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Thursday, July 2, 2009 |
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New Benefits Plan for Veterans Draws Colleges, and Critics
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has yet to release a tally of the colleges that will participate in its new Yellow Ribbon Program, which some advocates for student veterans say will distribute aid unfairly. More NewsOnline-Education Study Reaffirms Value of Good Teaching, Experts Say Another Divide Between Public and Private Universities: Sunshine Agency to Look Again at How Colleges Pay Recruiters Learning to Heal Body and Mind From Mexico's Shamans Historically Black Athletics League Admits Its First Non-HBCU Member The Chronicle Review
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Teaching English in California and analyzing data in Afghanistan involve remarkably similar skill sets, writes William C. Corley. Gina Barreca Kevin Carey 
Learning to Heal Body and Mind From Mexico's Shamans
Students from a U. of New Mexico summer course on Mexican traditional medicine visit a traditional healer, Rosario Gaspar Lopez, who performs a limpia, or spiritual cleansing. Here she spits mescal on the person being cleansed to give a jolt to her system. (Photograph by Keith Dannemiller) Chronicle Blogs(All times Eastern)
Sonoma State University Foundation May Lose $350,000 on Loan to Former Board Member Advocates for the Blind Sue Arizona State U. Over Kindle Use Court Overturns $2-Million Verdict for Former Coach at U. of Louisiana-Lafayette A California Dream: Saving State Universities With an Online Campus Are Scholarly E-Mail Lists Fading in an Era of Blogs and Twitter? Water-Main Break Damages Library at University in St. Louis For Independence Day, a Debate Over a Building by a Founding Father Discussion Forums
Read the transcript of a live chat with Gretchen C. Dobson, who oversees Tufts University's domestic and international alumni chapters, about how alumni networks are an important element in any institution's internationalization strategy. Also of InterestConvenience Is the FutureMonitoring classes on cellphones. Taking courses at multiple colleges. The college students of 2020 are going to demand an education on their terms. Is your college ready? Read the new report, "The College of 2020: Students," from Chronicle Research Services. Click here to read the free executive summary. The Chronicle of PhilanthropyBusinesses Buckle Up A guide to some of the best writing on the Web. |
Chronicle Careers
On Course A professor looks for small changes he can make to move students toward
making smarter choices.
Career News A scholar's study of her own students suggests that while a professor's
clothing might affect initial impressions, it doesn't make a difference in
the long run.
The Two-Year Track We can all learn something from students' struggles with poetry, no matter
what we teach.
On HiringAcademic Self-Fashioning Righting a Wrong 2009 Great Colleges to Work For If you have been invited by your institution to participate in The Chronicle's Great Colleges to Work For survey and have questions about your participation, please send an e-mail message to chronicle@modernthink.com |
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