Word: research
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Carr Center, known until last June as the Human Rights Initiative, was started after Carr--with the KSG's Douglas Dillon Professor of Government Graham T. Allison--decided that the KSG needed a human rights program. Carr's multi-million dollar donation helped start the research, teaching and training program...
...mission parallels that of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. This large research center at the Law School, recognized by the University in 1983, publishes journals, sponsors training and symposia and creates teaching material--all about mediation and solving disputes...
When it's designed well, a district, school or classroom website can significantly change the relationship between the parent and the school, says Cynthia LaPier, Ithaca's director of information and instructional technology. "All the research says that the more you can involve parents in school, the better," LaPier says. "The technology gives us another way to reach them, especially parents of secondary school students, who tend to be less involved...
Meanwhile, what are healthy souls in search of a quick boost to do? Consumers have little to go on other than manufacturers' claims and inconclusive research. Moreover, since ginkgo and other supplements are not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, potency and purity vary from brand to brand. Most troubling, however, is that few people read labels. The list of don'ts for ginkgo biloba include the warning that those taking aspirin or other blood thinners should first consult their physician. Why? Because ginkgo, which has anticlotting characteristics, when taken in combination with a blood thinner can cause internal...
FOCUS ON ACADEMICS Research by the Center for the Prevention of School Violence suggests that schools emphasizing academics are safer. At Grimsley, 68% of last spring's 273 graduates entered a four-year college; 21% opted for community college. Principal Teague says: "We take students who have discipline and attendance problems and give them career initiatives and help them to start feeling what it is to be successful." Nobody at Grimsley is saying violence can't happen there. But with teachers, parents and students talking and listening to one other, they are doing their best to create a peaceful place...