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...benefits of bilingual study may also apply to students who learn English as a second language. According to Alma Flor Ada, a multicultural language expert at the University of San Francisco, many students, particularly Asians, who study English in immersion programs back home or upon arrival in the U.S. have the same learning patterns and achievement characteristics. That might account for the steady stream of visitors to Great Falls elementary, especially from Japan. Now that country has paid the young students of its own language the ultimate compliment: Japan wants to establish similar partial- immersion programs in elementary schools -- using...
...some respects, alma mater in Anno Domini 2000 will look pretty much the way she does now. "Madonna reinvents herself every season," is the dry observation of Sheldon Hackney, president of the University of Pennsylvania. "Universities are much more stable." Nonetheless, experts foresee quite a few changes -- good as well as bad -- for America's diverse complex of private and public institutions of higher learning. Items...
Clark began showcasing his comedic talents while studying acting at Boston's Emerson College, alma mater of fellow comedians Steven Wright and Jay Leno...
Beyond this effort to shore up the publishing side, insiders expect Levin to make few sharp changes in Time Warner's direction -- at least not quickly. "He'll discuss, he'll debate," says Michael Fuchs, chairman and CEO of Home Box Office, Levin's corporate alma mater. "Jerry's style is not to make dramatic moves. He's a plodder with a lot of patience. He has the most long- term view in the company...
...work in academia include: David L. Johnston '63, principal and Vice-President of McGill University; Lauren B. Resnick '57, director of the Learning, Research and Development Center of the University of Pittsburgh; William J. Utter '49, professor of biochemistry at the University of California at San Francisco; and Alma H. Young '69, vice chancellor of the University of New Orleans...