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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 (http://news-info.wustl.edu/cat/page/normal/128.html) .
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| Robert Koff Director, Center for Advanced Learning (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/646.html) 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 / rkoff@wustl.edu |
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| William Tate Chair and Professor of Education in Arts and Sciences (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/460.html)
Tate's research interests are at the nexus of developmental science and development regimes. He has authored scores of journal articles and book chapters focused on school mathematics, school science, technology education, and urban school reform. He served as the 2007-2008 President, American Educational ... Expertise: human resource development in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, urban studies, race and American education Direct contact: (314) 935-6730 / wtate@wustl.edu |
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| Bill Witbrodt Director, Student Financial Services (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/113.html)
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 (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/17.html)
While President Bush's controversial No Child Left Behind Act gathers steam as a presidential campaign issue, the achievement gap in American schools continues to widen. Can the the racial, ethnic and economic gap in schools ever be closed? Garrett Duncan, an expert on education reform and racial disparities, ... Expertise: education reform, high stakes testing, racial disparities, social issues Direct contact: (314) 935-8740 / gaduncan@wustl.edu |
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| Whitesides ponders the origin of life Harvard professor George Whitesides ponders new ideas in chemistry and the origin of life (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/10895.html) Jan. 24, 2008 -- Innovative researcher George Whitesides will speak on revolutionary ideas in chemistry that may lead to a new understanding of the origin of life for the Ferguson Science Lecture at 11 a.m. on Wed., Feb. 6 in Graham Chapel as part of the Assembly Series. |
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| Starting early Preschool extends disadvantaged kids' years in school (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/10636.html) Nov. 26, 2007 --
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| A solution to social security and education funding: it's all part of the cycle of life Bringing new meaning to student loans (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/10412.html) Nov. 1, 2007 --
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| Give a leg up
The Times Education Supplement (London UK) April 25, 2008 -- So you thought testing was just assessment and either neutral or actively harmful to learning? Well, think again. New research from the U.S. suggests that, far from being a recipe for a blighted childhood, repeated testing is one of the best ways to learn. The active retrieval of facts from the memory that occurs during testing is far more helpful for consolidating knowledge than passive studying. This research was conducted by Purdue's Jeffrey Karpicke and WUSTL psychology professor Henry Roediger. |
| Backed patent bill in trouble in U.S. Senate
The Guardian (UK) and 10 others April 15, 2008 -- A long-negotiated patent overhaul bill sought by technology companies and opposed by big pharmaceutical makers ran into trouble in the U.S. Senate. Scott Kieff, WUSTL law professor and patent law expert, comments. |
| Fed Bank Appoints Bullard as President
The Wall Street Journal March 26, 2008 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, has appointed as president James Bullard, an 18-year veteran of the bank's research staff and an adjunct faculty memeber at WUSTL. |
| Finding Industry Funding
Science Magazine March 14, 2008 -- WUSTL's Karen Wooley, professor of chemistry, comments on the difficulties and approaches academic researchers use to garner industry funding. |
| Analysis: Debate Unlikely to Change Race
Associated Press and 66 others Feb. 27, 2008 -- WUSTL's Wayne Fields comments on final pitches by Democratic presidential candidates as they head into the last weeks of primary elections. |
| Extracurriculars That Count
BusinessWeek.com Feb. 26, 2008 -- Nanette Tarbouni, WUSTL undergraduate admissions director, talks about the importance of extracurriculars in undergraduate applications. |
| Stanford Set to Raise Aid for Students in Middle
The New York Times and 4 others Feb. 21, 2008 -- WUSTL has need-based loans with grants for students from families earning less than $60,000. many prominent universities are moving to expand financial aid to the middle class. |
| Parents learn how to let go in the technological age
NPR Morning Edition Feb. 8, 2008 -- When kids head off to college, parents are forced to separate themselves from what has been a constant hands-on job for years. Parents and students comment on "Letting Go: A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Year," by WUSTL's Karen Levin Coburn. |
| Campus Health's Hidden Costs
U.S. News & World Report online Feb. 1, 2008 -- Debra Harp, WUSTL's associate director of Student Health Services, comments on mandatory health insurance mandates by universities, including WUSTL. |
| 1,000 Genomes Project
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jan. 28, 2008 -- The 1,000 Genomes Project, an international research effort that includes WUSTL scientists, will sequence the genomes of one thousand people from different parts of the globe. Elaine Mardis, co-director of WUSTL's Genome Sequencing Center, comments. |
| A Shaky Season for Student Loans
Business Week Online Jan. 18, 2008 -- Student financial aid season is getting off to a shaky start. The industry is experiencing jitters as the fallout from the subprime credit crisis trickles down to lenders who make private loans, as well as companies that also issue federal loans. Bill Witbrodt, director of WUSTL student financial aid services, says he has not seen students directly affected yet, but expects that could change. |
| Car sharing makes its area debut
St. Louis Post-Dispatch and 3 others Jan. 16, 2008 -- WUSTL parking and transportation director Lisa Underwood comments on a new collaboration with Enterprise Rent-A-Car on a new car-sharing program, called WeCar, on campus. |
| A Hereditary Perk the Founding Fathers Failed to Anticipate
The New York Times Jan. 15, 2008 -- Legacy admissions may be elitist, says Adam Liptak, but they're not illegal. He also says that legacy preferences in college admissions -- the nepotistic advantages given to the children of alumni -- are indefensible. References include an article published in the WUSTL Law Review. |
| A Growing College Rivalry: The Fight for Faculty Stars
The Washington Post Jan. 14, 2008 -- Dealmaking is constant, delicate and increasingly competitive as schools hunt for ways to attract top educators and keep their own stars from straying. The benefits to playing the faculty shuffle are many; academic prestige and grant money often come with new recruits. Some universities play down faculty member moves, calling them part of the recruitment process in higher education. Others refer to many of the raids on star faculty members by competing universities as poaching or outright theft. "Top-talent people who are happy and successful and thriving as academicians are free agents," said Mark Wrighton, chancellor at WUSTL. |
| Maine program brightens college prospects -- at birth
The Christian Science Monitor Jan. 10, 2008 -- The new Harold Alfond College Challenge is a first-in-the nation philanthropic program that will give families statewide a $500 starter grant — and assistance with paperwork — to set up 529 college savings accounts for infants. About 80 percent of account owners who receive matching grants in Maine continue to make contributions, according to a study by WUSTL. |
| Winners of the 2008 Awards for Distinction Announced
ArtDaily.org Jan. 7, 2008 -- Ronald Leax, WUSTL professor of art, received a CAA award as part of their eleven Awards for Distinction for 2008. These annual awards honor outstanding member achievements and reaffirm CAA's mission to encourage the highest standards of scholarship, practice, and teaching in the arts. |
| Evolution Book Sees No Science-Religion Gap
The New York Times and 6 others Jan. 4, 2008 -- In 1984 and again in 1999, the National Academy of Sciences, the nation's most eminent scientific organization, produced books on the evidence supporting the theory of evolution and arguing against the introduction of creationism or other religious alternatives in public school science classes. Barbara A. Schaal, a vice president of the academy and an evolutionary biologist at WUSTL, comments on the third volume recently published. |
| Washington U. studies creation of public health school
St. Louis Business Journal and 3 others Dec. 28, 2007 -- WUSTL is exploring the possibility of increasing its involvement in the health of the region by establishing its own school of public health. As part of a strategic planning process currently under way at the university, WUSTL medical school dean Larry Shapiro and social work dean Edward Lawlor are investigating how the university can expand its focus on public health, according to Rob Wild, assistant to the chancellor. |
| Docs suffer stress, sleep problems after mistakes, survey says
Associated Press State & Local Wire and 38 others July 19, 2007 -- Patients aren't the only ones harmed by medical errors, according to a survey released Wednesday that found many doctors who make mistakes and even those who come close suffer stress, sleep problems and loss of confidence. Job stress related to medical errors potentially could make some doctors prone to depression, quitting or even making additional mistakes, underscoring the need for helping them cope, said WUSTL psychologist Amy Waterman, the study's lead author. |
| Houston area schools don't expect ruling to have major impact
Houston Chronicle July 2, 2007 -- School leaders in the Houston area said Thursday they're not expecting a shake-up in how they assign students to campuses after a Supreme Court decision that limits the use of race. WUSTL law professor Samuel Bagenstos comments on the ruling. |
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