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How can SOLEs be implemented without causing students to shun necessary but "boring" skills?
I remember when I was in 8th grade and a classmate asked me point-black what was the purpose of geography. Let me tell you, my answer of "so you know the climate of the country you are visiting or where is it" was utter rubish - both to my classmate and to me, but that was the only thing I could think of that she could actually relate to (two months later, she move to New Zealand).
In school, we are taught many things that we may not WANT to know, but that we NEED to know. Examples: grammar, composition, history, geography, mental maths, etc. Also, there are also many subjects for which we know the bare minimum (learnt at school) because we never give ourselves the time to learn about even if we know they are important (not many people actually read their country's constitution) or interesting (ethics, philosophy, art, etc.)
So... how ca SOLEs include these subjects without going against their principle (learning through self-motivation, not through imposition)
Mar 23 2013: I can't tell you the difference between a noun and a pronoun but that didn't stop me from writing. Through reading I learned what a "good" sentence should look like. Many stories are set in other parts of the world, in different periods. Think of Aladdin, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Secret Garden, Rikki Tikki Tavi... the list goes on. I believe the part you are missing is that all subjects interconnect. Humans do not learn one thing at a time. We exist on an ever sliding scale of knowledge. The most important skill any of us will ever have is knowing how to look for what we don't know without shame.Mar 11 2013: Patricia Ruvalcaba, that is the meaning of SOLE.
Let them go online and look the why people have learned geography.
And get yourself out of the way.
Mar 12 2013: Patricia asked a good question and you tell her to get out of the way....instead of being rude think about a good answer.
Mar 12 2013: Are you kidding me? You know how rude it is not to thank me about my comments first before trying to do something as social controle.
Now ontopic, have you been studying sugata mitra? it looks like not. He puts computer in noway and then get out of the way of learning as fast as possible.
Thank you paul lightfoot for wasting my time to post 5 sentence superficial.Mar 13 2013: Patricia, There are many subjects that lend to traditional learning and some that do not. My experience is that boys are harder to engage than girls. Make a rule or a lesson plan and the girls get with the program ... so ... geography: How about the challenge of the day is to backpack through the Andes from XXX to YYYY the first month of ZZZ. You will be delivering medical supplies that weigh 100 pounds. Plan the trip. Work in groups of four. Each group will present their plan tomarrow. They must look up the Andes, the two cities, the terrain, the weather for that month, method of transport, food and suppies, etc ... The studies of the Andes will be taken care of Not by you .. by them and they will remember it forever.
Math: Using different shape containers use math formula to tell how much water it will hold and then do it for the proof set. Using shadows tell the height of the flag pole. In short apply the math.
In English: Allow them to act out their favorite scene .... they will recall all of the mini plays and thus learn more .. and this will inspire them to read other sections and hopefully read other associated stories. There is nothing wrong with going outside to do the "act outs" so they can cheer, laugh, and interact.
Running out of space. Self organized learning environments can only occur when the instructor allows and encourages it. If you watch the younger kids at recess they will tell you their interests ... use that and build on it.
Johnny you run like Jim Thorpe and walk off. Amy you have the poise of Grace Kelly. Tommy you are as strong as Hercules. Kathy you settled that argument with the talents of a Congelesa Rice.
I bet that some of them will go home and look up the person you compared them to. You plant the seeds, allow them to water, and nurture it.
I wish you well. Bob.Mar 13 2013: It has been my experience (and Mr. Mitra's) that children compelled through curiosity, will find a way to learn. In fact, they'll probably learn more meaningfully and deeply. I believe we underestimate children's ability to learn. Therefore, we cram boring fact-based learning into their heads and endlessly quiz them. Ultimately, we judge their intelligence based on their success with regurgitating facts.
So, I say trust that they will learn. Take a look at William Kamkwamba's TED talks (http://www.ted.com/talks/william_kamkwamba_on_building_a_windmill.html) -he taught himself physics and electronic circuitry from a book written in English even though he didn't speak English. That's all the evidence I need to know that children can and will learn everything they need to know if they're interested. Let's not squelch that passion for learning and we won't need to worry about whether or not they're 'learning'.
John Gianino
Mar 11 2013: Have you ever looked at an assembly line? Hint..Hint.. ;-)Mar 11 2013: Knowledge is the interconnection of information. Learning is non-linear. Children learn if they are engaged. We only need to encourage learning in children as Mitra says. Children learn in different ways and at different rates. Concepts such as wanting to know and needing to know are supplanted by skills that determine knowing where to find the answers, asking the meaningful questions, and breaking down a problem.
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Conrad Wolfram addresses this by explaining how it applies to the learning of math. "What do we mean when we say we're doing math, or educating people to do math? Well, I think it's about four steps, roughly speaking, starting with posing the right question. What is it that we want to ask? What is it we're trying to find out here? And this is the thing most screwed up in the outside world, beyond virtually any other part of doing math. People ask the wrong question, and surprisingly enough, they get the wrong answer,"
http://www.ted.com/talks/conrad_wolfram_teaching_kids_real_math_with_computers.htmlMar 30 2013: This talk argues that, of the "needs" you've listed, composition, history, geography, mental maths, constitutional law, etc. are completely unnecessary, a relic of the age of empires when we were raising students to be replaceable cogs in a world-wide machine. All of them now can be quickly handled by a computer with a simple web search.
Grammar (or, more generally, communication) cannot be easily "outsourced" to a computer. But in the examples given by the talk, children taught themselves the necessary language skills in order to interact with the computer. In other words, the computer itself was a big enough reward to make investment in that "boring" skill worth while.
Also note the perceived "boringness" of an area of study seems to be related to the question asked of the SOLE. The example given from the talk: asking about the abstract tangent of an angle is uninteresting. Asking about the trajectory of an asteroid that may or may not hit earth is interesting.Mar 22 2013: P.p.s. Please do not burn my teddy bear!
"It is impossible to predict which concrete bits of knowledge will be useful in the future. Those who want to raise standards or "get back to basics" always try to implement their programs in terms of fixed curricula and those curricula inevitably run into problems when they try to get very specific about just what concrete bits they specify students should swallow. The point they miss is that what matters is not how well students can retain knowledge, but how well they can apply it.
We cannot create meaningful change by promulgating lists of knowledge. We must concern ourselves with how students should learn. How knowledge is acquired matters as much as what is acquired. When knowledge is acquired in service of a goal, it remains forever linked to that goal."
Source: Engines for Education http://www.engines4ed.org/hyperbook/nodes/NODE-74-pg.html
Your question was posed and answered near the end of the following video.(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKchzrCepbU)
Brussels? Who is Brussels?Mar 21 2013: Your question reflects an understandable but unfounded concern of someone stuck in an obsolete paradigm of education. Buckminster Fuller pointed out something similar in the early 1960's when he wrote in "Education Automation" about an adult telling children that they had a puzzle about the earth upside down, as if there was such a thing in the Universe.The adults also knew that the sun does not revolve around the earth but would say "Look at the beautiful sunrise!" According to Dr.Fuller children are born comprehensive geniuses.
Certainly, one doesn"t want one's children to become like the Eloi in 'The Time Machine' by H.G. Wells that can"t read or write because audiobooks, video and speech recognition computer companions did it for them. I think the ancient Greeks said something similar about education reform but I don't remember. I don"t know the works of Homer or Petronius by heart.Well, I did learn some myth about a mill Hamlet had.
Dr. Roger Schank often points out how solving quadratic equations is taught to everyone in high school but very few people ever use it after high school. Then there is all the trivia one's personal interests accumulate.
Dr. Schank also pointed out how children will keep up with the Joneses (should that be a concern?) in various ways including peer pressure, but also through exploring their own interests with just-in-time educational simulations. There are ways to design tthings so that you learn grammar in a new way as part of doing something you like. Both Mr. Fuller and Mr. Schank point out that if you design things properly, you will have a hard time keeping up. Have you ever had a child ask you a question like "Why is the sky bliue?"
If you want to read "Great Books of the Western World", more power to you. Democracy requires an educated citizenry as one of the editors wrote.
One educational strategy can be found in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey"
P.s. Did you finish your brussel sprouts?Mar 17 2013: The skills on your list are only in fact "necessary" or "boring" if learners deem them so. Children will either learn them because they don't find them boring or they find them necessary to accomplish something else they find interesting. The task of a SOLE facilitator is to curate materials that are rich targets for the children's curiosity.
Consider the case that Mitra presented in which the children learned about microbiology from material written in English. Here was a task that was so hard that the children received little inherent reward from studying it - one of the "boring" skills situations you're concerned about. The solution was to arrange for a teacher (who knew nothing of the subject or computer skills herself) to pay attention to the children and praise them for pursuing such a difficult problem. With such encouragement children will succeed in solving even ridiculously difficult problems.Mar 14 2013: I think with the approach Mitra is using, the students don't learn to encapsulate a body of knowledge into a subject like "geography" until *after* they have already used it to answer questions.
If you open with a question instead of with presenting a body of knowledge, then a student's curiosity is engaged, and you've pretty much won.
Also, in my experience of teaching, whether you lead with questions or with knowledge, if students are interested in most of what you give them, then they will trust you enough to take a bit extra on faith.Mar 10 2013: It means there are a lot for us to do in critical thinking in educaiton.I think deny what we are doing in education completely and content with what we are doing all shouldn't be selected.Keep learning it is only thing what we can do.Let's enjoy learning to move on.Mar 10 2013: Why must all students learn all main subject then be thrown into the workforce that is very specialized? I think it is not fair to anyone to be graded on subjects that you have no desire to ever be part of.
Mar 10 2013: In fact, that is why I named the subjects I believe everyone should know, even if they have no interest whatsover in them. For example, history and geography are necessary because of geopolitics. If someone doesn't understand geopolitics, they he or she cannot understand what is told in the news, or he or she can cause a faux pas. Grammar is indispensable, no matter the specialization. Mental maths are necessary. Contrary to popular belief, sometimes is way slower to take out the smartphone and do the math, than to do it mentally.
Mar 10 2013: What good is geopolitics to a mechanical engineer? Or math to a cosmetologis? And who decides what parts of history are a must know? I agree sometimes its faster to do math on the spot instead of getting the phone out but the option to use a phone is still there
Mar 13 2013: Educational research shows that postponed choices deliver better results on the long run. For instance, take the Finnish system for education. There they give every individual the chance of discovering what he's good at instead of allowing them to drop subjects they might be good at. This prevents limited choices at earlier ages, when children or young adults just aren't capable yet of making informed choices for their future.
You ask what good geopolitics is to mechanical engineers? What if that engineer was going to work in the middle east? What good is math to a cosmetologist? I would't have my hair died by one that doesn't understand proportions.
You're absolutely right about one thing though: children nowadays grow up with all the information or computing power they would ever need within the click of a mouse or the swipe of a finger. Learning how to reach the correct information should indeed also be a big part of what they learn. This undoubtedly is a quite useful skill for anyone on any job.
Who decides what to teach and to whom? I think the policymakers allover the world will decide about that. The only thing I hope is that their decisions will give enough freedom for the teachers to motivate and coach pupils as Sugata Mitra showed. He proved to me that in powerful learning environments anyone can learn anything.Mar 10 2013: In working with children w/developmental delays, I witnessed years ago the progress these same children made through a process known then as "facilitated communication'. Simply put, parents and mentors were attempting to provide "facilitation of communication" via; pc, pda's, (known as smart-phones today), and any number of tech gadgets which we could put our hands upon & get into the school systems. Oddly enough it seemed then, the "average students" were actually at a disadvantage to certain degrees. many did not have access to the information, the media available, and most importantly free-flowing education which was becoming apparent then (1994-on) to many parents, teachers, mentors and the very children considered Delayed.
Through the concept of facilitated communication and positive reinforcement, our child self-motivated to varying degrees up through his lower grade ranks with above average results.
Point, this I believe was an earlier example of SOLE on his behalf via efforts in special education systems in attempts to enhance the cognitive and retentive outcomes for him (testing). Well, it has flourished thankfully.
The boring skills simply become part and parcel, so long as they are integrated into "facilitation". Of course, mentors are essential...for without the human element it appears, all falls down.Mar 9 2013: As a student, I see many other classmates simply going to school because they have to. They don't enjoy school, they don't enjoy homework, and they don't enjoy tests. The entire culture of our youth has been transformed into one that somehow dislikes knowledge and learning. Recently, a lot of people have started to blame the teachers or the curriculum for the decline in our education relative to the world. I don't believe this is a fair judgment as many teachers are actually very good but their students do not perform well because the students lack interest and motivation to learn more about the given subject.
Students need to start shouldering more responsibility for their own education and this, in my opinion, can only be obtained if we undergo a cultural revolution where learning and education is embraced and desired. Our society is vain; most people care about looks, other's opinions, material possessions, or any number of things instead of actually learning and bettering themselves. If we can change the way we look at education, we can begin to see amazing results.
Mar 9 2013: I think lots of people, if not most people of all ages, love learning. You are right that some subjects are less interesting to some people, and some are typically taught in a way that alienates the student.
As much as that, though, I think many people dislike being evaluated on their understanding and prefer to study in settings in which they don't have to deal with being assessed on their understanding by others.
Mar 9 2013: I'm sure that being assessed deprives students of some joy that comes with learning but a large portion of the fact that students don't excel in some areas is because they simply do not put forth the necessary effort. Why are American students relatively bad at math? Its because in our culture, we have thought of math as a difficult concept and that it is okay to give up on math. We then put less effort forth, fall farther and farther behind each year, and more or less do the minimum to pass.
I am not saying every student is like this, but a large portion of students are and if overall education standards are going to be improved, everyone needs to improve. And, I believe that this improvement can come from a shift in culture.
As for the SOLE program, in my opinion, it seems like a great idea. We have a similar program at my school for a few classes that seem to have great results. But, SOLE definitely has limitations on the subjects that could be used with. For instance, last year in math, we had a book that was all about discovering previous theorems and principles by doing activities. Now, this may sound like a great idea, but the majority of my class, including myself, did not like the new style of learning.
Mar 9 2013: I appreciate, John, that you bring an inside view, as those who do not live in schools often believe that everything is the fault of the adults in the building or a conspiracy to suppress independent thought and effort.
I think in a SOLE type program, students are far more likely to take in information in the traditional way, by reading or listening to how other people explain things rather than by the discovery method you did not prefer.
Could I ask which math text you used? I sat on my district's materials adoption committee for math some years ago and so know quite a few of these books.Mar 10 2013: Last year, in 8th grade, we used the Discovering Geometry An Investigative Approach Fourth Edition by Michael Serra. And what I mean is that some subjects may not be as effective with the SOLE type program and in these cases many students may prefer the traditional method of being walked along with by the teacher.
Now I am in Honors Algebra II. This text book that we use is very good at helping students study by themselves. We still use the traditional method of teaching (as we do in almost every one of our classes) but the textbook promotes self studying rather than "discovering". By the way, the math book in Hon Alg II that we use is
College Algebra and Trigonometry (4th Edition)
By: David I. Schneider (Author), John Hornsby (Author) and Margaret L. Lial (Author)
Mar 10 2013: I thought you might have been talking about Serra. Many students do prefer the traditional style of instruction.Mar 9 2013: SOLE is an acronym for what?
Mar 9 2013: Self-Organized Learning Environments
Mar 9 2013: You have a point. I believe much of the current ignorance is due to a lack of this.
How many know the definition of a preposition? yet what percentage of text are prepositions? therefore what percentage of ignorance/stupidity of the text?
How many think Abraham Lincoln was a good guy who freed the slaves? What is the take in the recent movie?Mar 9 2013: The teachers could put forward a selection of enticing questions that happen to require particular vital skills for later problems and subjects.
The greater challenge, I think, is how kids will figure out whether what they are reading online is actually valid or rather mistake or misrepresentation.
Mar 9 2013: Sounds like that skill should be taught?
Mar 9 2013: It definitely should be, but the concept of the SOLE, if I understand it, is for nothing to be taught by the teacher at all.Mar 9 2013: You are quite right - critical thinking and critical reading will be THE most important skills students will need, regardless of what they do or learn. I believe debates will help them develop those skills.
Quoting you, "The teachers could put forward a selection of enticing questions that happen to require particular vital skills for later problems and subjects"
I still cannot think of an enticing question that will lead to students learning to conjugate.
Mar 9 2013: Perhaps being able to speak understandably and read in a second language?
Another area that can be great fun is sometimes called "natural language". There are puzzlers to be decoded that depend on recognizing language patterns.
Gail .
Mar 10 2013: You are probably right about there not being an enticing question that will lead today's students to learning how to conjugate. But, that's "today's" students. For one who loves learning, the realization of the need becomes apparent. If I can't put a grammatically sound sentence together, I can't get a high-paying job. If I can't present a life-altering improvement idea to my community, then learning conjugation has a real purpose.
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Just like if I couldn't get a driver's license unless I knew how to read - I would want to learn how to read. Mitra speaks of trusting natural curiosity and natural propensity to learn and allowing education to direct itself in order to serve the student first, the community second, and the nation or fiscal paradigm last. This flies in the face of the current educational paradigm.


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News about Scholarships and Fellowships, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
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Aug. 28, 2015
Football coaches Bud Foster of Virginia Tech and Tommy Tuberville of University of Cincinnati add to controversy surrounding new NCAA rule allowing colleges to pay athletes cost-of-attendance stipends when they suggested that players could be fined portions of stipends for behavioral issues; such fines would violate longstanding NCAA rule that financial aid packages may not be reduced or canceled for any sports-related reason. MORE
Jul. 10, 2015
Former presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush exchange compliments in joint appearance at graduation ceremony for participants in joint Presidential Leadership scholarship program, held at George W Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. MORE
Jul. 3, 2015
Anonymous donors contribute more than $3 million to establish scholarship fund for community of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC; scholarships would pay for undergraduate and advanced degrees in wake of shooting that claimed nine lives. MORE
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May. 31, 2015
Chuck Lorre and actors on "The Big Bang Theory" have set up a fund for a science scholarship at U.C.L.A. MORE
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Mar. 12, 2015
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Jan. 29, 2015
More than 60 scholars draft letter in support of Russia scholar Stephen F Cohen, sharp critic of America's foreign policy in Ukraine who is at center of deep controversy in world of post-Soviet studies; Cohen and his wife cancelled a generous fellowship program in partnership with Assn for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies after some of its members protested Cohen's involvement. MORE
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Atlantic Coast, Big Ten, Big 12, Pacific-12 and Southeastern conferences, so-called Big 5, vote 79-1 to increase their scholarships to cover athletes' full cost of attendance. MORE
Nov. 24, 2014
Media outlets have taken role of internships and repackaged them as fellowships, largely a semantic shift; some editors say distinction between an internship and a fellowship is very real in terms of learning experience, offering more of a pipeline for a permanent position, but critics say lines are increasingly blurred. MORE
Oct. 29, 2014
Decision by the Big Ten athletic conference to guarantee its athletic scholarships for four years represents shift in power toward college athletes; change is also seen as a move toward the spirit of amateurism, given the similarity between one-year scholarships and employment contracts. MORE
Sep. 26, 2014
South Carolina announces it will guarantee four-year scholarships for football and men's basketball players and will offer students getting full scholarships the 'full cost of attendance,' an amount several thousand dollars higher than a current scholarship, should the NCAA make that permissible. MORE
Sep. 16, 2014
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Sep. 10, 2014
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Aug. 5, 2014
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May. 22, 2014
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Mar. 6, 2014
The New York Times announces the names of 10 recipients of four-year college scholarships for 2014. MORE
Jan. 18, 2014
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Dec. 19, 2013
Op-Ed article by Stan Stojkovic, dean at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, notes the Creative Corrections Education Foundation, which provides college scholarships for children whose parents are incarcerated; holds program, which is in part funded by inmates, is reminder that people in prison are capable of doing good and supporting their families and communities. MORE
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Nov. 1, 2013
An anonymous donor established a fellowship for the study of hip-hop, naming it after Nas. MORE
Oct. 13, 2013
Chuck Klosterman The Ethicist column answers questions about paying a car mechanic who fixed a problem without realizing it and a wealthy person with hearing problems applying for a merit-based scholarship for people with severe hearing loss. MORE
Oct. 9, 2013
A gift of $60 million from Bruce and Suzie Kovner will fund music student fellowships to pay for tuition, fees, room and board, and a stipend. MORE
Sep. 29, 2013
Catherine Rampell It's the Economy column notes trend in which many state-university systems, and even states themselves, shift financial aid away from lower-income students toward wealthier ones with better grades; says strategy, which earns schools more tuition, is shortsighted because it limits overall pool of residents who can earn college-level skills, and improve economic prospects of their state's entire population. MORE
Sep. 13, 2013
American Ballet Theater has begun a partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and regional ballet companies aimed at increasing the number of dancers from minority groups. MORE
Sep. 8, 2013
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Apr. 25, 2013
Op-Ed column by Yu Hua examines importance of announcement by American private equity executive Stephen A Schwarzman that he will create $300 million scholarship for foreign students to attend Tsinghua University; contends investment shows that Western businesses will have to learn how to defer to Chinese government and ingratiate themselves with officials to make money in China. MORE
Apr. 21, 2013
Private-equity tycoon Stephen A Schwarzman is creating scholarship program to pay all expenses for 200 students each year from around the world for one-year master's program at Beijing's Tsinghua University; hopes program will rival Rhodes scholarship in prestige and influence while giving him and his firm Blackstone Group increased access to Chinese leaders. MORE
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Mar. 5, 2013
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Jan. 10, 2013
Famous names from fashion industry attend the YMA FSF Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria. MORE
Dec. 12, 2012
University of Oklahoma enrolls more National Merit scholars than any other public university, providing them with extensive support, financial aid and other perks; university's policies touch on long-running debate about ethics of aid based on merit rather than financial need, especially at state schools. MORE
Sep. 16, 2012
Thiel Fellowships, started by Silicon Valley investor Peter A Thiel, pay young people $50,000 a year for two years to forgo college and to plunge into the real world of science, technology and business; 44 fellows have been chosen over the last two years; some projects include a smartphone game app and a rotating solar panel. MORE
Sep. 16, 2012
Ted C Fishman article analyzes effects of the Kalamazoo Promise, program guaranteeing college tuition for any student who graduates from Kalamazoo, Mich, high schools; program is funded by unnamed donors who are betting that education is the smartest investment an economically challenged community like Kalamazoo can make. MORE
Jul. 22, 2012
Many private colleges and universities are offering sizable amounts of merit money, aid based mainly on academic promise, rather than lose bright students to less-expensive public colleges. MORE
May. 22, 2012
Growing number of states have or are considering scholarship tax-credit programs to finance private school tuition for poor children; interviews and documents reveal, however, that some of these programs are using the money to attract star football players, expand the payrolls of the nonprofit scholarship groups and spread the theology of creationism instead of helping needy students. MORE
May. 16, 2012
Jim Dwyer About New York column profiles Chris Navas, Queens college graduate who went from fixing boilers to Dartmouth Medical School; notes Navas and seven other graduates are set to receive the first installment of a scholarship named for Jonas E Salk, graduate of City College of New York who developed a vaccine for polio in 1955. MORE
May. 2, 2012
Thomas L Friedman Op-Ed column charges that the $13.5 million in full scholarships that America gave Lebanese public-school students has bought much more friendship and stability than the $1.3 billion sent to Egypt's military; argues that using foreign aid to promote education, not military support, is the way to encourage democracy in the Arab world. MORE
Apr. 15, 2012
DeVry University will offer Olympic athletes full or partial scholarships, with sticker prices of up to $60,000, through 2016. MORE
Apr. 3, 2012
Junior-market animal and art auctions at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo are some of the biggest college scholarship fund-raisers in Texas, with sales totaling $9.2 million in 2012; money is split between paying the college tuition of the high school students who raised the animals and the livestock show's educational fund, which finances scholarships, research grants, graduate assistantships and other programs. MORE
Mar. 9, 2012
Fund for Public Advocacy, a nonprofit arm of the office of New York City's public advocate, announces the 10 recipients of a new college scholarship for illegal immigrants, the first such program in New York State; first round of scholarships was open only to undergraduates in the City University of New York system. MORE
Feb. 25, 2012
The New York Times announces the eight 2012 recipients of four-year college scholarships. MORE
Dec. 23, 2011
Ivy League athletic teams are benefiting from new and substantially enhanced financial aid policies aimed at all admitted students that have made it easier to recruit elite athletes; league does not award athletic scholarships, but the conference has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in additional need-based aid, with most of the universities eliminating student loans and essentially doubling the size of grants for middle-income families. MORE
Dec. 23, 2011
New financial-aid initiatives instituted throughout Ivy League have introduced new benefits and veiled complications for athletics recruiters. MORE
Oct. 28, 2011
NCAA Division 1 Board of Directors approves package of sweeping changes to scholarship rules; other college sports news noted. MORE
Jun. 26, 2011
Law is set to go into effect in Connecticut that will require universities in the state to disclose more information about their scholarships for athletes; other college athletics news noted. MORE
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Can I Lie to My Father About Being Gay So He Will Pay for My College Education?
The ethicists consider whether a son's need for financial support justifies concealing his sexual orientation.
September 6, 2015, Sunday
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Recent remarks from two prominent coaches revealed that confusion still exists about how to treat athletes who are ostensibly amateurs and yet now receive checks from their teams.
August 28, 2015, Friday
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Catching Up With the O'Bannon Ruling, Soon to Go Into Effect
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July 30, 2015, Thursday
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The Master of Arts in developmental psychology typically requires completion of 32 points. In accordance with individual interests and objectives, students acquire familiarity with basic theoretical and research orientations as well as exposure to substantive knowledge in the areas of cognitive, language, personality, and social functioning and development. Opportunity exists for the study of deviant as well as normal psychological functioning within a developmental framework.
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CAPSULE REPORT: It's so rewarding to find a fine chocolatier who turns out serious bonbons but also makes homey favorites like turtles, toffee and "big crunchy things" called the BigMouth Collection that are a specialty of the house. We love that the fine chocolate, caramel and centers can be enjoyed without an excess of sugar: everything is in perfect balance, never too sweet. If you're in the neighborhood, you can stop by and take a class in chocolate-making. Until then, you can have some of everything shipped to you to enjoy at home.
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Tracey Downey-Racen began making chocolate as a hobby: her husband missed his grandmother's soft vanilla caramel, which Tracey set out to recreate. Achieving success, she started to make chocolates as gifts for friends, and, based on the enthusiastic reception, became a serious student of the craft. Today, she teaches others to make chocolate, holding courses for both adults and children.
Tracey practices the Belgian style of chocolate-making: outer shells of chocolate couverture are molded in a variety of artistic shapes, and a good percentage are enhanced with edible paints. The couverture is a custom blend of two of the world's finest chocolates, Callebaut from Belgium and Weiss from France.
The Signature Collection of bonbons is a wonderful trip through chocolatedom. While the box contained many alluring pieces, we began with the plainest, which looked like a miniature Reese's peanut butter cup. Surprise: it was a gourmet milk chocolate peanut butter cup, with quality ingredients that Reese's could only dream of. Lovers of the genre may want to order an entire box of these.
Working our way through the box, we enjoyed a crunchy almond praline, a cappuccino cup with a tiny crunchy coffee bean, delicious chocolate ganaches (one can never have enough of those!). We had been warned in advance by chocolatier Tracey Downey-Racen to enjoy the signature Raspberry Symphony in one bite. We obeyed: a liquid raspberry essence burst into our mouth, a perfect complement to the chocolate shell. Its bright red sibling held creamy cherry liquid—a sophisticated riff on the old chocolate-covered maraschino cherry. Yet another had a tasty brandied cherry. We wished for another, and another of the lemon caramel, too.
Almond and Pecan Toffee. It's nice to find pecan toffee—while the ubiquitous almond toffee is delicious, the Southern nut is a lovely complement to toffee and chocolate. The buttery toffee has just the right consistency—not too hard, not too soft—and like everything else here, made with restraint. We love Downey's Chocolates example of holding back on the sugar so that the more expensive ingredients—the chocolate, the nuts, the butter, the centers—can shine through.
If you are in Laguna Niguel, there are chocolate-making classes for adults on Monday nights, for children on Sunday afternoons. The chocolate shop and café are open Tuesday through Sunday. One hundred years ago, every fine town in America had a Downey's Chocolate, where the large coffee chains would have reason to shudder.
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Ok I've been looking at a few plasmas
Id like to be able to cut 3/8"
And have 120/220 option open
Millers 375 xtreme vs hypertherms 30.so far I like.
What's the best deal In the long run.
Both are sold locally. & is there any other
Brand. I should consider. Thank for the advice.
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Miller Bobcat 225NT onan
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Work better & less parts to stock.
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Oxygen/Acetylene torch set 50'
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advice on portable plasma
Torch on the 375 is hardwired... 30 is not...
Personally, if you can get away with the 230 power, a Thermadyne 52 is a fine machine, 1 year longer warranty and haven't had ANY problems with them.
If you need both 120 & 230, the Thermadyne 42 is your best bet
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advice on portable plasma
I have personally used both the 375, and the Hypertherm 30! I chose the Hypertherm 30 and do not regret it. It is very portable, cuts extremely well, I really liked their tour of the plant on the web.
Can use on 115/230, what really sold me was the Hypertherm was displayed with all consumables at all three of my local welding supply stores, Miller at only one (not Millers Fault)
Everything I have cut with the 30 has been from 55 gallon drums to 3/8ths and it was flawless.
I'm sure the 375 performs just as well! I just chose the Hypertherm and have been very happy with it. I know this post is ambiguous, but I'm a big Miller fan and do not want to critic something I have only used a couple of times!!
Bottom line the Hypertherm is a great unit, and I feel you can't go wrong either way. But I would really take a look at the Powermax 30 before you decide!!!
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Cutting 3/8 cleanly with any machine running on 120v will be a tall task.
The hypertherm 30 does not use the new durramax style torch. This new torch is a great upgrade but is available on only the larger units from Hypertherm.
I would by a Hypertherm, Thermal Dynamics or Esab plasma cutter before I bought a Miller. The hypetherm units will be the most expensive in their class.
I have the TD cutmaster 52 (60 amp), it has been a good machine. The TD cutmaster 42 is 40 amp (on 230v) and will run on 120v and 230v. The TD units also have a 4 yr warranty as stated. All the others have a 3 yr warranty.Lincoln Idealarc 250 stick/tig
Miller Bluestar 2E
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In my opinion Hypertherm is at the top of it's game, for many years now they have produced some of the most efficient and trouble free plasma cutters I have ever used. Thermal has come on strong in the last few years and has improved quality and Miller is pushing them along with ESAB. Look at each's performance chart for travel speeds and capacity. Then pick the one that gives you what you need at the best price.
Either the Hyper or Miller will only cut 3/16 on 110252 Miller Mig
180 Synchrowave
R - 45 Milling Machine
Kingston 1100 Lathe
Miller 2050 Plasma Cutter
Thanks I'm going to get myself a hypertherm..
Miller Bobcat 225NT onan
Millermatic 211
Spoolmate 100
(Retapped to fit regular mig tips)
Work better & less parts to stock.
Miller 130xp
T/A Dragster 85 (portability 11 pounds)
Oxygen/Acetylene torch set 50'
2. 4-1/2" grinders
1. 9" grinder
14" Makita chop saw
1/2" Aircat impact gun 900#
I haven't had any problems with my Miller 625 X-Treme. But the way everybody talks about Hypertherm makes me wish I got one of those instead.Lincoln Vantage 400
Trailblazer® 302 Air Pak
Miller Dynasty® 350
Millermatic 350P Aluminum
Millermatic® 252
Syncrowave 351
Lincoln LN-25 Pro
Multimatic 200
XR-Aluma Pro Gun
Diversion 180
Spectrum® 625 X-TREME
Thermal Dynamics® Cutmaster® 52
Victor Oxy/Acetylene Set
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Steven Tyler, P!nk, Lady Gaga, Sara Bareilles, Zac Brown, Miranda Lambert, Miguel and Alicia Keys were among the many artists who paid tribute last night to one of the greatest songwriters of popular music.
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Hi Nathan, I'll do some searching on youtube, thanks for the tip.
So have you used the miller CST 280 for both the stick and DC Tig modes? How is the arc on the welder?
Do you the "soft" and "stiff" settings make much of a difference on the 7018 and 6010 settings?
I only have 240 single phase and that worries me on the CST 280. It seems like you can only turn it up to 200A on single phase...
But what happens if you or someone else helping me turns it up past 200A and I start welding with it on single phase? Does it just not work, or does it limit the output internally without causing any problems...?? So many questions about this one.
The manual says:
Miller CST 280
200 A at 28 V,
50% Duty Cycle*
150 A at 26 V,
100% Duty Cycle*
*Output ratings on 230 V single-phase are reduced to comply with
CSA current limitation on input power cable.
It looks like on the Miller even though it is called the "CST 280", on single phase it is only capable of delivering 200 amps according to the graph in the manual.
So essentially I would be paying more for a welder that appears to be the same amps out as the Maxstar 200 STR with slightly more duty cycle on single phase..?
Is there really anything that makes the CST different from the Maxstar other than the duty cycle?
Lincoln is claiming they can go much higher and I guess some how these CSA current limitations don't apply to them....? I don't know. But seems like you get a lot more output on single phase than any other 240V machine I have found.
Lincoln Invertec V275-S --- single phase 230V
I just haven't found many people using the V275-S to talk to... probably not many on a Miller forum and I know the Lincoln dealer here will be biased somewhat.
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12-20-2012, 04:34 PM #11Senior Member
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I've got a cst280. Nice small machine and can burn some pretty good size rod. I can also cook through 1/8" and 5/32" rod all day on an undersized breaker without popping it. My millermatic 251 with through a breaker sometimes. Somewhat annoying. I am slowing putting together a lift-tig setup for it so that I can tig mild and stainless steel. I have a torch and hose but I need a tank of argon and tri-mix and a regulator... Sorry I can't help with tig. If you get a tig specific maxstar then you get some more features than the cst for just a little bit more price. The cst is a stick welder that CAN tig, but isn't really designed for it. I would run the dynasty and call it good. You can get the air cooled setup with foot pedal for a decent price. How much stick vs tig do you see yourself doing? Mig is my go to because it is super easy to setup and very easy to keep clean and finish. No slag chipping or anything. Also, the hot start and dig settings on the cst seem to make a small difference, but I am not experienced enough to tell what exactly that different is...
We have the CST 280's at work and they are awesome . Nice for tig but our chief
use is for arc. I have my own and love it. I do mostly stick too .The soft/stiff settings for 6010 and 7018 do really work.
We also have the Maxstar 200 . Nicer for tig put are not liked for arc. Given a choice for arc most want the 280 over the maxstar. Maxstar digital readout is a
nice feature along with 110/220 voltage but I voted for the 280.
That is why there are so many different machines. You must have more than one.
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You guys have good luck with the lift-tig on the cst? What type of material? Air- or water-cooled torches? What type of tungsten are you using and have you noticed what type the machine prefers?
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I do already have a Millermatic 140 and love it. Just wish it could weld thicker material. But I grew up on arc and want to get a machine of my own now. I can use my father-in-laws Lincoln cracker box AC/DC 225/125 arc welder, but hate that it does not have a continuous amp adjustment. Sometimes one click is too hot and the click below it seems a little cold.
About 70% of my projects will be Arc welding and for thin stuff (maybe the other 30%) I would like to replace my mig welding with learning to tig weld.
This is where I run into an issue that while The CST280 is great for arc it definetly can't do AC tig and I'm not sure if the Dynasty 200 is that great for arc.
What ever machine I get, I want it to be a good arc welder that I could practice my 6G pipe and plate welding.
I think I read the 6" schedule 40 pipe is actually 0.28", so thicker than 1/4". Would that be a problem for the Dynasty to arc weld and tig weld?
My wife really won't want to hear "I need 2 machines this christmas" since she's actually buying it for me.
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CST 280 and Dynasty 200 DX for stick.
I got a CST in July this year, used. Paid $650 for it. Took the top cover off blew it out, it looked like new. And the stuff inside the machine is impressive, very well made. I checked the serial # with Miller and discovered the machine was only FIVE MONTHS OLD.
It is a superb stick welder, I got it because I did not want to use my 200 DX for stick all of the time. The 200 DX is also a superb stick welder, I had problems with rods sticking and starting at first but someone on here told me about changing the starting method on the front panel and oh boy, it is superb now.
No idea how it Tig's but if Miller says it will, it will.
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Of the welders you mentioned I only have experience with Dynasty 200 and the Precision TIG(although it was a 375 Precision TIG). IMO both have their ups and downs. They are both solid welders. I thought the Precision TIG was a little smoother on AC than the Miller, although consumables do come into play when you start talking about machine charachteristics. I like the miller for Stick and the Lincoln for TIG(Keep in mind I'm refering to a 375 Precision TIG w/watercooler). I would also check into the Miller Synchrowave 200 if I were you. Let me know what you decide.
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The Orpheus Suite
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David Bintley, Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, last programmed a mixed bill of his own jazz ballets back at the beginning of the 2004-05 season. Entitled 'Such Sweet Thunder' it consisted of The Shakespeare Suite, The Nutcracker Sweeties and The Orpheus Suite, the latter making its debut for those performances. But watching all three pieces together on the same bill, David had misgivings. 'When I saw it, I realised it was too high powered', he remembers. 'So I thought Ive got to streamline it, to give more of a contrast.'
Take Five is his solution, here replacing The Nutcracker Sweeties. A new work, to Dave Brubeck's well-known score, David began initial rehearsals in spring 2007, before the Company had even finished its first tour of his new production of Cyrano. When asked about moving straight from one piece to another, he smiles; 'I like doing that, because when you do a big piece that's taken you so long, you get almost a form of post-natal blues: you feel a bit bereft for a while, even when it's still being performed. So it's good to do something different. This uses a completely different language, I've only got ten dancers, theres no props - theres nothing but the music'.
The music itself helps to provide the first of the programme's contrasts; a work of understated simplicity in comparison with The Orpheus Suite's dramatic percussiveness and The Shakespeare Suite's big band vignettes and vibrant immediacy. 'The Brubeck is very clean' explains David. 'It's very classical, because Brubeck studied under Milhaud, who was a classical composer. It's very elegant, it's very cool, and the excitement in it is much more delicate - very different from the other two.'
Music for the other two pieces will be provided by a live jazz orchestra - Colin Town's Mask Orchestra, who last played with BRB for 'Such Sweet Thunder' (after Towns composed the score to The Orpheus Suite). Take Five, however, is far more minimal. 'It'll just be a quartet,' reveals David. 'Colin's getting them together, so it will probably be players who have been involved before, and it'll be players who play in the band for the other pieces in the jazz triple bill.'
So where does David's passion for jazz stem from?
'My Dad was always in a band when I was growing up', he explains. 'He played in a jazz band in the army, then he came out and he started his own, and they just used to rehearse in our front room. So that's when I heard this music, and on top of that my dad had loads of jazz records that he used to play. And Brubeck was one, and Ellington was another.'
Moving from the past to the future, however, he seems satisfied he has achieved what he set out to. 'Now I've done this programme of works together, I probably won't do any more jazz', he ponders, before adding 'at least not for a long time. I've specifically been trying to build this programme up, to make it almost like a full-length jazz programme with all the variety of one big ballet.'
If so, considering The Shakespeare Suite's 1999 debut, it'll be a creative process that has spanned almost a decade, and on the strength of previous jazz performances by BRB, should be well worth the wait.
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Geneticists led by University of Utah Nobel Prize Laureate Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D., have engineered mice that develop clear cell sarcoma (CCS), a significant step in better understanding how this rare and deadly soft tissue cancer arises.
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The most sensitive patch of mammalian skin known to us isn't human but on the star-shaped tip of the star-nosed mole's snout. Researchers studying this organ have found that the star has a higher proportion of touch-sensitive nerve endings than pain receptors, according to a study published Jan. 30 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Diana Bautista and colleagues from the University of California, Berkeley and Vanderbilt University.
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Jasper, a 7-year-old rescue dog from San Jose, has a personality that endears him to everyone -- even to cats. He also has lymphoma, a cancer that sprouts from the body's defense system and is similar to non-Hodgkin lymphoma in people.
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Rats injected with stem cells 30 minutes after a stroke had almost normal brain function restored within a fortnight.
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Scientists believe the genes of virus-resistant and long-living wild bats might hold clues to treating cancer and infectious diseases in humans.
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In the first study that non-invasively measures oxytocin levels in wild animals, researchers have found in chimpanzees that this hormone likely plays a key role in maintaining social relations among both related and non-related animals.
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Vanishing White Matter (VWM) disease is a devastating condition that destroys the brain's white matter. This white matter protects the axons of neurons, and leads to seizures and the progressive loss of motor function, eyesight, and speech. Also known as Childhood Ataxia with Central Nervous System Hypomyelination (CACH), the disease has no cure, and victims do not typically live longer than the early teens.
Marisol passed away from the disease in 2008, but her DNA pattern and specific genetic mutation were the basis for Prof. Elroy-Stein's breakthrough development of the first population of laboratory mice — called "Marisol's mice" — with a VWM disease mutation. With this invaluable biological tool in place, researchers have been able to make important progress into understanding how the disease functions.
Through these mice, the researchers were able to discover that VWM disease was in essence a developmental disorder — the mutation causes delayed development of the myelin that forms after birth, they reported in the journal Brain. The researchers' most recent findings, published in the journal PLoS One, add to this understanding.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 16:35
Historically, the "lab rats" scientists use to test new medicines and run studies have been, well, rats. But that may be changing. A growing number of laboratories have begun using zebrafish as their test subjects, and there is reason to believe that trend is growing.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 17:42
A new study has found that tamoxifen, a well-known breast cancer drug, can counteract some pathologic features in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). At present, no treatment is known to produce long-term improvement of the symptoms in boys with DMD, a debilitating muscular disorder that is characterized by progressive muscle wasting, respiratory and cardiac impairments, paralysis, and premature death.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 15:25
In a study published in the January 18 issue of Cell, researchers from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a new method to visualize aging and tumor growth in mice using a gene closely linked to these processes.
Friday, January 18, 2013 - 10:41
By manipulating the genes, or six specific proteins known to affect development in the zebrafish, Williams can see potential problems in human fetuses.
Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 17:04
The lowly -- but very tenacious -- mussel has helped researchers develop new medical adhesives for sealing surgical incisions and other wounds.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 16:28
Usually, results from a new study help scientists inch their way toward an answer whether they are battling a health problem or are on the verge of a technological breakthrough. Once in a while, those results give them a giant leap forward. In a preliminary study in a canine model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), University of Missouri scientists showed exactly such a leap using gene therapy to treat muscular dystrophy.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 16:49
Scientists at The University of Manchester have made a surprising finding after studying how tadpoles re-grow their tails which could have big implications for research into human healing and regeneration.
Monday, January 14, 2013 - 12:33
Apparent stem cell transplant success in mice may hold promise for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease.
Friday, January 11, 2013 - 16:54
Most people might see cockroaches as good-for-nothing pests, but this germ-ridden insect could be an indirect source of new antibiotics for humans. Cockroaches host the larvae of a parasitic type of wasp, which spend their formative days eating the bacteria-laden body of the cockroach from the inside out. Researchers have discovered the wasp larva secretes chemicals that sanitize the decidedly unsanitary guts of the cockroach. These germ-killing chemicals could eventually be developed for human uses.
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