Pratt brass try new admissions strategies
The Pratt School of Engineering is stepping up its recruitment efforts--a measure administrators said will help maintain the quality of entering classes when the school starts to expand in Fall 2005.
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The Pratt School of Engineering is stepping up its recruitment efforts--a measure administrators said will help maintain the quality of entering classes when the school starts to expand in Fall 2005.
In a report released Nov. 19, the National Science Board said the federal government should act to alleviate the coming shortage of U.S.-born scientists and engineers, giving weighty and official backing to a problem that academia has long recognized.
University administrators said the National Science Board's latest report, which predicts a national workforce shortage in science and engineering, desribes a problem that must be addressed at all levels of education and from a variety of different angles.
Although some of Duke's peer institutions reported significant changes in the numbers of early applicants this year, the University came out on par with its average from recent years.
With heightened vigilance in a post-Sept. 11 United States, some politicians say it is necessary to keep a closer watch over international and foreign language studies programs. Many in academia, however, say such measures would give Congress unprecedented and inappropriate authority over academic programs.
University administrators have chosen Hargreaves Associates, a San Francisco-based landscape architecture firm, to design the plaza for the new West Campus Student Center.
In an effort to improve residential programming, Residence Life and Housing Services will hire a new associate dean in the spring.
Almost a year and half after the College Board announced it would develop a new SAT I examination, university officials said they are still unsure what effect the revised test will have on admissions processes and on students' preparation for a college education.
The Bryan Center walkway, oft criticized for being too narrow, too unimaginative and too unsightly, may soon bear the brunt of even more abuse.
After a wobbly start to class registration for next semester, the Office of the University Registrar has been working with the Office of Information Technology and the Student Information Services and Systems Office to ensure a smoother registration process from here on out.
The Department of Physics is taking a new approach to its introductory courses, implementing a revised sequence for all engineers that will link topics in physics more closely to those in engineering and will spread the material over three semesters instead of two by Spring 2005.
The Sanford Institute of Public Policy broke ground this morning for a new two-story building, which officials said will help accommodate the institute's past and future growth.
When economist Geoffrey Brennan took the floor Tuesday afternoon, he set aside the classic economic paradigm of goods and services, opting instead for the more intangible entity of esteem.
After months of waiting, the Office of Student Activities and Facilities will finally welcome a full-time director. Gregg Heinselman, currently director of campus life at the University of Wisconsin at Platteville, will take the OSAF helm Nov. 3.
Following a rash of apparent suicides at New York University this semester, many officials in higher education have brought students' mental health concerns to the tops of their agendas.
Administrators are working to make Duke a name known and respected in every house, casa, bayt, fang, maison and dom in the world.
The University is developing a computer program that will help departments meet new course scheduling model mandates, once they are finalized and approved.
Officials at Duke's Divinity School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Social Work announced a new dual degree program between the two schools that will prepare students for "a unique kind of social service."
The University has released tentative plans for space allocation in the West Campus Student Center and is now looking for an architect to design the central plaza, which administrators hope will create a cohesive whole out of the West Union Building, the Bryan Center and other surrounding buildings.
Once the men's basketball team cleared out after Monday afternoon's practice, Cameron Indoor Stadium became host to a different crop of sports celebrities, who talked about passion and the art of saying, 'no.'