| 10 signs your degree is fake
Online education is a $10 billion-a-year industry, up from $2.5 billion in 2004, according to the "Postsecondary Education Factbook." Enrollment for online courses is projected to reach about 1.7 million U.S. students this year, more than three times those enrolled in 2002. Some online programs have been accused of being degree mills: fake universities that sell college diplomas, not an education. Use these tips for identifying degree mills. 1. Your chosen university is not accredited. 2. Your chosen university is accredited but not by an agency recognized by the Council on Higher Education Accreditation, www.chea.org. Internet degree mills are "accredited" by bogus agencies that they themselves have created. These bogus accrediting agencies often have prestigious sounding names.
MP teachers object to book on AIDS
BHOPAL: Sex education in the time of AIDS has run into trouble in Madhya Pradesh. A section of school teachers have protested against ''indecency in the name of education''. They say they are uncomfortable talking about sex to students. They have threatened that if indecency in education is not withdrawn, protests would spread throughout the state. These teachers are being supported by state Congress and the National Students Union of India (NSUI) who have objected to lessons on AIDS and sex education in classrooms. For the past few days, Congress and NSUI have taken to the streets here protesting against ''indecency in the name of education''. The controversy started over a book, ''Flip Chart'', printed by the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) and UNICEF. This book had been distributed to a select number of teachers in the state who are being trained by the Madhya Pradesh government as resource persons for the Kishore Avastha Siksha — a programme aimed at imparting sex education in schools for protecting youngsters from sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS.
Study explores attitudes and beliefs about HPV
The most common sexually transmitted virus in the US is genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, with 20 million Americans currently infected and another 6.2 million becoming infected each year. Although HPV causes serious damage to women's health, including cervical cancer, awareness of the disease is surprisingly low. In order to understand the public's knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding HPV and its vaccine, and to explore their preferences regarding receipt of HPV information, research was conducted with focus groups in 2003, just before the HPV vaccine was licensed for the public. The study's findings have been published online in the journal Health Education & Behavior, the official journal of the Society for Public Health Education, published by SAGE. Researchers found that, not only was the HPV awareness and knowledge low, the STD-associated stigma served as a barrier to participants' acceptance to the future vaccine.
Assembly targets trans fats: Committees weigh bills
SACRAMENTO - California may join the health crusade against trans fats, the artery-clogging substances that can mean longer shelf life for food but shorter life spans for humans.Bills scheduled for hearings this week in the state Assembly would ban the use of artificially created trans fats in food prepared in California's restaurants, grocery stores and schools.“Trans fats kill people," said Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia. “They're a major cause of heart disease and diabetes. They have no nutritional value. Why have them?"Mendoza is the author of a bill that would phase out the use of oils, margarine and shortening containing trans fats to prepare foods in restaurants, bakeries, delicatessens, cafeterias and other businesses classified as “food facilities" starting in July 2008.Food items sold in their manufacturers' sealed packaging would be exempt.
Computer specialists foresee myriad little headaches as daylight ...
In 2005, as the price of gasoline spiked, Congress quietly passed a measure to begin daylight-saving time three weeks early this year. If the sun stays up later, went the logic, U.S. energy consumption would go down. The problem is that while they told us all of the switch, they didn't tell our computers or our cell phones -- or any of the zillion other digital clock-driven devices that have come into our lives since Congress last messed with the calendar in 1986. "Even little stones that are thrown in a pond have a lot of unintended ripples, and this is certainly one of them," said Jeffrey Hammond, an analyst at Forrester Research in Cambridge, Mass., who has kept tabs on all the updates and software patches that companies are now making. "Planes won't fall from the sky," he said, "but there are going to be a lot of little, minor annoyances that make people's days a little more hectic, a little more painful." What Will Be Affected Daylight-saving time would ordinarily have begun on the first Sunday in April.
Tech center names director
Venango Technology Center's joint committee on Monday unanimously approved the appointment of Robert P. Garrity as the center's director, effective July 1. He will replace Rod Tarr, who will retire at the end of the school year. Garrity was appointed at a salary of $78,000. The joint committee is still discussing Garrity's benefits package. Garrity began his career at the technology center in 1975 and served for five years as an instructor in the marketing program. In 1980, he became a cooperative education instructor, and in 2002, was named supervisor of career and technical education upon the retirement of Stan Parker. He has a bachelor's of science degree in commerce from Rider University, a master's of education degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a Ph.D.
Jonathan Gueverra
Position: Provost, Alexandria campus, Northern Virginia Community College, the largest institution of higher education in Virginia and the second-largest community college in the country. The school has six campuses -- Alexandria, Annandale, Loudoun, Manassas, Springfield and Woodbridge -- with more than 60,000 students. Career Highlights: Dean, school of business and public service, State University of New York at Canton; adjunct faculty, school of management & school of education, Lesley University; associate professor, management, Wentworth Institute of Technology; assistant professor and director of program development, school of management, Lesley University; associate dean, business and careers program, Massachusetts Bay Community College; chairman, department of business administration, Newbury College; instructor, business, hotel and restaurant management, Newbury College; accountant and consultant for small farms and business (self-employed); retail manager, Christy's Market, and assistant recruitment officer, Water & Sewerage Authority (Trinidad & Tobago).
Education briefs: Feb. 21, 2007
The Commission has formed various resource groups to gather advice and input on the rethinking of the adult education system in its entirety from the ground up. D'Amico has been selected as a member of the Federal and State Policy Role Group.The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is the lead supporter of the commission, with a donation of $1 million. Dollar General Chairman and CEO David Perdue is chairman of the commission, which is comprised of a former governor, Fortune 500 CEO's, former congressional and cabinet members and other influential business, education and literacy, and public policy leaders. The commission will examine all components of the adult education and literacy enterprise in America and recommend a future course for comprehensive services.D'Amico serves as Ivy Tech's executive vice president and is responsible for the development Ivy Tech's statewide strategy and programming in work-force development as a boost to the state's economy.
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