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INTRODUCTION TOTHE SERIES May 30, 2008 RETHINKING 'ROCKS FOR JOCKS'
Professors who teach science to nonscience majors debate the right way to do it and what students should know. |
December 21, 2007
LEARNING FROM TEXAS
A program at UT-Austin to produce better math and science teachers — and students — is set to go national.
October 12, 2007
ANOTHER SCIENCE RACE
Fifty years after Sputnik, new concerns about international competition in science drive a sprawling research bill.
September 21, 2007
THE REAL CRISIS IN AMERICAN SCIENCE
Despite years of research on ways to reform graduate education, young scientists face uncertain futures in academe.
August 17, 2007
GRADING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
New studies shed light on whether getting students into the lab earlier makes a difference.
August 3, 2007
LEARNED INERTIAProponents of new ways to teach science to undergraduates face resistance, especially at research universities.
BACKGROUND:
Articles
New Institute Aims to Improve Science and Math Education for Needy Students (May 21, 2008)
$60-Million in Grants to Help 48 Colleges Improve Science Teaching (April 22, 2008)
Math-Education Guru Describes Challenges and Solutions for Community Colleges (April 16, 2008)
Ex-Professors Urge Return to Basics in Computer Science (January 8, 2008)
Congress Backs Away From Science Education (December 19, 2007)
Carnegie Corp. Provides Grant to Support Training of Science Schoolteachers (November 6, 2007)
Leaders Mull Community Colleges' Role in Preparing Scientists and Engineers (October 30, 2007)
Members of Congress Recommend Federal Coordination of Science Education, But Skeptics Are Wary (October 11, 2007)
Universities Fail to Reward Science and Math Professors for Working With Schoolteachers (August 16, 2007)
Teaching Math and Science May Get Boost From Congress (August 10, 2007)
National Science Board Proposes 'Action Plan' on Science Education (August 9, 2007)
Federal Programs to Improve Science Education Are Not Well Reviewed, Panel Finds (May 18, 2007)
Engineering Programs in the United States Aren't Falling Behind but Need Improvements, Study Finds (March 20, 2007)
A Top Physicist Turns to Teaching (February 9, 2007)
Americans Split on Requiring Students to Study More Science (December 15, 2006)
Foreign Academics Question the Quality of Their Countries' Engineering Programs (September 8, 2006)
Taking Anxiety Out of the Equation (January 13, 2006)
National Academies Panel Calls for 30,000 Scholarships and Big Jump in Research Spending (October 13, 2005)
Community and 4-Year Colleges Should Cooperate Better in Education of Engineering Students, Report Says (September 8, 2005)
National Academy of Engineering Suggests Revamping Engineering Education (June 27, 2005)
Juggling the Numbers (May 27, 2005)
Is There a Science Crisis? Maybe Not (July 9, 2004)
Study Blames Obstacles, Not Lack of Interest, for Shortage of Black and Hispanic Scientists (April 4, 2006)
Student Interest in Computer Science Plummets (May 27, 2005)
Opening the Door to a Doctorate (August 13, 2004)
Battling the Image of 'a Nerd's Profession' (July 9, 2004)
Live Discussions
Beyond Facts and Formulas (August 1, 2007)
How Can Universities Improve Schoolteachers in Math and Science? (May 26, 2005)
From the Chronicle Review:
Business Students Should Learn More About Science (May 16, 2008)
America Can Teach Asia a Lot About Science, Technology, and Math (January 25, 2008)
Holistic Engineering (March 16, 2007)
Science and Math Take Money (September 1, 2006)
Creating a Culture for Innovation (April 14, 2006)
Mathematics and Biology: New Challenges for Both Disciplines (March 4, 2005)
Education for the Profession Formerly Known as Engineering (January 24, 2003)