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Event: NY Times Schools for Tomorrow Conference

September 25th, 2011

The New York Times Schools for Tomorrow conference will be held on Thursday, September 22, 2011 beginning at 8:30am. This will be an annual event, designed to promote dialogue and action in the education sector, focusing on the school of the future. For 2011, the first year, we will focus on how technology can – and should – be integrated into the classroom. We will showcase the technology of tomorrow, while the overriding theme through the sessions will be how to incorporate digital tools into the classroom.

You can watch the conference here through Livestream.

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Former MSC Great Bob Will Passes Away

September 24th, 2011

     Mankato, Minn. — Bob Will, who played three sports while attending Mankato State College in the mid-1950’s and is recognized as one of the school’s all-time great student-athletes, passed away August 11 in Woodstock, Ill.

Born in Berwyn, Ill., Will was 80 at the time of his death.  

He was an all-conference athlete in three different sports during MSU career.  As a baseball player, he led the conference in hitting with .600 average. He led the football team in total yards and touchdowns and served as team captain as a senior and served as the basketball team captain in 1955. Named MSC’s Athlete of the Year in 1954 and inducted in the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 1966, Will played major league baseball as an outfielder and saw action in 410 games with the Chicago Cubs from 1957-63.  He retired from professional baseball following the 1964 season.

                                                                    

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New Focus On Students Who Nearly FinishedCollege

September 23rd, 2011

The Institute for Higher Education Policy held a meeting focused on how near-completers people who have earned most but not all of the credits they need for a college degree. The organization also discussed their Project Win-Win, which has helped nine institutions award nearly 600 associate degrees and identify almost 1,600 students who are candidates for earning degrees

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James Powell: Science Denialism Is Not Free, Part II

September 22nd, 2011

Science denial, when projected from the level of the state, can cost millions, even scores of millions, of lives.—James Powell

Global warming is the latest example in the long history of science denial. No doubt it will not be the last. What is different about global warming is that if it continues on its current worst-case trajectory, it has the potential to cost more lives than the wars, famines, economic depressions, and natural disasters of the twentieth century all taken together.

The most conspicuous example of science denial, if global warming has not already earned that label, is evolution denial, better known as creationism. It shows no signs of abating even though in more than 150 years, no one has ever been able to show that evolution is false. Over that history, scientific understanding of evolution and the evidence for it have grown, yet today 40-45 percent of Americans (Gallup and Pew polls) prefer creationism over evolution.

In contrast to the other types of science denial that I will describe, creationism does not have fatal consequences. A

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Getting Off The Waiting List

August 27th, 2011

Finding out youre on the waiting list has always had that in limbo feel. Are you in? Out? Here are steps to take some control of the situation: Proactive is the word of the day when it comes to getting off the wait list and into the school of choice, according to usnews.com.

These are some of the steps it recommends:

* Let em know: Send a letter to the school informing them that theyre youre first choice. Better yet pay them another visit.

* Refresh your grades: A new transcript can highlight new achievements, so send them along.

* Connect with the local recruiter: Its important the recruiter knows how strong your interest in attending the school is and that youll accept right away.

* Tell them what you can afford: Financial aid decisions play a big part of determining whos in and whos out. Make sure the school knows.

To see other suggestions, click here.

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Pacific Graduates among Highest Paid in California

August 27th, 2011

University of the Pacific graduates are among the highest paid college graduates in California, according to a new survey released by PayScale.com this week.

In its 2011 College Salary Report, the website lists Pacific as no. 5 among the “10 Best Schools in California by Salary Potential.” The starting median salary for Pacific graduates is $50,100 and the mid-career median salary for former Pacific students is $103,000. The salaries included bonuses and overtime pay, but did not include stock options or the cost of benefits.

The website based its rankings off of students who earned only bachelor degrees from California colleges and universities. The survey did not include salaries of health or law professionals which eliminated graduates from the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences or the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, as those fields typically earn much higher wages than other professions.

The typical starting graduates in the survey had two years of working experience and the mid-career graduates had 15 years of professional experience.

California Institute of Technology (Caltech) ranked no.

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