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...tenured life, where grant money flows like water and job security is a non-consideration. Many tenured faculty members spend their time happily working on their pet research projects and supervising armies of graduate student assistants. When it comes to teaching undergraduates, however, they do the bare minimum...
...years, it backed investment funds through a traditional financial-services company but increasingly grew frustrated with the performance and goals. Last year, after being turned down by more than two dozen investment firms, it created its own no-load investment funds. They have a clearly written prospectus and small minimum investment of $100. The funds' advisers are rare in the business in that they are paid salaries, not commissions. The funds have attracted $36 million so far, outpacing the $24 million average of other new funds. "It is a good example of our triple bottom line, says Dawn Sweeney, head...
Right now we're aiming too low. Competency in reading and math--the focus of so much No Child Left Behind (NCLB) testing--is the meager minimum. Scientific and technical skills are, likewise, utterly necessary but insufficient. Today's economy demands not only a high-level competence in the traditional academic disciplines but also what might be called 21st century skills. Here's what they...
...business and policy leaders on one key conclusion: we need to bring what we teach and how we teach into the 21st century. Right now we're aiming too low. Competency in reading and math-the focus of so much No Child Left Behind testing-is the meager minimum. Scientific and technical skills are, likewise, utterly necessary but insufficient. Today's economy demands not only a high-level competence in the traditional academic disciplines but also what might be called 21st century skills. Here's what they...
...What is the current minimum wage...