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The following faculty are available to discuss education reform and policy issues as they relate to ongoing political campaigns. For a general list of experts on broad education-related issues and related news stories, visit the main topic area for Education.
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Robert Koff
Director, Center for Advanced Learning
Robert Koff is the director of the Educational Skills Initiative in the office of the vice chancellor for students, which is an initiative that focuses on ways to expand the intellectual interests and educational skills of undergraduates with a focus on incoming freshmen. He is an expert in the challenges ...
Expertise: education, school reform, No Child Left Behind, standardized tests, school boards
Direct contact: (314) 935-5946
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rkoff@wustl.edu
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William Tate
Chair and Professor of Education in Arts and Sciences
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Expertise: human resource development in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, urban studies, race and American education
Direct contact: (314) 935-6730
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wtate@wustl.edu
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Bill Witbrodt
Director, Student Financial Services
Bill Witbrodt is director of Student Financial Services for Washington University in St. Louis. He assumed that position July 1, 1996, after serving as the assistant controller with the University since 1992. As director of SFS, Witbrodt oversees the University's financial aid operation, which incorporates ...
Expertise: financial aid, grants, paying for college, scholarships, student finances, work study programs
Media assistance: (314) 935-5293 / andyc@wustl.edu
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Garrett Duncan
Associate Professor of Education
Garrett Duncan studies conditions that attribute to success and failure among black students in public schools, especially in competitive settings. He examines academic and social issues, with a special focus on high-stakes testing, education reform, violence, and racial disparities in achievement ...
Expertise: education reform, high stakes testing, racial disparities, social issues, urban schools
Direct contact: (314) 935-8740
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gaduncan@wustl.edu
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College Savings Initiative aims to advance college success for all families
The New America Foundation and Washington University in St. Louis will examine innovative ways to create more inclusive 529 college savings plans
May 21,
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The New America Foundation and Center for Social Development (CSD) at Washington University in St. Louis announce a new College Savings Initiative to examine and improve 529 college savings plans so more people have the opportunity to attend and complete college. "Saving money is not easy, but research shows many people can save when they have incentives and a way to do so. More low-income families may save with well-designed 529s and incentives," said Margaret Clancy, Policy Director at CSD. "We will study 529 innovations to see which ones are effective. This will inform 529 policy so that it can benefit families of all income levels."
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Sleep helps reduce errors in memory
United Press International
and 4 others
Sept. 15,
2009 -- Researchers at Michigan State, Chicago, and WUSTL says sleep may reduce mistakes in memory for both the young and the old.
They studied the presence of false memory in groups of college students. Previous research has shown that sleep improves memory, but this study address errors in memory.
The study was published in the journal Learning & Memory.
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Brain Scientists Misled By Squid
NPR Morning Edition
and 1 others
Sept. 11,
2009 -- Jon Hamilton reports on a recent German study in Science that says that for more than 50 years, scientists who study the brain have been misled by squid. They did experiments on squid nerve cells thinking that those cells were good models for the human nervous system.
WUSTL radiology professor Marcus Raichle, who does brain imaging studies, says, "There is always this tendency that if you're working in an area and your experiments are working well and you're getting good data, to not think of the larger context in which this is occurring."
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NYUers paper clipped
New York Post
and 1 others
Sept. 11,
2009 -- NYU, one of the most expensive higher-education institutions in the country, has resorted to rationing paper and charging students for printouts in order to cut costs.
Seething students derided the measure, which kicks in after a student surpasses a 500-page printout limit per semester, as a cheap shot.
Similar measures have been introduced at dozens of smaller colleges -- and this year at the larger WUSTL -- for economic and environmental benefits.
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Japanese-American graduate recalls wartime ordeal
Associated Press
and 42 others
Sept. 1,
2009 -- Yoshio Matsumoto was among the 110,000 Japanese-Americans seemingly bound for an internment camp soon after America entered World War II when WUSTL agreed to take him in.
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Surgeon accused of faking study resigns
United Press International
and 1 others
Aug. 21,
2009 -- Timothy Kuklo, a former U.S. Army surgeon, "voluntarily" resigned from WUSTL, effective Sept. 30, and "will have no clinical, research or educational duties for the university between now and that date," a spokeswoman for the university's medical school said in a statement.
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Q&A: The Man Behind U.S. News College Rankings
Time.com
Aug. 20,
2009 -- The 2010 U.S. News & World Report college rankings hit stands today.
TIME spoke to Robert Morse, director of data research at U.S. News and a two-decade veteran of the controversial rankings, about how the list is put together and how it could be better, plus a look at this year's rising stars.
He said WUSTL (No. 12) and USC have had slow and steady climbs up the national university list by making across-the-board improvements.
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Surgeon Tied to Bone Product Inquiry Resigns
The New York Times
Aug. 19,
2009 -- Timothy Kuklo, a former Army surgeon accused of falsifying a study on a bone growth product used on severely injured Iraq war veterans, has resigned his teaching position at WUSTL, according to spokeswoman Joni Westerhouse.
Kuklo tendered his resignation on July 30, according to Don Clayton, associate vice chancellor and director for medical public affairs. University officials declined to comment further.
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A Fashion Trend Meets A Watery Grave
The Wall Street Journal online
Aug. 7,
2009 -- The rise and fall of bottled water may be the best case study yet in the strange politics of trendy environmental causes.
Bottled water got its foothold in the U.S. as a statement about healthy living.
It wasn't that long ago that making water available everywhere was itself a sort of crusade.
But now schools such as WUSTL have made "Ban the Bottle" a campus cry. Thus does one crusade lead to another, with the solution to yesterday's crisis providing the stuff of today's.
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Movies enhance recall if facts are correct
United Press International
and 1 others
Aug. 7,
2009 -- WUSTL psychology doctoral student Andrew Butler said students who learn history through watching blockbuster movies may be doomed to repeat history.
". . . when information in the film directly contradicted the text, people often falsely recalled the misinformation portrayed in the film."
The findings are published in the journal Psychological Science.
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Should states' rights trump the fed?
CNN American Morning
July 31,
2009 -- Should states' rights trump the fed? It seems to be a trend across the country. At least 20 states have introduced resolutions reasserting states' rights because they think that federal government is way too involved in what states do with things like taxes and health care and education. WUSTL law professor David Law comments.
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The Princeton Review gives 623 colleges financial aid ratings
The Princeton Review
July 28,
2009 -- The Princeton Review -- an education services company that helps students choose and get in to colleges -- this year collected a wealth of data to help applicants and parents find the highly-coveted financial aid that a majority of them will need to pay for college. WUSTL was among 13 of which received the highest possible score of 99.
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Campus Care Improves
The Wall Street Journal
July 27,
2009 -- Many college health clinics provide a wide range of services, including programs that encourage healthy lifestyles. There is a growing recognition that the college years are a time of transition in which healthy habits can be encouraged and dangerous ones, like excessive drinking, discouraged. Includes comments by Alan Glass, director of WUSTL's health and wellness center.
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Wash. U: Doctor hid Medtronic ties
St. Louis Business Journal online
and 2 others
July 17,
2009 -- WUSTL orthopaedic surgeon and researcher Timothy Kuklo, who was accused by the Army of falsifying a medical study, delayed disclosing his consulting ties to the school, according to its response to a U.S. Senate investigation. The doctor was put on leave by the university pending an internal review. According to Chancellor Mark Wrighton, WUSTL also suspended open human research projects by Kuklo.
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Medical School Says Former Army Surgeon Hid Ties to Medtronic
The New York Times
and 9 others
July 15,
2009 -- Timothy Kuklo, a former military doctor and Medtronic consultant at the center of a research scandal, did not tell WUSTL, his medical school employer for a year, about his Medtronic ties even as he was conducting company-sponsored research. The new disclosures, which WUSTL medical school dean Larry Shapiro made in response to a Senate investigation, may intensify the controversy surrounding the physician.
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Disclosure by Surgeon Is Faulted
The Wall Street Journal
July 15,
2009 -- The allegation that Timothy Kuklo failed to properly disclose his financial relationship with Medtronic was made in a June 23 letter from WUSTL medical school dean Larry Shapiro to Sen. Charles Grassley, who is investigating the Kuklo matter. Kuklo is on paid personal leave at the request of WUSTL, where he is a member of the medical faculty. The university said it is continuing to investigate.
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Patterns: Drinking Age Affects Bingeing, to a Point
The New York Times
June 30,
2009 -- A new study in The Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry finds that as the drinking age has gone up, binge drinking has gone down -- except among college students. Includes comments by study leader WUSTL psychiatry professor Richard Grucza.
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Former Army Doctor Accused of Research Fraud Takes Leave From University
The New York Times
and 6 others
May 26,
2009 -- Orthopaedic surgeon Timothy Kuklo, a former Army physician accused of falsifying research involving injured soldiers, has taken a leave of absence from WUSTL medical school and its affiliated hospitals.
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2009 Commencement Address Highlights
CBS Evening News
May 26,
2009 -- Public service has been a common theme at college commencement ceremonies around the country this past month. Sunday's CBS Evening News gives a sampling, including WUSTL's commencement speaker Wendy Kopp.
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Are Medical Residents Worked Too Hard?
Time.com
May 26,
2009 -- There has been much hand-wringing over the dangers of medical residents' grueling schedules. One recent study advised that a solution would be to reduce the length of their shifts. But many in the medical community, including residents themselves, worry that shorter shifts could come at the expense of educational opportunities and possibly even patient safety. Includes comments by WUSTL Department of Medicine chairman Kenneth Polonsky.
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Limiting Work Hours for Medical Residents Could Be Costly
U.S. News & World Report online
and 9 others
May 21,
2009 -- A new study shows that allowing doctors-in-training to work fewer hours and take longer naps during their shifts will cost the nation's teaching hospitals an estimated $1.6 billion a year. And there are no guarantees that shortening the shifts will improve patient safety. WUSTL medical professor Kenneth Polonsky comments in an accompanying co-written journal editorial.
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