News tagged with graduate
A time for a change in the PhD system
(PhysOrg.com) -- According to a series of articles published in Nature, the world has too many PhDs and not enough academic jobs to sustain them. Researchers point out that it is either time to make change ...
Apr 25, 2011 |
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Physicists report nanotechnology feat with proteins
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA physicists have made nanomechanical measurements of unprecedented resolution on protein molecules.
Dec 17, 2011 |
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PHD Comics hits the big screen
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you are a graduate student, you are more than likely aware of the popular Piled Higher and Deeper, or PHD, Comics created by Jorge Cham. These comics cover the everyday struggles that s ...
Sep 16, 2011 |
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Practice tests improve memory, researchers say
Although most people assume that tests are a way to evaluate learning, a wealth of research has shown that testing can actually improve learning, according to two researchers from Kent State University. Dr. Katherine Rawson, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Virtual tutoring program uses videos to aid students of math, science
Leo Shmuylovich knows a lot about how tutoring can take a student from confused to confident. The Washington University graduate student has worked as a tutor for several test preparatory companies over the years, helping ...
Feb 12, 2010 |
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Why are California birds getting bigger?
Alfred Hitchcock would have appreciated this twist: The birds in central California are getting bigger.
Nov 11, 2011 |
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Making the most of it: Study reveals motivating factor for enjoying the present
It is common knowledge that when something becomes scarce, its value goes up. This concept does not just apply to material goods—time can be an extremely valuable commodity, especially when it is in short supply. According ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Listening to the stars
It is almost night on the island of Puerto Rico. Astronomer Joanna Rankin raises her head toward the sky. A few of the brightest stars shine through blue cracks in a ragged dome of gray clouds. To her back, ...
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Stanford sociologist goes undercover to study Latino immigration in the South
(PhysOrg.com) -- Monica McDermott spent a year working in a South Carolina discount store to see how an influx of Hispanic immigrants is changing the area's social dynamics.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 06, 2010 |
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She's going back to school but can she read?
Five million students will return to Canadian schools this month. If nothing changes at least a million will fail to graduate high school.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Women caught up in 'rug rat race'
College-educated mothers in the United States are caught up in a "rug rat race." They are going to extremes to secure elite college admission for their kids, say University of California, San Diego economists Garey and Valerie ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Exploring the Earth ... and Beyond
What do scientific studies and national boundary lines have in common?
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Student loan default rates jump
The number of borrowers defaulting on federal student loans has jumped sharply, the latest indication that rising college tuition costs, low graduation rates and poor job prospects are getting more and more ...
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Good grades? It's all in who you know
(PhysOrg.com) -- Enrichment classes, after-school activities, tutoring, not to mention the gentle prodding of parents — all may count in giving a child that extra academic edge. But parents still puzzle over what the right ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 03, 2010 |
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Challenges and opportunities for improving community college student success
As public concern heightens over current completion rates for students at America's community colleges, a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher has systematically examined 25 years of rigorous research in search of explanations ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 04, 2010 |
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