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"Without Interference — Academic Freedom In The 21st Century.", 3-27/28, Bozeman, Montana
Are universities too liberal? Do professors scorn conservative ideas, hire only those who share their left-leaning views and try to indoctrinate students?
Retailing is luring more college grads. Several universities are now offering degrees in the field
University of Pennsylvania — the first Ivy League university to offer a retail concentration for undergraduates — follows similar moves by other universities as well as efforts from large retailers to sell the industry as a place of long-term rewards, not low pay and long hours.
Women can succeed in engineering, says Fluor president, Lisa Glatch
More than that, she’s a role model for young women, who haven’t exactly been flocking to the College of Engineering lately, though its graduates routinely earn the highest salaries right out of MSU.
In Search of Skilled Workers, Employers Like IBM, Texas Instruments, Exxon Mobil and Boeing Go to Middle School Summer Camp. Is Your Child a Candidate?
In an effort to tap future workers in middle school or earlier, big employers, including IBM, Texas Instruments, Exxon Mobil and Boeing, are increasing their backing of career-driven summer camps. The camps promote kids’ interest in fields ranging from engineering and aerospace to computer security. The efforts are yielding new opportunities for families, and insights into how to help kids explore promising careers.
New grades, programs planned for Missoula International School. Multi-language capability key to future business success
“Some of our fifth-graders are very close to being bilingual."
University of Montana President George Dennison proposes campus-wide code of ethics
Clem Work, a UM professor who teaches a journalism ethics course, said the guidelines are specific enough to be an unconstitutional limitation of speech.
Hollywood 101. Little Feat Benefit Concert for MAPS: Media Arts in the Public Schools Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the Wilma Theatre in Missoula.
“Our kids get it. They may not know yet how to make films or how to write scripts, but they have this internal response to what we’re doing because they’re on the net, they watch TV, they go to the movies,” Rosten says. “Not all of our kids will go on to work in the business, but at least they’re seeing that they can make it, on tons of different levels, by doing this sort of work.”
Supplying the demand: Idaho ranks low in pay, but high in supply of qualified teachers
Idaho is demanding more from teachers while paying less than surrounding states.
Yet the supply of teachers remains steady.
Deputy U.S. Secretary of Labor Steven Law backs readying future leaders through education
"We are entering into a dynamic new kind of economy called the knowledge economy," Law told the Utah Information Technology Association. "It’s an economy not just based on the old industrial norms. It’s based on new kinds of knowledge, new kinds of technology and the application of those kinds of technologies. And the way to stay on the cutting edge in that kind of economy is to continuously and aggressively invest in knowledge."
"MAPS – "Media Arts in the Public Schools" featured on Montana TV this weekend 2/25-26"
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