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Dec31	MPC Computers Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 31, 2006 Know More: Bowl Games bowl games, business, football, graduation rates, miami fl, mpc computers, nevada Nevada will play Miami in the MPC Computers owl Game. Each team will take home between $750,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation rates of the students in the games. Nevad will graduate 53% of its football players - 36% of its African American football players. Compare that to a 65% overall student-athlete graduation. Miami (FL) will graduate 68% of it football players and 63% of its black players compared to a 79% overall graduation rate. What's up with football players? Nothing perhaps, as long as they can bring home money. What do you think? Posted at 12:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec30	Meineke Car Care Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 30, 2006 Navy will play Boston College in the Meineke Car Care Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $750,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chick-fil-A Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 30, 2006 Virginia Tech will play Georgia in the Chick-fil-A Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $2.4-4.25 million...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation rates... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Alamo Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 30, 2006 Iowa will play Texas in the Alamo Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $2.2 million..that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs.What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation rates of the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec29	Top Ten Sober Schools Bill Belew December 29, 2006 The students at these schools go to class sober. They are also in know danger of coming in with a hangover. Chances are, they spent the weekend studying.Princeton Review's most sober schools.10. Calvin College 9. Wellesley College 8. City University of New... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Insight Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 29, 2006 Texas Tech will play Minnesota in the Insight Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $1.2 million...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation rates... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Champs Sports Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 29, 2006 Maryland will play Purdue Champs Sports Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $750,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation rates of the students... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Brut Sun Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 29, 2006 Oregon State will play Missouri in the Brut Sun Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $1.9 million...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 29, 2006 Kentucky will play Clemson in the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $1.5 million...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Autozone Liberty Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 29, 2006 Houston will play South Carolina in the Autozone Liberty Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $1.7 million..that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec28	Texas Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 28, 2006 Rutgers will play Kansas State in the Texas Bowl Game. Each team will take home around $750,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation rates of... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pacific Life Holiday Bowl Game Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 28, 2006 California will play Texas A & M in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $2.2 million ...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec27	Top Ten Greek Loving Schools that can't speak Greek Bill Belew December 27, 2006 Fraternities and sororities are hot on these campuses. The kids love the Greek sound, the gyros and the baklava.But they still can't say the names right - it's ee oh ta ...not eye oh ta.The top top ten frat and... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	PetroSun Independence Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 27, 2006 Oklahoma State will play Alabama in the PetroSun Independence Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $1.1 million...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Emerald Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 27, 2006 UCLA will play Florida State in the Emerald Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $750,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation rates of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec26	Top Ten Schools that don't inhale Bill Belew December 26, 2006 I am one of those who never inhaled. In fact, mj never even touched my lips. And, I had plenty of chances considering my one-year older brother is a pot head.According to the Princeton Review, the students at these schools... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Motor City Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 26, 2006 Middle Tennessee will play Central Michigan in the Motor City Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $750,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec25	Top Ten Marijuana Smoking Schools Bill Belew December 25, 2006 No hangover. The experience can be included in a paper on the benefits of medical marijuana. And, if they don't get caught, it's legal.The top ten pot headed schools according to Princeton Review.10. Lehigh University 9. New College of Florida 8. New... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Merry Christmas from TheBizOfKnowledge Bill Belew December 25, 2006 Greetings from the Bay Area of San Jose, We hope that you had an eventful year – full of good things that is. Ours started out with Sam’s parents coming to visit us from China. Of course, Sam... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec24	Top Ten Teetotaling Schools Bill Belew December 24, 2006 Some like their scotch and soda without the scotch. According to the Princeton Review, these ten schools are the most likely to have students show up for class sober - ALWAYS10. Samford College 9. Calvin College 8. Wesleyan College 7. College of the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	100 Year Old Graduates from Baylor Bill Belew December 24, 2006 When the great depression hit in 1929, Hub Northern left Baylor University to work and help his family.He was one credit shy of graduating yet never went back.When Baylor issued a list of December 2006 graduates, the 100 year old... Continue Reading Posted at 10:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Game Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 24, 2006 Hawaii will play Arizona State in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Game. Each team will take home too much money for the organizers to say clearly...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec23	Top Ten Hard Drinking Schools Bill Belew December 23, 2006 No messing around with 3.2% beer...besides, do you know why when you drink beer you have to go pee so soon? Because the beer doesn't need time to change color before it goes out.These schools, according to the Princeton Review,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Organizations Influencing Education Policy Bill Belew December 23, 2006 Top Ten Organizations Influencing Education PolicySome information sources obviously have more influence on the United States Education policy than others.So which organizations have the most influence?Here are the top ten1. U.S. Congress 2. U.S. Department of Education 3. Bill and... Continue Reading Posted at 8:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Papajohns.com Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 23, 2006 East Carolina will play South Florida in the Papajohns.com Bowl Game. Each team will take home too much money for the group to say...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Mexico Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 23, 2006 San Jose State will play New Mexico in the New Mexico Bowl Game. Each team will take home an amount too big to be specified...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bell Helicopter Armed Services Bowl Bill Belew December 23, 2006 Utah will play Tulsa in the Bell Helicopter Armed Services Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $750,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec22	Top Ten Milk and Cookie Eating Schools Bill Belew December 22, 2006 Well, if the Princeton Review learned in their survey of some 115,000 students which schools like to party, it makes sense they would find out which schools would rather have milk and cookies than beer.The top ten 'good behaving schools:10.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten People Influencing Education Policy Bill Belew December 22, 2006 Top Ten People Influencing Education PolicySome people obviously have more influence on the United States Education policy than others.So which people have the most influence?Here are the top ten1. Bill Gates 2. George W. Bush 3. Kati Haycock 4. G.... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	R & L Carriers New Orlean Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 22, 2006 Troy will play Rice in the R & L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $325,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec21	Top Ten Cities by Publications Bill Belew December 21, 2006 In this day and age of desk top publication, vanity publishing, pay per publishing, not too much stock should be placed in the person or organization that says they have a certain number of publications, I think.Nevertheless, these ten cities... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Beer Drinking Schools Bill Belew December 21, 2006 These ten schools should give themselves a hearty party pat on the back. Not only do the students consider themselves able to apply the wisdom of Solomon - a time to party and a time to study - they can... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Information Sources Influencing Education Policy Bill Belew December 21, 2006 Some information sources obviously have more influence on the United States Education policy than others.So which studies have the most influence?Here are the top ten1. NAEP 2. Education Week 3. National Center for Education Statistics 4. New York Times5. U.S.... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 21, 2006 TCU played Northern Illinois in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $750,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important... Continue Reading Posted at 4:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pioneer Pure Vision Las Vegas Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 21, 2006 Oregon will play BYU in the MPC Computers owl Game. Each team will take home between $1 million...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation rates... Continue Reading Posted at 12:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec20	Top Ten Tree-Hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, Clove-smoking, vegetarian Schools Bill Belew December 20, 2006 Based on political persuasion, the use or lack of use of marijuana, drugs, and the prevalence of religion, the popularity of student government and the students' acceptance or not of the gay community, Princeton Review concluded these ten schools are... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 10 Leading Studies Influencing Education Policy Bill Belew December 20, 2006 Some studies obviously have more influence on the United States Education policy than others.So which studies have the most influence?Here are the top ten:1. NAEP 2. Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 3. Teaching Children To Read4. Tennessee... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Atlanta Schoolboard Gives up the Fight on Evolution Bill Belew December 20, 2006 An Atlanta schoolboard responded to a group of parents who thought evolution was being taught at the exclusion of other theories by putting stickers on textbooks saying "Evolution is a theory, not a fact."Well, lo and behold, another group of... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Cities by Newspaper Circulation Bill Belew December 20, 2006 The newspaper is a great place to get opinions on what people think is going on around them.My dad used to say, believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see. Newspapers fell under the hearsay category.Every newspaper... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec19	Who Should Pay for College Education Bill Belew December 19, 2006 There is a very non-scientific survey being conducted at ProgessiveU.The question is - Who's responsible for paying a child's college education?With 180+ votes in - 1. 23% - the government 2. 38% - his/her family3. 29% - the student4. 10%... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Shanghai Education Commission Taps Public Sector for Teaching Plans Bill Belew December 19, 2006 The Shanghai Education Commission jas 400 million yuan ($50 million) to spend in the next two years on suburban elementary education. A big chunk of that money is set to go for teacher training under the philosophy "training good teachers... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ten Signs of a Cheating Spouse Bill Belew December 19, 2006 This may be stretching the BizofKnowledge a bit, but I thought it was interesting enough to post because this might help someone know if someone else is minding their spouse's business.I came across the 10 signs of a cheating spouse... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Things Colleges Want Most Bill Belew December 19, 2006 The average college spends about $2,000 on marketing and recruiting for each student it successfully enrolls. Colleges also have billions of dollars devoted to merit-based tuition discounts to lure bright students...and improve rankings. Why don't colleges stop trying to market... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bill & Linda Gates and William & Flora Hewlett Pledge $60 million to improve education. Bill Belew December 19, 2006 The Gates foundation pledged $40 million to the Hewlett Foundation who in turn added $20 million to work together to improve education in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.The emphasis will be on improving the quality of education for students who... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Cities with Library Support Bill Belew December 19, 2006 Well, if you don't know the answer and you don't have a PC to look it up on, the next best thing is the little old ladies at the library...if you have a library.These ten cities have the most: 1.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec18	Gore Speaks At Harvard Business School Bill Belew December 18, 2006 Former VP and environmental activist Al Gore said "there's money to be made in responding to rising global temperatures."Exactly - it's a money making scheme. By some estimates - more than $1 trillion has been spent trying to save the... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Kennedy School Prof Says 7 Deadly Sins Exploited in Market Bill Belew December 18, 2006 The seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride are the "evils" that today's market-based economy exploits."'I would suggest that some of this," the prof said, "is built into the way in which we came over time... Continue Reading Posted at 2:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Austin Couple Gives Half Million to UT for Publishing Arm Bill Belew December 18, 2006 The UT press received a half million from a University of Texas alumni to establish "an endowment that will support publication of a series of books on photography, archaeology of the Western world, general history of the Western hemisphere, and... Continue Reading Posted at 11:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Reasons for Dealing With Teacher Unions Bill Belew December 18, 2006 Teacher unions are necessary in public schools says one report.Drawing on national data from the School and Staffing Survey and Teacher Follow-up Survey, both sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education the following three conclusions were reached:Schools with collective bargaining... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Top Ten Online Cities Bill Belew December 18, 2006 Online does not necessarily equate to literate or knowledgeable. It just means the info is easily accessible. Some cities, however, have the NET more readily near their fingertips.The top ten wired cities ... or wireless cities, as the case may... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Diversity in College Sports - Athletic Directors Bill Belew December 18, 2006 The University of Central Florida issued a Racial and Gender Report Card:Here are some of the selected highlights:Division IA - 94.1 percent of university presidents are white - 3.4% are black and 2.5% are Latino. 12.6% are women.Athletic directors -... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec17	5 Reasons Why Teachers Need Unions Bill Belew December 17, 2006 A research professor of education who is also a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Brookings Institution, as well as a former assistant secretary of education for the former president Bush says, "The need for unions to protect... Continue Reading Posted at 7:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Top Ten Bookselling Cities Bill Belew December 17, 2006 If buying books is any indication of the knowledge level of a city, then these 10 cities have a jump on the rest of the nation.Barnes & Noble loves these top 10 cities ranked by - a. number of retail... Continue Reading Posted at 5:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Wise Schoolteacher Bill Belew December 17, 2006 There once was a wise schoolteacher who always sent a note home to the parents of the students on the first day of school: "If you promise not to believe everything your child says happens at school, I'll promise not... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Characteristics of Students Who Opt for Private Loans to Pay for College Bill Belew December 17, 2006 Some people will go to whatever extent necessary to get their education, begging from grandparents, mooching off mom and dad, working the graveyard shift (I did this), getting federal loans. But when any combination of those don't work, the student... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Diversity in College Sports - Coaching Bill Belew December 17, 2006 The University of Central Florida issued a Racial and Gender Report Card:Here are some of the selected highlights:Division I - 25.2% of all head coaches were African-American, up 2% to an all-time high.Division IA - just six of 119 head... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec16	4 Reasons To Opt for a Private Loan Over a Federal Loan Bill Belew December 16, 2006 Students sometimes choose to not take out Federal loans and just do the private loan thing instead. There are reasons.Here are four of them.1. There are way too many hoops to jump for to get the Stafford loan, starting with... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	25 Year Old PhD Student Gets 6 months in Prison for Attempting to Bribe Her Tutor Bill Belew December 16, 2006 A mainland Chinese post-graduate student tried to bribe her tutor to get answers to an exam paper.What she got was a six-month prison term.The young dummy had been studying at the City University of Hong Kong in the department of... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Diversity in College Sports - NCAA Headquarters Bill Belew December 16, 2006 The University of Central Florida issued a Racial and Gender Report Card:Here are some of the selected highlights:The NCAA, instead of hiring someone to fit the bill, created a new position of VP for Diversity and Inclusion.So, instead of giving... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Apollo Group Special Committee Report's 5 Findings on Stock Option Investigation Bill Belew December 16, 2006 Apollo Group, owner of University of Phoenix, has finished a seven month investigation into how the company managed its stock option practices.Here are some of the key findings:1. The company did not correctly apply Accounting Principles Board requirements. The company... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	12 Step Program For Improving College Education Bill Belew December 16, 2006 The Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce has released its 10 recommendations for improving America's workforce.Here is the Commission's ten step program...doesn't include acknowledging a higher powerStep 1 - Assume that we will do the job right the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bill Gates' 11 Rules of Life Bill Belew December 16, 2006 I stumpled across this just today. It may or may not be true, and Gates may or may not have given the speech....but the points made are dead on.---BILL GATES' SPEECH TO MT. WHITNEY HIGH SCHOOL in Visalia, California.Love him... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec15	7 Reasons to Take out a Private Loan for College Bill Belew December 15, 2006 College has to be paid for...and not just tuition and lab fees...but also textbooks, training trips, dorm and living expenses and trips home and such as well.More and more, students and parents are turning to private loans to pay for... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Give Grey's Anatomy Bunch a Break Bill Belew December 15, 2006 Teaching hospitals have too many medical mistakes that either harm or kill patients - yep, those would be mistakes.A Harvard medical school study found that the interns/future doctors also suffered from distress, fear, guilt, anger, humiliation and decreased compassion that... Continue Reading Posted at 5:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Diversity in College Sports - Conference Commissioners Bill Belew December 15, 2006 The University of Central Florida issued a Racial and Gender Report Card:Here are some of the selected highlights:ALL Division IA conference commissioners are white men.All Division I conference commissioners were white - two are women and four other women were... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Endowment Investment Income Enough to Support Annual Educational Spending Bill Belew December 15, 2006 The National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), no relation to NABISCO announced in a press release that the one-year average rate of return for endowment investment income is 10.7%.This income is enough to:1. Support annual educational spendingand2.... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	9 More states Aimed for Spreading the Racial Ban in Affirmative Action Bill Belew December 15, 2006 Michigan has voted to do away with affirmative action - banning racial preferences in public education, employment, and contracting.The leader of this movement has nine more states he wants to target.They are:1. Arizona2. Colorado3. Missouri4. Nebraska5. Nevada6. Oregon7. South Dakota8.... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Top Ten Educated Cities - 2006 Bill Belew December 15, 2006 Central Connecticut State University considered three factors in determining America's top ten most educated cities.The factors: 1. Percentage of the adult population with an educational level of 8th grade or less 2. Percentage of the adult population with a high... Continue Reading Posted at 12:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec14	Diversity in College Sports - Student Athletes Bill Belew December 14, 2006 The University of Central Florida issued a Racial and Gender Report Card:Here are some of the selected highlights:Division I - 65.9% white, 20.6% blackDivision II - 79.7% white and 18.1% blackDivision III - 83.9% white and 7.3% black.However, African-American male... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Literate Cities, 2006 Bill Belew December 14, 2006 Central Connecticut State University conducted an analysis to determine America's top ten most literate cities.They are:10. Portland, OR 9. San Francisco, CA 8. Denver, CO 7. Cincinnati, OH - Hey! That's my hometown. 6. Pittsburg, PA 5. St. Paul, MN 3. Washington, DC 3. Atlanta, GA 2. Minneapolis,... Continue Reading Posted at 4:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Purdue Hunger Strikers Give up after 27 days Bill Belew December 14, 2006 Yep. I figured when they got hungry enough, they would eat.Purdue University rejected their demands to accept the students for a designated supplier program.The students felt they had made enough progress to justify ending their strike.One student, however, "worried my... Continue Reading Posted at 1:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

Dec31	MPC Computers Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 31, 2006 Know More: Bowl Games bowl games, business, football, graduation rates, miami fl, mpc computers, nevada Nevada will play Miami in the MPC Computers owl Game. Each team will take home between $750,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation rates of the students in the games. Nevad will graduate 53% of its football players - 36% of its African American football players. Compare that to a 65% overall student-athlete graduation. Miami (FL) will graduate 68% of it football players and 63% of its black players compared to a 79% overall graduation rate. What's up with football players? Nothing perhaps, as long as they can bring home money. What do you think? Posted at 12:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec30	Meineke Car Care Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 30, 2006 Navy will play Boston College in the Meineke Car Care Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $750,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chick-fil-A Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 30, 2006 Virginia Tech will play Georgia in the Chick-fil-A Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $2.4-4.25 million...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation rates... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Alamo Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 30, 2006 Iowa will play Texas in the Alamo Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $2.2 million..that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs.What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation rates of the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec29	Top Ten Sober Schools Bill Belew December 29, 2006 The students at these schools go to class sober. They are also in know danger of coming in with a hangover. Chances are, they spent the weekend studying.Princeton Review's most sober schools.10. Calvin College 9. Wellesley College 8. City University of New... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Insight Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 29, 2006 Texas Tech will play Minnesota in the Insight Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $1.2 million...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation rates... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Champs Sports Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 29, 2006 Maryland will play Purdue Champs Sports Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $750,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation rates of the students... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Brut Sun Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 29, 2006 Oregon State will play Missouri in the Brut Sun Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $1.9 million...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 29, 2006 Kentucky will play Clemson in the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $1.5 million...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Autozone Liberty Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 29, 2006 Houston will play South Carolina in the Autozone Liberty Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $1.7 million..that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec28	Texas Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 28, 2006 Rutgers will play Kansas State in the Texas Bowl Game. Each team will take home around $750,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation rates of... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pacific Life Holiday Bowl Game Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 28, 2006 California will play Texas A & M in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $2.2 million ...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec27	Top Ten Greek Loving Schools that can't speak Greek Bill Belew December 27, 2006 Fraternities and sororities are hot on these campuses. The kids love the Greek sound, the gyros and the baklava.But they still can't say the names right - it's ee oh ta ...not eye oh ta.The top top ten frat and... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	PetroSun Independence Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 27, 2006 Oklahoma State will play Alabama in the PetroSun Independence Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $1.1 million...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Emerald Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 27, 2006 UCLA will play Florida State in the Emerald Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $750,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation rates of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec26	Top Ten Schools that don't inhale Bill Belew December 26, 2006 I am one of those who never inhaled. In fact, mj never even touched my lips. And, I had plenty of chances considering my one-year older brother is a pot head.According to the Princeton Review, the students at these schools... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Motor City Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 26, 2006 Middle Tennessee will play Central Michigan in the Motor City Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $750,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec25	Top Ten Marijuana Smoking Schools Bill Belew December 25, 2006 No hangover. The experience can be included in a paper on the benefits of medical marijuana. And, if they don't get caught, it's legal.The top ten pot headed schools according to Princeton Review.10. Lehigh University 9. New College of Florida 8. New... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Merry Christmas from TheBizOfKnowledge Bill Belew December 25, 2006 Greetings from the Bay Area of San Jose, We hope that you had an eventful year – full of good things that is. Ours started out with Sam’s parents coming to visit us from China. Of course, Sam... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec24	Top Ten Teetotaling Schools Bill Belew December 24, 2006 Some like their scotch and soda without the scotch. According to the Princeton Review, these ten schools are the most likely to have students show up for class sober - ALWAYS10. Samford College 9. Calvin College 8. Wesleyan College 7. College of the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	100 Year Old Graduates from Baylor Bill Belew December 24, 2006 When the great depression hit in 1929, Hub Northern left Baylor University to work and help his family.He was one credit shy of graduating yet never went back.When Baylor issued a list of December 2006 graduates, the 100 year old... Continue Reading Posted at 10:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Game Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 24, 2006 Hawaii will play Arizona State in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Game. Each team will take home too much money for the organizers to say clearly...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec23	Top Ten Hard Drinking Schools Bill Belew December 23, 2006 No messing around with 3.2% beer...besides, do you know why when you drink beer you have to go pee so soon? Because the beer doesn't need time to change color before it goes out.These schools, according to the Princeton Review,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Organizations Influencing Education Policy Bill Belew December 23, 2006 Top Ten Organizations Influencing Education PolicySome information sources obviously have more influence on the United States Education policy than others.So which organizations have the most influence?Here are the top ten1. U.S. Congress 2. U.S. Department of Education 3. Bill and... Continue Reading Posted at 8:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Papajohns.com Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 23, 2006 East Carolina will play South Florida in the Papajohns.com Bowl Game. Each team will take home too much money for the group to say...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Mexico Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 23, 2006 San Jose State will play New Mexico in the New Mexico Bowl Game. Each team will take home an amount too big to be specified...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bell Helicopter Armed Services Bowl Bill Belew December 23, 2006 Utah will play Tulsa in the Bell Helicopter Armed Services Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $750,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec22	Top Ten Milk and Cookie Eating Schools Bill Belew December 22, 2006 Well, if the Princeton Review learned in their survey of some 115,000 students which schools like to party, it makes sense they would find out which schools would rather have milk and cookies than beer.The top ten 'good behaving schools:10.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten People Influencing Education Policy Bill Belew December 22, 2006 Top Ten People Influencing Education PolicySome people obviously have more influence on the United States Education policy than others.So which people have the most influence?Here are the top ten1. Bill Gates 2. George W. Bush 3. Kati Haycock 4. G.... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	R & L Carriers New Orlean Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 22, 2006 Troy will play Rice in the R & L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $325,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec21	Top Ten Cities by Publications Bill Belew December 21, 2006 In this day and age of desk top publication, vanity publishing, pay per publishing, not too much stock should be placed in the person or organization that says they have a certain number of publications, I think.Nevertheless, these ten cities... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Beer Drinking Schools Bill Belew December 21, 2006 These ten schools should give themselves a hearty party pat on the back. Not only do the students consider themselves able to apply the wisdom of Solomon - a time to party and a time to study - they can... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Information Sources Influencing Education Policy Bill Belew December 21, 2006 Some information sources obviously have more influence on the United States Education policy than others.So which studies have the most influence?Here are the top ten1. NAEP 2. Education Week 3. National Center for Education Statistics 4. New York Times5. U.S.... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 21, 2006 TCU played Northern Illinois in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl Game. Each team will take home between $750,000...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important... Continue Reading Posted at 4:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pioneer Pure Vision Las Vegas Bowl Graduation Rates Bill Belew December 21, 2006 Oregon will play BYU in the MPC Computers owl Game. Each team will take home between $1 million...that will make no difference to the average student's tuition costs. What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation rates... Continue Reading Posted at 12:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec20	Top Ten Tree-Hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, Clove-smoking, vegetarian Schools Bill Belew December 20, 2006 Based on political persuasion, the use or lack of use of marijuana, drugs, and the prevalence of religion, the popularity of student government and the students' acceptance or not of the gay community, Princeton Review concluded these ten schools are... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 10 Leading Studies Influencing Education Policy Bill Belew December 20, 2006 Some studies obviously have more influence on the United States Education policy than others.So which studies have the most influence?Here are the top ten:1. NAEP 2. Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 3. Teaching Children To Read4. Tennessee... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Atlanta Schoolboard Gives up the Fight on Evolution Bill Belew December 20, 2006 An Atlanta schoolboard responded to a group of parents who thought evolution was being taught at the exclusion of other theories by putting stickers on textbooks saying "Evolution is a theory, not a fact."Well, lo and behold, another group of... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Cities by Newspaper Circulation Bill Belew December 20, 2006 The newspaper is a great place to get opinions on what people think is going on around them.My dad used to say, believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see. Newspapers fell under the hearsay category.Every newspaper... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec19	Who Should Pay for College Education Bill Belew December 19, 2006 There is a very non-scientific survey being conducted at ProgessiveU.The question is - Who's responsible for paying a child's college education?With 180+ votes in - 1. 23% - the government 2. 38% - his/her family3. 29% - the student4. 10%... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Shanghai Education Commission Taps Public Sector for Teaching Plans Bill Belew December 19, 2006 The Shanghai Education Commission jas 400 million yuan ($50 million) to spend in the next two years on suburban elementary education. A big chunk of that money is set to go for teacher training under the philosophy "training good teachers... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ten Signs of a Cheating Spouse Bill Belew December 19, 2006 This may be stretching the BizofKnowledge a bit, but I thought it was interesting enough to post because this might help someone know if someone else is minding their spouse's business.I came across the 10 signs of a cheating spouse... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Things Colleges Want Most Bill Belew December 19, 2006 The average college spends about $2,000 on marketing and recruiting for each student it successfully enrolls. Colleges also have billions of dollars devoted to merit-based tuition discounts to lure bright students...and improve rankings. Why don't colleges stop trying to market... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bill & Linda Gates and William & Flora Hewlett Pledge $60 million to improve education. Bill Belew December 19, 2006 The Gates foundation pledged $40 million to the Hewlett Foundation who in turn added $20 million to work together to improve education in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.The emphasis will be on improving the quality of education for students who... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Cities with Library Support Bill Belew December 19, 2006 Well, if you don't know the answer and you don't have a PC to look it up on, the next best thing is the little old ladies at the library...if you have a library.These ten cities have the most: 1.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec18	Gore Speaks At Harvard Business School Bill Belew December 18, 2006 Former VP and environmental activist Al Gore said "there's money to be made in responding to rising global temperatures."Exactly - it's a money making scheme. By some estimates - more than $1 trillion has been spent trying to save the... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Kennedy School Prof Says 7 Deadly Sins Exploited in Market Bill Belew December 18, 2006 The seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride are the "evils" that today's market-based economy exploits."'I would suggest that some of this," the prof said, "is built into the way in which we came over time... Continue Reading Posted at 2:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Austin Couple Gives Half Million to UT for Publishing Arm Bill Belew December 18, 2006 The UT press received a half million from a University of Texas alumni to establish "an endowment that will support publication of a series of books on photography, archaeology of the Western world, general history of the Western hemisphere, and... Continue Reading Posted at 11:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Reasons for Dealing With Teacher Unions Bill Belew December 18, 2006 Teacher unions are necessary in public schools says one report.Drawing on national data from the School and Staffing Survey and Teacher Follow-up Survey, both sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education the following three conclusions were reached:Schools with collective bargaining... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Top Ten Online Cities Bill Belew December 18, 2006 Online does not necessarily equate to literate or knowledgeable. It just means the info is easily accessible. Some cities, however, have the NET more readily near their fingertips.The top ten wired cities ... or wireless cities, as the case may... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Diversity in College Sports - Athletic Directors Bill Belew December 18, 2006 The University of Central Florida issued a Racial and Gender Report Card:Here are some of the selected highlights:Division IA - 94.1 percent of university presidents are white - 3.4% are black and 2.5% are Latino. 12.6% are women.Athletic directors -... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec17	5 Reasons Why Teachers Need Unions Bill Belew December 17, 2006 A research professor of education who is also a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Brookings Institution, as well as a former assistant secretary of education for the former president Bush says, "The need for unions to protect... Continue Reading Posted at 7:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Top Ten Bookselling Cities Bill Belew December 17, 2006 If buying books is any indication of the knowledge level of a city, then these 10 cities have a jump on the rest of the nation.Barnes & Noble loves these top 10 cities ranked by - a. number of retail... Continue Reading Posted at 5:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Wise Schoolteacher Bill Belew December 17, 2006 There once was a wise schoolteacher who always sent a note home to the parents of the students on the first day of school: "If you promise not to believe everything your child says happens at school, I'll promise not... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Characteristics of Students Who Opt for Private Loans to Pay for College Bill Belew December 17, 2006 Some people will go to whatever extent necessary to get their education, begging from grandparents, mooching off mom and dad, working the graveyard shift (I did this), getting federal loans. But when any combination of those don't work, the student... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Diversity in College Sports - Coaching Bill Belew December 17, 2006 The University of Central Florida issued a Racial and Gender Report Card:Here are some of the selected highlights:Division I - 25.2% of all head coaches were African-American, up 2% to an all-time high.Division IA - just six of 119 head... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec16	4 Reasons To Opt for a Private Loan Over a Federal Loan Bill Belew December 16, 2006 Students sometimes choose to not take out Federal loans and just do the private loan thing instead. There are reasons.Here are four of them.1. There are way too many hoops to jump for to get the Stafford loan, starting with... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	25 Year Old PhD Student Gets 6 months in Prison for Attempting to Bribe Her Tutor Bill Belew December 16, 2006 A mainland Chinese post-graduate student tried to bribe her tutor to get answers to an exam paper.What she got was a six-month prison term.The young dummy had been studying at the City University of Hong Kong in the department of... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Diversity in College Sports - NCAA Headquarters Bill Belew December 16, 2006 The University of Central Florida issued a Racial and Gender Report Card:Here are some of the selected highlights:The NCAA, instead of hiring someone to fit the bill, created a new position of VP for Diversity and Inclusion.So, instead of giving... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Apollo Group Special Committee Report's 5 Findings on Stock Option Investigation Bill Belew December 16, 2006 Apollo Group, owner of University of Phoenix, has finished a seven month investigation into how the company managed its stock option practices.Here are some of the key findings:1. The company did not correctly apply Accounting Principles Board requirements. The company... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	12 Step Program For Improving College Education Bill Belew December 16, 2006 The Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce has released its 10 recommendations for improving America's workforce.Here is the Commission's ten step program...doesn't include acknowledging a higher powerStep 1 - Assume that we will do the job right the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bill Gates' 11 Rules of Life Bill Belew December 16, 2006 I stumpled across this just today. It may or may not be true, and Gates may or may not have given the speech....but the points made are dead on.---BILL GATES' SPEECH TO MT. WHITNEY HIGH SCHOOL in Visalia, California.Love him... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec15	7 Reasons to Take out a Private Loan for College Bill Belew December 15, 2006 College has to be paid for...and not just tuition and lab fees...but also textbooks, training trips, dorm and living expenses and trips home and such as well.More and more, students and parents are turning to private loans to pay for... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Give Grey's Anatomy Bunch a Break Bill Belew December 15, 2006 Teaching hospitals have too many medical mistakes that either harm or kill patients - yep, those would be mistakes.A Harvard medical school study found that the interns/future doctors also suffered from distress, fear, guilt, anger, humiliation and decreased compassion that... Continue Reading Posted at 5:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Diversity in College Sports - Conference Commissioners Bill Belew December 15, 2006 The University of Central Florida issued a Racial and Gender Report Card:Here are some of the selected highlights:ALL Division IA conference commissioners are white men.All Division I conference commissioners were white - two are women and four other women were... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Endowment Investment Income Enough to Support Annual Educational Spending Bill Belew December 15, 2006 The National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), no relation to NABISCO announced in a press release that the one-year average rate of return for endowment investment income is 10.7%.This income is enough to:1. Support annual educational spendingand2.... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	9 More states Aimed for Spreading the Racial Ban in Affirmative Action Bill Belew December 15, 2006 Michigan has voted to do away with affirmative action - banning racial preferences in public education, employment, and contracting.The leader of this movement has nine more states he wants to target.They are:1. Arizona2. Colorado3. Missouri4. Nebraska5. Nevada6. Oregon7. South Dakota8.... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Top Ten Educated Cities - 2006 Bill Belew December 15, 2006 Central Connecticut State University considered three factors in determining America's top ten most educated cities.The factors: 1. Percentage of the adult population with an educational level of 8th grade or less 2. Percentage of the adult population with a high... Continue Reading Posted at 12:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec14	Diversity in College Sports - Student Athletes Bill Belew December 14, 2006 The University of Central Florida issued a Racial and Gender Report Card:Here are some of the selected highlights:Division I - 65.9% white, 20.6% blackDivision II - 79.7% white and 18.1% blackDivision III - 83.9% white and 7.3% black.However, African-American male... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Literate Cities, 2006 Bill Belew December 14, 2006 Central Connecticut State University conducted an analysis to determine America's top ten most literate cities.They are:10. Portland, OR 9. San Francisco, CA 8. Denver, CO 7. Cincinnati, OH - Hey! That's my hometown. 6. Pittsburg, PA 5. St. Paul, MN 3. Washington, DC 3. Atlanta, GA 2. Minneapolis,... Continue Reading Posted at 4:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Purdue Hunger Strikers Give up after 27 days Bill Belew December 14, 2006 Yep. I figured when they got hungry enough, they would eat.Purdue University rejected their demands to accept the students for a designated supplier program.The students felt they had made enough progress to justify ending their strike.One student, however, "worried my... Continue Reading Posted at 1:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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