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1. New York's New J-School

Author

Kiviat, Barbara J.

Subjects
Journalism and education -- History, Company business management, Education, The City University of New York -- Buildings and facilities -- History -- Management
Abstract

Byline: BARBARA J. KIVIAT New York -- Stephen B. Shepard was nearing the end of a 20-year reign as editor in chief of BusinessWeek in 2004 when an offer crossed [...]

Published
2006

2. Wool Expert Says University Fleeced Him

Author

KIVIAT, BARBARA J.

Subjects
College teachers -- Social policy, Universities and colleges -- Social policy -- United States, Education, Social policy
Abstract

LYLE G. MCNEAL'S RESEARCH on breeding churro sheep will probably never win a Nobel prize. But, he says, it's important work because it helps sustain a group of local Navajo [...]

Published
2000

3. Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Controversy Flies

Author

KIVIAT, BARBARA J.

Subjects
Hawaii, University of -- Social policy, Universities and colleges -- Social policy -- United States, Education, Social policy
Abstract

AFTER MONTHS of planning and research, officials at the University of Hawaii-Manoa thought the unveiling of the university's new athletics logo would draw cheers from fans and alumni. The new [...]

Published
2000

4. PENDING

Author

KIVIAT, BARBARA J.

Subjects
United States. Department of Education -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political activity, Education, Higher -- Laws, regulations and rules, Education and state -- Laws, regulations and rules, Higher education and state -- Laws, regulations and rules, Education, Government regulation, Political activity, Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

A snapshot of a new bill facing higher education At issue: A new federal agency to conduct research in education Gist: A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives [...]

Published
2000

5. Time Is Running Out on Key Higher-Education Bill, and Not Everyone Is Bothered

Author

KIVIAT, BARBARA J.

Subjects
Student assistance programs -- Laws, regulations and rules, Student aid -- Laws, regulations and rules, Higher Education Act Amendments of 1998, Education, Government regulation, Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

WASHINGTON WITH LITTLE MORE than a month left before Congress is set to adjourn for the year, time is running short for the Senate to consider a bill that would [...]

Published
2000

6. Polly Wants to Be a Hacker

Author

KIVIAT, BARBARA J.

Subjects
Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Research, Parrots -- Research, Education, Research
Abstract

THE WORLD WIDE WEB is going to the birds if researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have their way. The M.I.T. team hopes that by October, it will have [...]

Published
2000

7. Where There's Smoke There's Ire

Author

KIVIAT, BARBARA J.

Subjects
Law teachers -- Behavior, Smoking -- Social aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, College theater -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Social aspects, Government regulation, Education, The University of Iowa -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Social aspects
Abstract

THE SHOW will go on, but Marc Linder says the smoking must stop. The University of Iowa law professor is demanding that actors be barred from smoking on-stage during campus [...]

Published
2000

8. Brits Caught With Their Pants Up

Author

KIVIAT, BARBARA J.

Subjects
Popular culture -- Research, British -- Clothing -- Research, Education, Clothing, Research
Abstract

STEREOTYPES ASIDE, British men really are an uptight bunch--at least when it comes to wearing pants. And Stephen Gray has the data to prove it. Mr. Gray, a professor of [...]

Published
2000

9. Education Dept. Fines College on Crime Law

Author

KIVIAT, BARBARA J.

Subjects
United States. Department of Education -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Safety and security measures -- Management, Criminal statistics -- Management -- Safety and security measures -- Laws, regulations and rules, Disclosure (Conveyancing) -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Safety and security measures, Universities and colleges -- Safety and security measures -- United States, Government regulation, Company business management, Education, Ashford University -- Discipline -- Safety and security measures -- Management
Abstract

For the first time, the U.S. Department of Education has fined a college for failing to comply with the Campus Security Act of 1990. The department ordered Mount St. Clare [...]

Published
2000

10. News of Fiji, by Way of Flint

Author

KIVIAT, BARBARA J.

Subjects
Fiji -- Political aspects, Information services industry -- Political aspects -- Protection and preservation -- Political activity, Freedom of the press -- Protection and preservation -- Political aspects, Web sites -- Political aspects -- Protection and preservation, College teachers -- Political activity -- Political aspects -- Protection and preservation, Information services -- Political aspects -- Protection and preservation -- Political activity, Universities and colleges -- Fiji -- Michigan, College student newspapers and periodicals -- Political aspects -- Protection and preservation, Education, Company Web site/Web page, Information services industry, Political activity, Protection and preservation, Political aspects
Abstract

MARA J. Fulmer didn't help Fijians get on the World Wide Web so that the island nation could advertise its white-sand beaches and Pacific sunsets. Her motivation was nothing less [...]

Published
2000

11. A Natural-History Museum Becomes Extinct

Author

KIVIAT, BARBARA J.

Subjects
Princeton University -- Buildings and facilities -- Planning, Natural history museums -- Buildings and facilities, College facilities -- Planning, Education, Company business planning, Buildings and facilities, Planning
Abstract

ROBIN M. MARTIN was no more than 5 years old the first time she saw the towering skeletal allosaurus in Princeton University's Guyot Hall. Her visit to the university's natural-history [...]

Published
2000

12. U.S. Is Investigating Major GEAR UP Site

Author

KIVIAT, BARBARA J.

Subjects
United States. Department of Education -- Investigations, School districts -- Finance -- Investigations, Federal aid to education -- Investigations, College-school cooperation -- Finance -- Investigations, Education, Company legal issue, Company financing, Finance, Investigations
Abstract

Two consultants have been fired and a third has resigned from administering the nation's fourth-largest GEAR UP grant after spending got off to a slow start, prompting an investigation by [...]

Published
2000

13. This Wasn't on the Syllabus

Author

KIVIAT, BARBARA J.

Subjects
Marriage proposals -- Personal narratives, Education, Behavior, Personal narratives
Abstract

WITH A WHITE ROSE and a diamond ring, Isaac D. Schulman turned the last day of a course on the Holocaust into a celebration. In the final moments of the [...]

Published
2000

14. U.S. Unveils Strategy for Hispanic Students

Author

KIVIAT, BARBARA J.

Subjects
United States. Council of Economic Advisers -- Reports -- Social policy, 2010 Alliance, Student assistance programs -- Reports, Minority students -- Education -- Reports, Student aid -- Reports, Education, Reports, Social policy
Abstract

Concluding a daylong White House strategy session on improving the achievement of Hispanic students, President Clinton announced last week the formation of the 2010 Alliance, a partnership of corporate, foundation, [...]

Published
2000

15. When Car Care and Child Care Clash

Author

KIVIAT, BARBARA J.

Subjects
Wake Forest University -- Planning -- Management, Universities and colleges -- Management, Day care centers -- Finance -- Planning, Campus planning -- Finance, Education, Company business planning, Company business management, Company financing, Management, Finance, Planning
Abstract

YOUR CAR or your kid? That may be a tough decision in America's consumer culture. But pick you must if you're the president of Wake Forest University. The institution needs [...]

Published
2000

16. Pigpen Pad Pays Off

Author

KIVIAT, BARBARA J.

Subjects
Students -- Social aspects, Student assistance programs -- Innovations -- Social aspects, Contests -- Social aspects, Student aid -- Innovations -- Social aspects, Education, Social aspects, Innovations
Abstract

JOHN ANDERSON'S APARTMENT had become a haven for dirty dishes, empty fast-food containers, beer bottles, and other rubbish. It might have been a housekeeper's worst nightmare, but it won the [...]

Published
2000

17. How to Save BIGGER.

Author

Kiviat, Barbara

Subjects
PERSONAL finance, THRIFTINESS, HOUSEHOLD budgets, SAVINGS, FINANCIAL planning, EDUCATION
Abstract

The article presents advice on personal finance on how to increase savings. Means by which consumers can reduce spending on some of the larger aspects of the household budget, such as costs related to housing and transportation, are presented. The importance of maintaining a positive psychological attitude towards saving is stressed.

Published
2009

18. WASHINGTON UPDATE.

Author

Kiviat, Barbara J.

Subjects
*UNIVERSITIES & colleges, *INHERITANCE & transfer tax laws, *HISPANIC American students, *EDUCATION
Abstract

Reports on news briefs that impact United States universities as of June 23, 2000. Concern that enactment of the estate tax bill by Congress will show a decline in charitable contributions to universities; Formation of the 2010 Alliance, a partnership aimed to double the number of Hispanic students graduating from college.

Published
2000

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