University Swim team stripped down to their Speedos and ran laps around the Education Department building to show how they have been figuratively and actually left out in the cold.Title IX requires schools to have... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chinese Universities Waste Money, Too Bill Belew November 3, 2006 Liaocheng University spent some $10.1 million dollars on a gateway that does nothing but sit and, hopefully, attract new students.The university counters - they only wasted, er, spent $380,000 on the gate.There are 27 gates on the ground level and... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	20 Hilarious Ratings of Professors at RateMyProfessors.com Bill Belew November 3, 2006 What a great idea! A site where the students to the grading.Some 6,000 schools have submitted videos of more than 770,000 professors who have received 5,750,000 ratings.The students are making judgments on the profs.Here are some seriously funny ratings...1. You... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Oprah Speaks Out on Education Bill Belew November 3, 2006 It seems you don't need to have a PhD for people to listen to you about what is good and bad for edcuation.What you need is to be a famous celebrity...Bill Cosby and Oprah come to mind.Oprah Winfrey told 3,000... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Visiting Scholars Get Longer Stays in The US Bill Belew November 3, 2006 The Department of State announced that the permitted length of stay for visiting scholars to the US will be lengthened from its current three years to a new maximum stay of five years.The draft says- "...as of November 4, 2006,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	13 Beliefs of Young Voters - Harvard Poll Predicts Record Turnout of Students in Upcoming Election Bill Belew November 3, 2006 A Harvard poll is predicting a record turnout of students in the upcoming midterm elections.Here are some of the results from the poll.1. Nearly one-third of students (32%) 18-24 say they will definitely be voting. The previous record was 26%... Continue Reading Posted at 12:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 2	Swiss Jacobs Foundation Gives 200 Million Euro To German College Bill Belew November 2, 2006 American schools are not the only ones with their hands out hoping large benefactors will throw money at them.The Swiss Jacobs Foundation will give 200 million Euro ($255 million) to the International University Bremen (IUB).IUB, which is just five years... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Grade Fixing at Florida Memorial University Bill Belew November 2, 2006 Two men, 22 and 28 years old, one an alumnus who worked in the registrar's office and the other a recruiter who found students willing to pay for better grades, pleaded guilty to a grade fixing scheme.The two men were... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Call Me Stupid, Then Teach Me Bill Belew November 2, 2006 The Sigma Chi fraternity at Johns Hopkins University had their "Halloween in the 'Hood" party shut down.Something about the invitation was said to have invoked racial stereotyping.The party held Saturday night featured a skeleton pirate hanging on a noose.The invitation... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Student Bodies Who Think Gay Still Means Cheerful Bill Belew November 2, 2006 The whole coming-out-of-the closet thing took place during my 20 years overseas. When I left, there was no gay community that anybody knew about it. When I got back and for some unknown reason settled into the Bay Area of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	9 Reasons to Finish College - Research Answers 10 Years After Receiving a Bachelor's Degree - Where are they now? Bill Belew November 2, 2006 The National Center for Education Statistics looked at 1992-93 Bachelor's recipients to find out how they were doing 10 years later.A report was released. Some of the findings:1. By 2003, 20 percent of graduates had received a Master's, 4% had... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Evergreen State College Faculty Votes to Unionize Bill Belew November 2, 2006 About 158 full-time professors and 63 adjunct professors voted to form the United Faculty of Evergreen.The UFWS website states the union will have the following principles. * We support the political equality of all faculty; we are committed to represent... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 1	Student Charged For Not Doing Gay Homework Bill Belew November 1, 2006 A student at Missouri State University was charged with "the highest-level grievance for not following guidelines on diversity, interpersonal skills and professional behavior."The students were asked to do an assignment in which they were to draft and individually sign a... Continue Reading Posted at 11:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 10 Concerns of Young Adults Heading into the Election Bill Belew November 1, 2006 That young adults are most concerned about education and how much it costs is no surprise. What is surprising is how so few of them are concerned about it.Lake Research Partners did a survey leading up to the election.Young adults... Continue Reading Posted at 8:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Three Countries Sending Graduate Students to the US - India Leads Bill Belew November 1, 2006 The number of international graduate students in the US grew by 1% in 2006.India leads the way making up about 32% of that population. China is next with 20%. South Korea is a distant third with 5%.These numbers are the... Continue Reading Posted at 6:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Student Bodies Accepting of Gays Bill Belew November 1, 2006 The whole coming-out-of-the closet thing took place during my 20 years overseas. When I left, there was no gay community that anybody knew about it. When I got back and for some unknown reason settled into the Bay Area of... Continue Reading Posted at 11:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bill Cosby Criticizes Teacher & Parents Bill Belew November 1, 2006 Bill Cosby is still getting himself in trouble for telling people what he thinks. Cosby spoke at Maranatha Community Church in LA to hundreds of parents, teachers and students. He scolded black parents for not getting involved in their children's... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	French Students Pay for Tuition with Sex Bill Belew November 1, 2006 The Independent reported that as many as 40,000 students in France, abt 2%, are paying their way through school via the sex trade.Female students do hostess work and freelancing for escort services.Some work the streets as prostitutes.Others offer webcam striptease.Of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Nov30	Top 6 Countries Studying Japanese Bill Belew November 30, 2006 Know More: International Education Who is studying Japanese besides the kids in Japan? Presently there are about 2.4 million people studying Japanese overseas - according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In Japan, there were about 135,000 students studying Japanese, says the Agency for Cultural Affairs. So, what country sends the most students to learn Japanese? 6. Thailand - 3,200 5. Taiwan - 3,600 4. Brazil - 3,800...this is striking unless you know that Brazil has the largest population of Japanese outside of Japan of any country in the world. 3. USA - 5,500 2. South Korea - 15,800 And more than all the other countries in the world combined..... 1. China - 73,000 FWIW, it seems China is doing its part, or at least trying harder than the others to understand their Asian neighbor...despite their past. What do you think? More Posts about Japan Bill Belew on Business in Asia More Posts about the Business of Education More Posts about International Eduacation Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov30	Traffic School For Plagiarizers Bill Belew November 30, 2006 According to Inside Highered, a community college prof has hit on the idea of sending students to 'traffic school' if they are caught plagiarizing.Instead of just bouncing them, the prof wants to send them to a five step program.The five... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Carnegie Mellon Study Finds that Laptops for Students is not Always the Best Bill Belew November 30, 2006 A study by a group at Carnegie Mellon was conducted to learn: -whether laptops affect the nature of the instructor-to-student or student-to-student interactions in and out of the classroom; how students conduct their out-of-class work in terms of location, time-on-task, and... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Will Smith Gave Up On MIT Bill Belew November 30, 2006 While I was suffering in the dentist chair today...actually I was waiting for the anesthesia to kick in so three people could climb in my mouth with picks and shovels to dig a canal, I picked up a recent Readers... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Bowl Games worth $200 Million Plus Bill Belew November 30, 2006 32 College Football games will be played between December 23 and January 8th. The 64 teams that are playing will share, win, lose or draw, more than $200 million.In four games the participants will take home from $14-17 million.Those bowls... Continue Reading Posted at 4:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Schools that Do NOT Play Intramural Sports Bill Belew November 30, 2006 My college could have made this list. We didn't play sports. We didn't play anything. Well maybe my friends did. I went to school. I worked. I slept (sometimes). Rinse and repeat.According to Princeton Review's survey of some 100,000+ students... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov29	Top 10 Countries Japanese Students Head to for Study Bill Belew November 29, 2006 Japan has about 135,000 foreign students studying Japanese. Somehow, I thought there would be more Japanese going overseas to study than there would be foreigners coming to Japan.That is not the case.According to the Ministry of Edcuation, Culture, Sports, Science... Continue Reading Posted at 8:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Schools Playing Intramural Sports Bill Belew November 29, 2006 I hated intramural sports. I was big enough to win at wrestling, hit a ball farther than nearly all my classmates, play a line on the football team...you name it. Problem was, I couldn't get anyone else to play.Not at... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Law Professor Takes on the Supreme Court - Loses Bill Belew November 29, 2006 A DePaul University law professor has taken his case to the Supreme court and lost. The professor sued the FBI for keeping records on him, demanding that the records be expunged. He says his actions were protected by the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Renmin Philosophy School in China Steals Princeton University Web Site Design Bill Belew November 29, 2006 DVDs, music, clothes are not the only thing that some Chinese will try to beg, borrow or steal. The Renmin Philosophy School in China apparently has the philosophy that if it can be copied, then dang it, we'll copy... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Atheists Vs Leprechauns Bill Belew November 29, 2006 A student at the Art Institute of Portland said he was sent over the rainbow for questioning another student about why she believed in leprechauns. There is a lot of 'he said' 'she said' and discussions about existing on another... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Purdue Students Go on Hunger Strike Bill Belew November 29, 2006 A baker's dozen or so of students at Purdue University have begun a hunger strike. Their aim is to persuade the administrators to stop using 'sweatshop' labor to produce school apparel. The students want the university to adopt revised guidelines... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov28	Professors and Little Old Librarians Get Exemption Bill Belew November 28, 2006 The U.S. Copyright office issued an exemption to professors of film and media studies who use clips of films, music and what not in their classes. The librarians who help are in the clear as well. The question, of course,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Legislators in "How to Fix Higher Ed" Training Bill Belew November 28, 2006 The National Conference on State Legislatures has decided to send a bunch of legislators to school to learn how to fix higher education.When the training is done the legislators should:1. understand the "big picture" issues regarding appropriations, tuition, and financial... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University Of Michigan Considers Affirmative Inaction Bill Belew November 28, 2006 Michigan voters decided affirmative action should be canned. - 58% to the rest of the state. University of Michigan president said - nah, we are going to sue the state. Who cares if we are a public institution and... Continue Reading Posted at 6:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Schools that Hate Intercollegiate Sports Bill Belew November 28, 2006 Maybe their teams are no good. Maybe they don't even have a team. I don't see my school on the list, but it could be.According to the Princeton Review the students at these schools felt strongly enough about how much... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Schools Donating Money to Democratic Candidates Bill Belew November 28, 2006 In this past election, 70% of all monies that were donated to candidates by educational institutions went to democratic candidates. That percentage was down from 78% to democratic candidates in 2004.Aren't schools, public schools, supposed to be impartial? Aren't college... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Courses - Who is taking them Bill Belew November 28, 2006 The National Center for Education statistics released a report on an overview of the transcipts from the high school graduating class of 2003-04.Some of the findings-Overall 30% of high school grads earned credit in AP or IB courses.About 12% earned... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov27	Miami Football Coach Gets Kicked Off and $3 Million to Boot Bill Belew November 27, 2006 It must be tough to get fired from a job that you have poured yourself into, a job where your crew was unbeaten by anybody in the nation in 34 tries and where you eventually led that crew to the... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chinese Student Spends One Day Reciting Pi to 67,890 Digits Bill Belew November 27, 2006 Some Chinese dude with nothing better to do than spout numbers did so in front of several dozens of witnesses for 24 hours straight...plus 4 minutes.The student recited pi to 67,890 digits. That is 50 numbers per line, 40 lines... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Schools with the Best Fans Bill Belew November 27, 2006 When I was in school, there wasn't much to cheer for. We had a basketball team that won sometimes and that was it.But, it's not that way everywhere. The other day I watched Ohipo State beat the University of Michigan... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University of Hawaii Offers Scholarships to its Best High Schoolers Bill Belew November 27, 2006 The University of Hawaii wants its best highschoolers to stay around.In honor of the schools 100th year, a program has been designed to allow each of the Hawaii school systems 10 universities to provide $1000 a year to Hawaiian high... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Ways Canadian MBAs have been Dumbed Down Bill Belew November 27, 2006 It seems that American fopros are not the only schools being attacked for selling degrees, giving an 'education' for profit.A veteran professor of Concordia University in Canada is attacking Canadian schools as well for - "selling MBAs to generate revenue... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Christmas Gifts for a Kindergarten Teacher Bill Belew November 27, 2006 It was Christmas time, and a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her pupils.The florist's son handed her a gift. She shook it, held it overhead, and said, "I bet I know what it is. Some flowers." "That's right" the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov26	When Hazing Goes Too Far Bill Belew November 26, 2006 There are apparent reasons for hazing and enduring the ritual. It happens all the time in the Navy - crossing the international date line, cross the equator, and so on.It happens even more regularly in university clubs.Sometimes/often perhaps?, it goes... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Commitments of the Canadian Government to Higher Education Bill Belew November 26, 2006 The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada is the voice of Canada's universities, representing 91 Canadian public and private not-for-profit universities and university-degree level colleges.After fall fiscal and economic data was released, the organization responded with praise.1. "The federal... Continue Reading Posted at 1:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Perfect Score on the SAT Bill Belew November 26, 2006 What kind of students get a perfect score on the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)?This year, 1.465,744 (including international) students took the SAT test, some of them two times or more.Of those, only 238 or one in 6,000 got a perfect... Continue Reading Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	7 Goals of the American Competitiveness Initiative in Education Revisited Bill Belew November 26, 2006 President Bush's American Competitiveness Initiative in Education has seven goals.They are:1. Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate (AP/IB) Program to expand access of low-income students to rigorous course work by training 70,000 additional teachers.2. Adjunct Teacher Corps to encourage up to 30,000 math... Continue Reading Posted at 11:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov25	12 Goals of the American Competitiveness Initiative in Research and Development Revisited Bill Belew November 25, 2006 President Bush's American Competitiveness Initiative Research and Development has 12 goals.They are: 1. World-class capability and capacity in nanofabrication and nanomanufacturing. 2. Chemical, biological, optical, and electronic materials breakthroughs critical to cutting-edge research in nanotechnology, biotechnology, alternative energy, and the hydrogen economy. 3.... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Flushing Out Juvenile Delinquency in Japanese Schools Bill Belew November 25, 2006 Beginning in 1993 a group of 35 business executives started cleaning toilets in a school in Gifu prefecture. The group -Nihon wo Utsukushiku Suru Kai (Make Japan Clean Group).At first the group was rejected by most for fear they were... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov24	Teaching English as a Second Language Overseas Bill Belew November 24, 2006 For the individual looking to teach English overseas - pick a country - there is, hand's down, one web site that everyone looks at.When I was in Japan and we needed teachers, we went to this site. Back then it... Continue Reading Posted at 11:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Atheists Are Morons Bill Belew November 24, 2006 A young woman teacher with obvious liberal tendencies explained to her class of small children that she was an atheist. She asked her class if they were atheists, too. Not really knowing what atheism is but wanting to be like... Continue Reading Posted at 7:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Education Jobs - Help Wanted Bill Belew November 24, 2006 Want to work for the Department of Education? Get ready to jump through hoops.Here are the links for - US Department of Education Job Openings US Department of Education Internship ApplicationEducation Job openings at the US Department of Education (Don't... Continue Reading Posted at 5:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	9 Evidences of a Critical Need in Foreign Language Skills to Advance National Security Bill Belew November 24, 2006 The U.S. Department of Education has some interesting facts/articles. I stumbled upon one this morning that articulates the need for foreign language education.Consider these nine facts - 1. More than 200 million children in China are studying English, a compulsory... Continue Reading Posted at 2:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Goals of The American Competitiveness Initiative Revisited Bill Belew November 24, 2006 President Bush's American Competitiveness Initiative has 5 goals.They are:1. 300 grants for schools to implement research-based math curricula and interventions2. 10,000 more scientists, students, post-doctoral fellows, and technicians provided opportunities to contribute to the innovation enterprise3. 100,000 highly qualified math... Continue Reading Posted at 11:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov23	Jessica Alba - The Most Desired Substitute Teacher in America Bill Belew November 23, 2006 I don't know what kind of a classroom project this was, but students were asked in a poll by the National Education Association to select the celebrity they would most like to have as a substitute teacher. Jessica Alba... Continue Reading Posted at 1:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Steps to Better Relations Between Foundations and Education - Carnegie Foundation Bill Belew November 23, 2006 Educational institutions are losing the trust of foundations, says the Carnegie foundation.The Carnegie foundation says that grantors:1. are growing weary of support for education, 2. are skeptical that institutions can deliver on promises to improve student learning or advance societal... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov22	Scholarship for Caucasians Bill Belew November 22, 2006 A Boston University student group is offering a scholarship for students who are at least one-fourth white. Any one quadrant of their anatomy is okay.Applicants must write two essays - one describing their ancestry, and one describing what it means... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	NCAA Conference on Intercollegiate Athletics and Higher Education in America Bill Belew November 22, 2006 This is a first...a first in a hundred years...a first in the 100 year history of the NCAA.The NCAA will host a scholarly conference on the overall value of sport in higher education.One hundred years into the program and now... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	14 Practical Steps Parents can Take to Improve the Quality of Their Child's School Bill Belew November 22, 2006 The U.S. Department of Education lists 14 practical steps that parents can take to ensure their children have the best quality school facilities to succeed in the 21st Century. 1. Get involved in helping your child's school improve. 2. Find out if... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Reasons to Have Segregation on Campus Bill Belew November 22, 2006 Integration is not good. Not everyone is meant to get along, sit together, work together and study together.Segregation is the key.Here are eight reasons why:1. Administrators and college officials can impose puritanical values on the campuses.2. One demographic might begin... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Kaplan Plans to Educate the UK Bill Belew November 22, 2006 Kaplan International is planning to take on the traditional universities of the U.K. much like it is doing in the U.S.The UK wants 50 per cent of its young people in university and the government wants them to pay more... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov21	5 Steps to Gender Parity at Johns Hopkins Bill Belew November 21, 2006 A group at Johns Hopkins has completed a three year study and reached the conclusion that the school needs to be gender equal by 2020. That is, there will be a 50/50 representation of women in senior faculty and leadership... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Similar Characteristics of Peking University and American Elite Universities Bill Belew November 21, 2006 Peking (Beijing( University received a donation (173.3 million yuan - $21.9 million - nice round numbers) from a Singaporean billionaire. The president signed a donation contract with the daughter of the late banker making the gift from the inheritance fund.... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Practical Steps Parents Can Take to Improve Education at Their Child's School Bill Belew November 21, 2006 The U.S. Department of Education lists 6 practical steps that parents can take to ensure their children have the best educators in the front of their classroom to help them succeed.1. Encourage your child's teacher to take advantage of the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 5 Pay Packages for College Presidents Bill Belew November 21, 2006 More college presidents than ever are making at least $500,000 annually.About 112 of 853 public and private university president say their pay and benefits total more than half a million dollars.And, these results are based on the 2004-2005 academic year.The... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Much Does an Assistant Professor Make in the US? Bill Belew November 21, 2006 The American Association of University Professors released figures on the salaries of Professors - 1. Doctoral - public - $60,440 - private - $71,877 - private church related - $65,2862. Masters - public - $52,873 - private -$54,996 - private... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	2007 Job Market for College Grads Promising Bill Belew November 21, 2006 The Collegiate Employment Research Institute at Michigan State University reports that job opportunities for college grads next year will expand by 4 - 6 percent.The expansion numbers are down from this year when job opportunities grew by 6-14% and down... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov20	BestSemester Photos and Videos Contest Ends Dec. 4. 2006 Bill Belew November 20, 2006 BestSemester announced a photo and video contest open to BestSemester program participants.2006 Photo & Video Entry Categories: 1. Emotion Images in this category will have captured the essence of a moment of accomplishment, surprise, triumph, discovery, etc. 2. Local... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	12 Practical Steps Parents Can Take to Help Their Children Succeed in School Bill Belew November 20, 2006 The U.S. Department of Education lists 12 practical steps that parents can take to ensure their children have a better chance of succeeding in the 21st Century.1. Make sure your child understands the importance of math in elementary school, and... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 People Whose SAT Scores Didn't Matter Bill Belew November 20, 2006 Each year some two million high schoolers take the SAT in hopes of getting the highest score possible and then gaining entry to one of the 3,000 some colleges in the U.S. that the use those results as part of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Science & Engineering Doctorates Reach All-time High in 2005 Bill Belew November 20, 2006 For all the alarms being sounded about America not having enough scientists and engineers, last year the number of doctorates awarded in science and engineering rose for the third consecutive year to reach an all-time high.The number of doctorates awarded... Continue Reading Posted at 9:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The State of Academic Libraries - part 4 Bill Belew November 20, 2006 Do you think no one uses the libraries at colleges anymore? Is all research done online these days.The National Center for Education Statistics released its state of the Academic Libraries 2004: (I don't know why its a year and half... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Much does an Associate Professor Make in the US? Bill Belew November 20, 2006 The American Association of University Professors released figures on the salaries of Professors - 1. Doctoral - public - $70,952 - private - $84,419 - private church related - $77,4092. Masters - public - $62,700 - private -$67,148 - private... Continue Reading Posted at 12:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov19	How Much Does a Professor Make in the US? Bill Belew November 19, 2006 The American Association of University Professors released figures on the salaries of Professors - 1. Doctoral - public - $101,620 - private - $131,292 - private church related - $113,7402. Masters - public - $78,884 - private -$88,800 - private... Continue Reading Posted at 6:59 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	18 Practical Steps Businesses Can Take to Make Sure Students Are Prepared When They Graduate Bill Belew November 19, 2006 The US Department of Education gives 18 practical steps that businesses, not schools can take to make sure the students in their communities are prepared for the 21st century.Here are eighteen steps that can be taken: 1. Find out about your... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The State of Academic Libraries - part 3 Bill Belew November 19, 2006 Do you think no one uses the libraries at colleges anymore? Is all research done online these days.The National Center for Education Statistics released its state of the Academic Libraries 2004: (I don't know why its a year and half... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov18	Ohio State $100M beats Michigan $50M Bill Belew November 18, 2006 Ohio State just beat Michigan $100million to $50million.There were more than 105,000 people at the game spending $100-$200 each. That means OSU's football team brought in $10-20million just today.But, now there are title games - for OSU, Rose Bowl's for... Continue Reading Posted at 5:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The State of Academic Libraries - part 2 Bill Belew November 18, 2006 Do you think no one uses the libraries at colleges anymore? Is all research done online these days.The National Center for Education Statistics released its state of the Academic Libraries 2004: (I don't know why its a year and half... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Reasons Why Community Colleges Do NOT Meet Students' Needs Bill Belew November 18, 2006 Only 10% of students who enter a community college with the intent of getting a two-year degree achieve their goal.Yeesh! That is only one in ten. And it doesn't count the students who take classes just for the fun of... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov17	NCAA Division I Football Coaches Average Salary Reaches $950,000 Bill Belew November 17, 2006 USA Today reported that the average salary for an NCAA Division I football coach is $950,000, not including benefits, incentives and perks.Three such coaches are Oklahoma (8-2) head coach - $3.45 million/yr, Iowa (6-5) head coach - $2.84 million/yr and... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Happy Belated Veterans Day Bill Belew November 17, 2006 This site is about the business of education. For the past 25 years, I have been in the business of educating. I received an email today, with a picture that I thought worthy of passing on. It 'educated' me and... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	1,240,000 College Grads Will NOT Find a Job in China in 2006 Bill Belew November 17, 2006 China's Ministry of Labor and Social Security warned that about 1.24 million Chinese college students will graduate and NOT find jobs that require their field of study.Altogether, 4.1 million students graduated this year, up 750K from last year.However, only 22%... Continue Reading Posted at 10:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The State of Academic Libraries - part 1 Bill Belew November 17, 2006 Do you think no one uses the libraries at colleges anymore? Is all research done online these days.The National Center for Education Statistics released its state of the Academic Libraries 2004: (I don't know why its a year and half... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Praying Schools - And Not Just Before Tests Bill Belew November 17, 2006 Someone once said that as long as there tests there will be prayer in school.It doesn't matter to the students at these schools. The student bodies told Princeton Review they pray, and they pray often.The Top Ten Praying Schools.10. Texas... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Great Table on Trends for Students Coming to and Going From the US Bill Belew November 17, 2006 I love the idea of studying abroad and/or hosting students from abroad.Opendoors has put together a tremendous resource on trends in international students - those coming to the U.S. and students in the U.S. heading elsewhere.It is estimated that foreign... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov16	Tenured Professors at Oregon University Threatened with Job Loss Bill Belew November 16, 2006 Southern Oregon University's enrollment is down. Expenses for benefits is up. Utilities are costing more.The Southern Oregon Prez is responding by letting the professors, tenured and tenure track that they may be among the cuts that need to take place.The... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Campus Homosexual Group Triggers Debate in China Bill Belew November 16, 2006 Schools, college, is a good time for students to stir up the topic pot. If a student says something stupid, they can respond, "I was young and learning."If they say something smart, "I hit onto something when I was learning."It... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Campuses Sending a Large Percentage of Their Students Overseas to Learn Bill Belew November 16, 2006 Living in a foreign country is a tremendous experience. The only thing that beats living in a foreign country is living and learning there. The only thing that beats that is having someone pay you to do it.These 10 colleges... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Five Fields of Study for International Students in the U.S. Bill Belew November 16, 2006 International students spend about $13.5 billion each year in the U.S. on tuition, living, playing, inviting friends and family and such to visit.Every state, every institution would like a piece of that pie...the bigger the better, no doubt.California hosts the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Students Bodies Who Should Stay on Campus Bill Belew November 16, 2006 Wild parties, drunks, litter, beer bottles and naked girls running the streets. Most towns prefer to not have this go on, except for maybe the last one.These colleges have no love with their college towns. Perhaps the girls are too... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	E-Learning is Big Business and Growing - Part 5 Bill Belew November 16, 2006 The Sloan Consortium has issued its fourth annual publication on the state of e-learning in United States Higher Education.The report addresses several key questions:Fifth Question: What are the barriers to widespread adoption of online masters in education and similar programs?Answer:... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov15	Resources for Studying Abroad Bill Belew November 15, 2006 Where were these guys when I was growing up? When I was a kid the only way to go overseas, that I knew of, was to be an Olympian. Otherwise, it was just out of the question.Everywhere was too far... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Reasons Why Postgrad Students Commit Suicide in China -3rd Fudan Postgrad Student in 3 Weeks Jumps to Her Death Bill Belew November 15, 2006 A second female postgraduate student from Fudan University commited suicide this month. And it's only the 15th.A third female doctoral student jumped to her death on the 26th of last month...that's 3 women in 3 weeks.No reason has been given... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Campuses Which Send Students Abroad To Learn Bill Belew November 15, 2006 It's no mystery. An international education is priceless. How often does someone get to say, "I spent a year studying in France?"Presently there are about 200,000 US students who can say, I studied in (pick a country). It will definitely... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten States Accepting International Students Bill Belew November 15, 2006 International students bring big bucks, the ones that aren't on a scholarship of course, to the instiutions and the states that host them.It can cost an international student $30-70k a year to study, live, spend, invite family, and so on.... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Student Bodies Loved By the Town They are In Bill Belew November 15, 2006 Wild parties, drunks, litter, beer bottles and naked girls running the streets. Most towns prefer to not have this go on, except for maybe the last one.Some college towns actually get along with their student bodies and welcome them to... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	E-Learning is Big Business and Growing - Part 4 Bill Belew November 15, 2006 The Sloan Consortium has issued its fourth annual publication on the state of e-learning in United States Higher Education.The report addresses several key questions:Fourth Question - Have perceptions of quality changed for online offerings?Answer: Since the beginning of these studies... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov14	Ludwig Foundation Pledges $20 million to Six US Institutions for Cancer Research Bill Belew November 14, 2006 The Ludwig foundation has pledged to give $20 million each to six research institutions for cancer research.The six centers are:The Ludwig Centers are: * The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School, * The Johns Hopkins University Kimmel Cancer Cente. * The... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Asian Student Claims Discrimination in Princeton Rejection Bill Belew November 14, 2006 Insidehighered reports on an Asian student with perfect SAT scores, top 1% graduation ranking and completion of nine advanced placement classes being rejected by Princeton and having to settle for Yale.Poor baby.Still, the boy is saying that he was rejected... Continue Reading Posted at 4:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 20 International Destinations for US Students Bill Belew November 14, 2006 The number of US students going overseas to learn is over 200,000, up 8% from last year.This number is less than 40% of the total number of foreign students who come to the U.S. But then, there are a lot... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Universities Accepting International Students Bill Belew November 14, 2006 International Students pay through the nose, when they pay that is, to go to American schools. They pay out of state tuition which can be multiple times that of instate tuition costs at public schools.Needless to say, it is good... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Colleges With NO Town to Play in Bill Belew November 14, 2006 According to Princeton Review's survey, these students would rather stay on campus, because there is nothing to do in town...well, if there were a town to go to.The top ten college towns that have more to do on campus.10. Duke... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	E-Learning is Big Business and Growing - Part 3 Bill Belew November 14, 2006 The Sloan Consortium has issued its fourth annual publication on the state of e-learning in United States Higher Education.The report addresses several key questions:Third Question: What types of institutions have online offerings?Answer: Public institutions and fopros have consistently been at... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov13	Top 20 Countries Sending Students to the United States Bill Belew November 13, 2006 Ever since 9/11 it seems that schools have been having a hard time recruiting international students. Seems is the key word.It is not the actual case.According to Opendoors 2006, America has seen a steady influx of foreign students for the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Collegeboard VP Admits SAT Coachable Bill Belew November 13, 2006 Collegeboard doesn't want to admit that students who are 'coached' can do better on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). "It is wise to be skeptical about the claims made by high-priced coaches and coaching companies. Although commercial coaching courses—those that... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Diamond Lady Class - How to Catch a Rich Bachelor - Opens in China Bill Belew November 13, 2006 A company in Shenzhen, Zuanyuan (Diamond Affinity) Information Co. has opened a class called "Diamond Lady Class."The curriculum includes:1. Image building2. Household management3. Perfect mannersThe objective - meet requirements to become a rich bachelor's wife.Seriously...this company aims to "help Cinderella... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Marxist American Wins Election in India with Anti-American Campaign Bill Belew November 13, 2006 A kid from Hippieville, CA, otherwise known as Berkeley, was elected vice president in a student election, All India Students' Association at Jawaharlal Nehru University.India, apparently, takes student elections quite seriously with many going on to politics and holding key... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten College Towns Bill Belew November 13, 2006 Princeton Review asked 115,000 college students what they thought about the town where their college is at.The answer came back with a winner.These days some colleges invest in their towns just to make the surrounding area more desirable for prospective... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	E-Learning is Big Business and Growing - Part 2 Bill Belew November 13, 2006 The Sloan Consortium has issued its fourth annual publication on the state of e-learning in United States Higher Education.The report addresses several key questions:Second Question: Who is studying online?Answer: Generally the online student (for example, your average online nursing degree... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov12	New Zealand Schools Opt to Allow TXT SPK on Exams Bill Belew November 12, 2006 New Zealand schools have opted to allow high school students to use text speak (mobile phone abbreviated language) on their national exams this year.txt = text, lol = laughing out loud or lots of love, omg - oh my god...... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Schools Ignoring God IF S/he is There Bill Belew November 12, 2006 Well, not everyone prays in school, regardless if there are tests of not.These schools don't care if there is a god or not, a heaven or not, a hell or not, but sure wish they could swear to something when... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	E-Learning Is Big Business and Growing - Part 1 Bill Belew November 12, 2006 The Sloan Consortium has issued its fourth annual publication on the state of e-learning in United States Higher Education.The report addresses several key questions:First question: Has the Growth of Online Enrollments Begun to Plateau?Answer: Online enrollments (such as those for... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov11	Teachers Vs. Educators Bill Belew November 11, 2006 According to a news report, a certain private school in Victoria, BC, recently was faced with a unique problem. A number of grade 12 girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Live Video Webcast on School Safety Bill Belew November 11, 2006 In light of the recent school shootings, the US Department of Education will present a one hour Web Cast for parents, educators, school administrators, local safety personnel and any other interested parties who want to review their emergency management plans.Sucessful... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Breakdown of Race/Ethnicity of College and University Faculty and Staff Bill Belew November 11, 2006 Ever wondered what the breakdown on ethnicity/race of college and university faculty and staff is? The Institute of education sciences of the US Department of Education provides these facts.In thousands. Employees in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and primary occupation: Fall... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov10	Central Florida University Loses One of its Oldest Fraternities Bill Belew November 10, 2006 The Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at Central Florida University will be closed immediately.The reason - making its new members wear women's underwear and drink till they can't remember doing it - hazing.The headquarters for the Sigman Alpha Epsilon says, "Our... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Missouri State and Student Settle Out of Court Over Gay Adoption Issue Bill Belew November 10, 2006 A student at Missouri State said she was given an unreasonable assignment to write a letter to the state requesting them to consider allowing homosexuals to adopt. The student, because of religious convictions, did not want to write the letter.Consequently,... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Debunking the Dumb Jock Theory - NCAA Student-Athletes Have Higher Graduation Rate Than General Student Population Bill Belew November 10, 2006 So much for the dumb jock theory. The NCAA released a report that counters the misconception that jocks are more likely to drop out of school than the other kid who is just there to study."According to the most recent... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Education Secretary Heads US University Presidents Delegation to Asia Bill Belew November 10, 2006 I'd like to see the records and receipts of this trip.A Ed.gov press release announces "U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Dina Habib Powell will lead the first ever high-profile delegation of U.S. college... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mesa Community College Get the Clamps Bill Belew November 10, 2006 Mesa Community Colleges spent about $300,000 from 2001 till now for 87 officials to make trips to England, the Netherlands and China under pretenses of recruiting new students.The chancellor of the community colleges said, "that will not happen anymore."But, will... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Whitman College Cancels Classes to Hold Symposium on Race Bill Belew November 10, 2006 I don't know who or what blackface is. But, the students wore it to school and the administrators at Whitman College and other black students didn't like it.consequently, ALL classes have been called to a halt for a day so... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 9	Southern Illinois Chancellor Bounced for Plagiarizing Bill Belew November 9, 2006 I am going to send a link to this post to my students.I teach a class on persuasive writing and one of the aspects we deal with is citing sources to prevent plagiarism.I, btw, am getting this story from Insidehighered.I... Continue Reading Posted at 9:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University of Michigan Plans to Fight Affirmative Action Referendum Defeat Bill Belew November 9, 2006 Michigan overwhelmingly voted against affirmative action earlier this week.Instead of being good sports, the president of the University of Michigan has "asked our attorneys for their full and undivided support in defending diversity at the University of Michigan. I will... Continue Reading Posted at 6:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University of Florida Bends Rules to Give Faculty a Raise Bill Belew November 9, 2006 The University of Florida is not permitted to raise its tuition. The Florida legistlature has put the kabash on that. But, the University of Florida president thinks he has found a way around it. No tuition raise. No additional fees.... Continue Reading Posted at 3:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blind and Wheelchair Bound Japanese Completes NYC Marathon Bill Belew November 9, 2006 We learn life's lessons from many different sources.School, even hard knocks is not the only place where one can get an education.We can learn by looking at those who cannot see us. We can overcome obstacles by immitating those who... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Britain Experiences Brain Drain, too Bill Belew November 9, 2006 The Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge says that one-fourth of her staff and more than half of the postgraduates in her program are from overseas.The biggest problems are in science, technology and mathematics.Gee, sounds like we are talking about the US.But, it... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	AAUP Opposes Israeli Universities' Decision to Ban Palestinian Students Bill Belew November 9, 2006 A committee on academic freedom and tenure of The American Association of University Professors issued a statement."The AAUP's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure notes with great concern the recent action of the Israeli army to ban Palestinian students... Continue Reading Posted at 12:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 8	Gallaudet Loses Two Boardmembers After Rescinding President Offer Bill Belew November 8, 2006 Gallaudet University lost two board members, its chair and a key figure in Senator John McCain.Gallaudet's Board succumbed to student body protests, sometimes violent, by rescinding an offer to a new president. The 20-member board is now 18 members.While, I... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Limits on State Spending Being Rejected - Colleges Rejoice Bill Belew November 8, 2006 People across the country are voting to NOT impose limits on state spending. Colleges are happy because that means they can beg/squeeze/coerce more money out of the states coffers = taxpayers.Am I so stupid as to not be able to... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Criminology Major At University of Miami Fails Ultimate Test Bill Belew November 8, 2006 A 6' 4" 280 lb defensive lineman at the University of Miami was shot in the head and is dead. He is no longer on his way to the NFL.The mountain of a man was at practice just hours before... Continue Reading Posted at 12:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Democrats Vow to Change Education Landscape Bill Belew November 8, 2006 The Democrats have taken control of the House and may still take control of the Senate.One of the spiels of these potlickers is a promise to agressively help students and families afford college...but without pressing colleges for accountability.Hello! The problem... Continue Reading Posted at 9:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pentagon Offers $1 million to Robot Car Race Champ Bill Belew November 8, 2006 At first, the Pentagon thought they could not give away prize money to the winners of robot car racers, quite popular among teams of college students.Now, it seems they can, according to insidehighered.It is easy to see the benefits the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Questions Stanford Wants to Answer about Dual-Career Academic Couples Bill Belew November 8, 2006 Stanford University wants to know...1. Why does 65 percent of the national workforce, have a particularly adverse effect on women inside the academy.2. While only 7 percent of the members of the American Physical Society are women, an astonishing 44... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 7	University of Florida System Pushes Chinese, Arabic and Portugese Bill Belew November 7, 2006 There are 11 public universities in the University of Florida system.Their chancellor wants to turn them into a Virtual Language Institute.According to the Florida prosperity website...150,000 students in American are studying French....and still can't speak it.However only 16,500 are studying... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Election Day - Removing Affirmative Action in Michigan Bill Belew November 7, 2006 Michigan is voting today on whether or not affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment should be banned or not.The proposed ammendment to Michigan's constitution would:1. Ban public institutions from using affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment to groups... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Postdoc Unions - University of California Postdocs Speak Up Bill Belew November 7, 2006 he University of Connecticut health center made history when its 138-member unit of postdocs voted to join the 1,800-member AFT Connecticut affiliate.Sigh!Of course the union side is touting it as a first step towards better salaries, more respect and greater... Continue Reading Posted at 2:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Rutgers University Football Program Burns Hole in School's Budget Bill Belew November 7, 2006 Rutgers is only one of three unbeaten Division I college football teams left after 10 weeks.It is the first time in decades that the school has seen their football team natioanlly ranked, currently 14th.However, the NorthJersey.com says that the success... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Washington State University Matches University of Washington's Free Tuition Offer Bill Belew November 7, 2006 The University of Washington pledged to provide free tuition for students with family incomes of up to 65% of the state's average income - that is, a family of four making $46.5K can send their kids to college for free.Washington... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Suffered Severe Depression Before Taking the Leap Bill Belew November 7, 2006 SFGate reported that a University of California Santa Cruz Chancellor had suffered from severe depression and was hospitalized in a pyschiatric facility for six days right before jumping 42 floors to her death.The chancellor "was under severe stress related directly... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 6	University of Pennsylvania President Hangs Out With 'Suicide Bomber' at Halloween Party Bill Belew November 6, 2006 There is a picture of the University of Pennsylvania President posing with a suicide bomber at a Halloween party last week.Now, everyone has their underwear tied in a knot and is calling for a resignation and beating worthy of an... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blackboard Launches 2007 Global Greenhouse Award Bill Belew November 6, 2006 All Blackboard and WebCT community members are eligble for a piece of a $100K pie offered by Blackboard Inc. in their annual Blackboard Greenhouse Program.A call for proposals goes out today for papers. The deadline is February 7, 2007.Last year's... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	European Colleges Full Of Bologna Bill Belew November 6, 2006 The European Union wants all the colleges to get along. What a novel idea.In the US, where competition is key and rivalry rampant, in Europe, starting from Bolgona, the colleges are trying to find common ground. Only Belarus hasn't signed... Continue Reading Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Textbook Gives Chinese Entrepreneur the Idea to Sell Air Bill Belew November 6, 2006 A Chinese textbook "Little Fox Sells Air" is a primary school book about a cunning fox that opens an air-selling business in a dirty air-polluted city.Capitalizing on that idea, Li Jie, decided to bag "World Cup Air" for 50 yuan... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Central Florida Physicist Reasons Dracula Doesn't Add Up Bill Belew November 6, 2006 Halloween has come and gone but Americans have not abandoned their belief that houses are haunted - more than 30%.One in five of your neighbors, maybe you, too, believe in witches and that people can communicate with the dead. Gee,... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Vermont College Running on Cow Power Bill Belew November 6, 2006 Green Mountain College in Vermont is taking advantage of the 1:2 cow-to-people ratio in VT. The state has 300,000 cows. For the math challenged, the population of vT is two times that.Each cow produces about 13 gallons of manure a... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 5	Harvard's Plariarism Finder Guilty of Plagiarism Bill Belew November 5, 2006 Harvard University's student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson found a plagiarizer earlier this year. That discovery prompted a U.S. publisher to pull a best-seller off the shelves.Now, The Crimson has its own plagiarizers to deal with.One cartoonist was found guilty of... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Looking for Bigfoot Bill Belew November 5, 2006 A tenured PhD in anatomical sciences at Idaho State University is convinced that Bigfoot exists.His colleagues, all of them, call him pseudo-academic. However, one person, the dean of the arts and sciences calls him a 'bonafide scientist' who 'provides a... Continue Reading Posted at 6:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	$2.8 Billion Test Industry Fails Bill Belew November 5, 2006 There are some 92,816 American public schools that take about 45 million standardized reading and math tests, including SAT, No Child Left Behind, and other such tests.Next year, states will begin testing science as well and the number will swell... Continue Reading Posted at 3:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 4	Football is the Answer to Many Universities' Bottom Line Bill Belew November 4, 2006 It's no mystery that football programs are the source of great revenue for many universities. Ask Ohio State, USC, Alabama, Texas, Michigan...They will all tell you how much the football program affects their bottom line.Mansfield University of Pennsylvania realizes it,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Celebrities In Desperate Need of an Education - Paris Hilton, Jessica Simpson.... Bill Belew November 4, 2006 And to think that these people are the role models for so many others.These 8 celebrities are in desperate need of an education."What's Walmart, do they sell like wall stuff?" Paris Hilton"Is this chicken what I have, or is this... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chinese Internet Addict Makes Fourth Attempt at College Bill Belew November 4, 2006 It is estimated that about one-third of China's 120 million Internet users are young men who hang out at Internet bars.Apparently, not all of those boys are stupid...well, not test stupid.One boy, passed his college entrance exams for the fourth... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 3	James Madison University Demonstrates How Stupid Title IX is When Applied Incorrectly Bill Belew November 3, 2006 Members of the James Madison University Swim team stripped down to their Speedos and ran laps around the Education Department building to show how they have been figuratively and actually left out in the cold.Title IX requires schools to have... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chinese Universities Waste Money, Too Bill Belew November 3, 2006 Liaocheng University spent some $10.1 million dollars on a gateway that does nothing but sit and, hopefully, attract new students.The university counters - they only wasted, er, spent $380,000 on the gate.There are 27 gates on the ground level and... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	20 Hilarious Ratings of Professors at RateMyProfessors.com Bill Belew November 3, 2006 What a great idea! A site where the students to the grading.Some 6,000 schools have submitted videos of more than 770,000 professors who have received 5,750,000 ratings.The students are making judgments on the profs.Here are some seriously funny ratings...1. You... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Oprah Speaks Out on Education Bill Belew November 3, 2006 It seems you don't need to have a PhD for people to listen to you about what is good and bad for edcuation.What you need is to be a famous celebrity...Bill Cosby and Oprah come to mind.Oprah Winfrey told 3,000... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Visiting Scholars Get Longer Stays in The US Bill Belew November 3, 2006 The Department of State announced that the permitted length of stay for visiting scholars to the US will be lengthened from its current three years to a new maximum stay of five years.The draft says- "...as of November 4, 2006,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	13 Beliefs of Young Voters - Harvard Poll Predicts Record Turnout of Students in Upcoming Election Bill Belew November 3, 2006 A Harvard poll is predicting a record turnout of students in the upcoming midterm elections.Here are some of the results from the poll.1. Nearly one-third of students (32%) 18-24 say they will definitely be voting. The previous record was 26%... Continue Reading Posted at 12:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 2	Swiss Jacobs Foundation Gives 200 Million Euro To German College Bill Belew November 2, 2006 American schools are not the only ones with their hands out hoping large benefactors will throw money at them.The Swiss Jacobs Foundation will give 200 million Euro ($255 million) to the International University Bremen (IUB).IUB, which is just five years... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Grade Fixing at Florida Memorial University Bill Belew November 2, 2006 Two men, 22 and 28 years old, one an alumnus who worked in the registrar's office and the other a recruiter who found students willing to pay for better grades, pleaded guilty to a grade fixing scheme.The two men were... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Call Me Stupid, Then Teach Me Bill Belew November 2, 2006 The Sigma Chi fraternity at Johns Hopkins University had their "Halloween in the 'Hood" party shut down.Something about the invitation was said to have invoked racial stereotyping.The party held Saturday night featured a skeleton pirate hanging on a noose.The invitation... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Student Bodies Who Think Gay Still Means Cheerful Bill Belew November 2, 2006 The whole coming-out-of-the closet thing took place during my 20 years overseas. When I left, there was no gay community that anybody knew about it. When I got back and for some unknown reason settled into the Bay Area of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	9 Reasons to Finish College - Research Answers 10 Years After Receiving a Bachelor's Degree - Where are they now? Bill Belew November 2, 2006 The National Center for Education Statistics looked at 1992-93 Bachelor's recipients to find out how they were doing 10 years later.A report was released. Some of the findings:1. By 2003, 20 percent of graduates had received a Master's, 4% had... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Evergreen State College Faculty Votes to Unionize Bill Belew November 2, 2006 About 158 full-time professors and 63 adjunct professors voted to form the United Faculty of Evergreen.The UFWS website states the union will have the following principles. * We support the political equality of all faculty; we are committed to represent... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Nov 1	Student Charged For Not Doing Gay Homework Bill Belew November 1, 2006 A student at Missouri State University was charged with "the highest-level grievance for not following guidelines on diversity, interpersonal skills and professional behavior."The students were asked to do an assignment in which they were to draft and individually sign a... Continue Reading Posted at 11:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 10 Concerns of Young Adults Heading into the Election Bill Belew November 1, 2006 That young adults are most concerned about education and how much it costs is no surprise. What is surprising is how so few of them are concerned about it.Lake Research Partners did a survey leading up to the election.Young adults... Continue Reading Posted at 8:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Three Countries Sending Graduate Students to the US - India Leads Bill Belew November 1, 2006 The number of international graduate students in the US grew by 1% in 2006.India leads the way making up about 32% of that population. China is next with 20%. South Korea is a distant third with 5%.These numbers are the... Continue Reading Posted at 6:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Student Bodies Accepting of Gays Bill Belew November 1, 2006 The whole coming-out-of-the closet thing took place during my 20 years overseas. When I left, there was no gay community that anybody knew about it. When I got back and for some unknown reason settled into the Bay Area of... Continue Reading Posted at 11:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bill Cosby Criticizes Teacher & Parents Bill Belew November 1, 2006 Bill Cosby is still getting himself in trouble for telling people what he thinks. Cosby spoke at Maranatha Community Church in LA to hundreds of parents, teachers and students. He scolded black parents for not getting involved in their children's... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	French Students Pay for Tuition with Sex Bill Belew November 1, 2006 The Independent reported that as many as 40,000 students in France, abt 2%, are paying their way through school via the sex trade.Female students do hostess work and freelancing for escort services.Some work the streets as prostitutes.Others offer webcam striptease.Of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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