Schools gain little ground in most recent rankings
U.S. News and World Report released its 2004 rankings of America's best graduate schools, and for the second year in a row Duke received mixed results.
Use the fields below to perform an advanced search of The Chronicle's archives. This will return articles, images, and multimedia relevant to your query. You can also try a Basic search
42 items found for your search. If no results were found please broaden your search.
U.S. News and World Report released its 2004 rankings of America's best graduate schools, and for the second year in a row Duke received mixed results.
Duke students had a non-controversial, almost completely uncontested election Tuesday--and it was not even part of an April Fools' Day joke.
During a question and answer session Tuesday night, members of the Graduate and Professional Student Council met with Duke University Police Department Chief Clarence Birkhead and Assistant Chief Leila Humphries to clear up confusion surrounding safety changes, including lighting, bike paths and patrol units.
After years of planning, a new approach to determining and providing undergraduate financial aid will be implemented this fall by Duke and 28 other colleges and universities nationwide.
Coach K would have been proud. Complete with balls, brackets, Duke fight music, two "referees" and even a Cameron Crazie, engineering students lived up to Duke's reputation for borderline obsession with basketball Wednesday night.
The 23 members of the Graduate and Professional Student Council who attended Tuesday's meeting expressed shock and surprise when they learned that parking costs for them would almost double in some areas, while the cost for faculty and undergraduates would see relatively minimal increases.
Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, assured graduate and professional students Tuesday that their community will be included in the planned "student village" and that their voices will be heard in other projects.
Amidst much discussion and deliberation Tuesday evening, the Graduate and Professional Student Council approved new funding and communications policies for student groups.
Members of the Graduate and Professional Student Council voiced their concerns about student health insurance at their meeting Tuesday.
"Hell yeah! Finally!"
As the Graduate School continues to look at ways to reduce attrition rates, graduate school officials have signed off on a pilot program that will evaluate attrition rates in late-year students and students who leave before the end of their third year in graduate school.
Despite a low turnout Tuesday night, the Graduate and Professional Student Council General Assembly discussed the progress members have made so far this year in each of the seven committees.
While the University's doctoral programs go to great lengths to bring in applicants, the increase in attrition rates throughout most of the Graduate School has led administrators to question the thoroughness of admissions processes.
For the first time ever, President Nan Keohane met with the General Assemblies of both Duke Student Government and the Graduate and Professional Student Council last night. Keohane addressed the current strengths and weaknesses of the University as well as plans for the future.
Correction (9/25/2002): Due to misinformation, a page one story in the Sept. 24 edition of The Chronicle incorrectly stated that over 4,000 graduate and professional students registered for their basketball campout. Only 1,700 students registered.
Hoping to increase their marketability during the economic slowdown, many students have avoided the tightening job market, opting instead for a chance at law school.
Character, courage and vision. When Shane Battier spoke these words Wednesday night, all eyes and ears were on the former Duke basketball phenom.
In an attempt to enhance University-wide academic integrity, the Graduate and Professional Student Council met last night to discuss the Duke Community Standard. The standard incorporates academic and nonacademic aspects of student life into a single code.
Despite promises that Subway will open soon in the West Union Building, students who walk past the old Breyers ice cream stand are still greeted with the dust and clutter of unfinished construction.
The first phase of the Central Campus renovations process began last week with meetings among students, administrators and development group Biddison-Hier.