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‘‘There’s nothing wrong with having students participate in evaluating professors,” Natelson said. ‘‘But as with any sort of polling, you have to use the right instruments and know how to evaluate the data.”

"Parents are children’s first and most important teacher,° says Linda
McCulloch. "For Montana’s children to be successful students, a strong
school and family partnership is essential. OPI’s new webpage for parents
can help."

The magazine praised UM and Missoula on quality-of-life characteristics and the mix of intellectuals and international students and immigrants.

The National Center of Education Statistics (NCES) recently released, “Developments in School Finance: 2003.” The report is a compendium of papers presented at the 2003 NCES Summer Data Conference featuring noted education authors Eric Hanushek,…

BYU employs a graduate student in accounting part time to analyze statistics reported in surveys the school must complete to be considered for various rankings, says Joseph Ogden, Marriott School assistant dean.

Governor Michael Easley recently announced a new program, Learn and Earn, that allows students the option of earning a high school diploma and an associate’s degree through a fifth year of high school. The program’s aim is to keep students in school while preparing them to take advantage of the new employment opportunities in the state, most of which require at least an associate’s degree.

Local economies and their industry clusters can benefit from strengthening linkages with community colleges

It is clear that two-year institutions of higher learning prepare students for some of the most-needed jobs in a community – jobs that often pay better than those many four-year college graduates are able to get. More resources can only improve that picture.

The school’s reznet program is a Web-based student newspaper that hires 20 American Indian college students each year as reporters and photographers to cover their tribal communities and colleges.

MSU is in the midst of a "branding" effort to strengthen its identity in the public mind. It plans to come up with a new logo and new, uniform letterhead, Web pages, colors and photos.