DCCCD students learn more than hard skills for the job market

Some digital media students at Eastfield College may have thought that just knowing how to use a computer to design graphics would be enough to get a job. However, industry groups in North Texas and around the country say that they are struggling to find employees who have soft skills – those intangible assets, such as communication and critical thinking, which help workers become more productive.

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Morris County High School Students Learn at Kean University's Highlands Living Lab

Kean University recently gave students from the Morris County Vocational School District Environmental Academy the chance for real-world scientific observation at the University's new Highlands campus in Oak Ridge. The students, working with ecology professor Daniela Shebitz, Ph.D,  from Kean's School of Environmentaland Sustainability Sciences (SESS), conducted experiments and made scientific observations. They identified trees and other flora found in the Highlands, quantified species diversity, and learned how to measure the height and diameter of trees. The students also had a Q&A session with Dr. Shebitz and collected a core sample of a tree.

Bronx Community College Kicks Off CUNY Month With Ribbon Cutting For Its Newly Renovated Quadrangle

As part of Bronx Community College’s observance of "November is CUNY Month," the annual celebration of The City University of New York, BCC is hosting a formal ribbon cutting ceremony for its extensively renovated Quadrangle. Officials from across the city and state will be in attendance.

Nov. 5 Pumpkin Chunkin' Contest to Attract Thousands to CSUF

With their eyes on the first-place Pumpkin Launch trophy, the members of Cal State Fullerton's all-female student engineering team rolled up their sleeves to build a new launcher for the Saturday, Nov. 5, competition in hopes of becoming two-time champs before thousands of cheering spectators. The student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) has been a top finisher four times in the Pumpkin Launch, winning first place in 2013. For this year's competition, the student engineers built a "ballista" launcher, which resembles a medieval crossbow.

Delaware Valley University reports largest enrollment in its history

Delaware Valley University’s enrollment for fall 2016 is the highest it has ever been in the history of the institution. This fall, there are 2,376 total undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at the University, a record-breaking number for the 120-­year-old institution. Total fall enrollment is 5 percent higher than it was last year and 17 percent higher than it was in 2014.

University of Utah Looks for New Ways to Use State's Coal

The University of Utah is launching a $1.6 million project to determine the feasibility of turning coal into carbon fiber, a material used in manufacturing of skis, cars and planes. University chemical engineering professor Eric Eddings announced the effort on Wednesday, saying finding a new way to use coal would be both energy and economy friendly.

DCCCD welding students train to “hold the world together”

El Centro College welding students, who are housed at the Dallas County Community College District’s Bill J. Priest Institute for Economic Development, hope to capitalize on that demand for trained welders. Byron Zarrabi, their welding instructor, said just about every industry uses welding, and that fact makes the trade “recession resistant.”

Connecting research and policy may improve educational equity

Better communication about how educational research can impact public policy may improve educational equity, according to a new paper from Rice University. The paper, which examined the significant disconnect between education researchers and policymakers, appeared in the latest edition of the Russell Sage Foundation’s Journal of the Social Sciences.

CU Boulder top in state, No. 2 in geosciences in global rankings

For the third year in a row, the University of Colorado Boulder has been ranked No. 2 in geosciences among the world’s universities, according to U.S. News & World Report, which today released its third annual global standings for 2017. In the global standings, CU Boulder takes the No. 32 position overall, tying with Boston University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, placing it top among all Colorado institutions. The No. 32 ranking is up from No. 48 for 2016 and No. 58 for 2015. Among U.S. public institutions that made it onto the global list, CU Boulder ranks No. 11.

PennAHEAD Launches College Promise Database

At a time when questions about college affordability are at the center of American policy debates, the number of College Promise programs is expanding dramatically. These programs which ‘promise’ a financial or other type of award to eligible students who attend specified schools and/or reside in particular communities to enter and complete higher education, have nearly tripled in the last year, to 150 in 37 states.

UMass Amherst Historian Appointed to Chair Kennan Institute’s Advisory Council

Audrey Altstadt, professor and former chair of the history department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been appointed chair of the Kennan Institute Advisory Council. Her four-year term began Oct. 1. The George F. Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies is the premier American national research institution devoted to the study of the Russian and Eurasian lands that once constituted the USSR. It is one institute within the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars where Altstadt was a fellow in 2014-15.