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American Society of Civil Engineers names NJIT structural engineer fellow
(New Jersey Institute of Technology) A structural engineer and world-renowned expert on how structures respond to natural disasters, M. Ala Saadeghvaziri, PhD, a professor at NJIT, has been named a fellow by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Certain skills are predictors of reading ability in young children
(Wiley-Blackwell) A new study in the journal Learning Disabilities Research & Practice reveals that differences found between pre-kindergarten reading-disabled children and their typically reading peers diminish in various measures by pre-first grade, with the exception of phonological awareness abilities.
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Racialized communication met with silence in the classroom
(Wiley-Blackwell) White privilege enables racially laden communication that regenerates, albeit unintentionally, the social exclusion of American Indian students. Moreover, as the essay argues, this exclusion results not only in myriad unearned stresses for American Indian students but sometimes also in their ultimately abandoning their academic objectives.
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2-part gift expands clinical nurse leader program and creates endowment
(Medical College of Georgia) The Medical College of Georgia has received a $1.27 million two-part gift from the Helene Fuld Health Trust to expand nursing education in Georgia.
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Wesch selected as Carnegie/CASE national professor for resesarch/doctoral universities
(Kansas State University) Wired Magazine calls him "the explainer." His classes are so popular students submit applications to enroll. Now Kansas State University's Michael Wesch adds another honor to a long list: He is the winner of the national professor of the year award for research and doctoral universities from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
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