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Judging by raw numbers, a major overhaul of the judicial charter in 1997 didn’t help to reduce cheating at Stanford. On the contrary: From 1995 to 1998 there were 130 reported Honor Code and Fundamental Standard violations; from 1999 to 2002 the number jumped to 285. Read the Full Article
Professor Roland Kaye, Dean of the OUBS, said joining the Partnership is a new venture for the school: “It positions us alongside a group of major companies across a wide range of business sectors and our membership reflects the growing links between the business school and commerce generally.” The Thames Valley Economic Partnership, based in […]
This paper was one of three selected as a “Best Paper” among Distance Learning ADministraiton (DLA) 2000 proceedings, Callaway, Georgia, June 7-9, 2000. Read the Full Article
“The program gives Stanford an entrée into critical and interesting environmental problems in Southeast Asia, such as challenges to provide clean water and deal with contaminants from industrialization,“ said James Leckie, the C. L. Peck, Class of 1906 Professor in the School of Engineering, in an interview prior to the signing ceremony. The ceremony took […]
Now, Penn State will be collaborating with other universities on a five-year $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) on developing a working laboratory to help graduate students and faculty develop teaching skills that match their skills in the lab. Read the Full Article
The U.S. secretary of education, Roderick R. Paige, joined officials of Western Governors for the announcement, which was made here at the Education Department. Mr. Paige said the new Teachers College would help school districts meet a requirement of the No Child Left Behind Act, which mandates that elementary and secondary schools have instructors with […]
Vascular surgeons plan most arterial bypass grafts on the basis of experience and intuition: only after surgery is there a way to tell whether an artery has been grafted to the place best suited to restore blood flow with minimal complications. Read the Full Article
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige and Gov. Michael O. Leavitt (Utah) announced today the formal launch of the WGU Teachers College, which provides online, competency-based bachelor’s and master’s degrees and licensure for current and prospective teachers. The College (www.wgu.edu/tc) was created by Western Governors University through a $10 million Star Schools […]
The Stanford Singapore Partnership, which enables students and professors in environmental engineering to collaborate on research projects, will allow 15 to 20 Singaporean graduate students to spend a summer quarter at Stanford and three quarters in Singapore taking Stanford classes through distance learning arrangements. Read the Full Article
More and more USC engineering students are not coming to campus, and no one seems to mind. Read the Full Article