<![CDATA[EdNews.org - The Internets #1 source for Education News and Information - Articles - ]]> http://theednews.org en-us N/A [email protected] Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:27:37 EST 20 <![CDATA[U. disavows ties to Horowitz's program]]> http://theednews.org/articles/19023/1/U-disavows-ties-to-Horowitz039s-program/Page1.html Princeton is participating in Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week this week, at least according to conservative pundit David Horowitz's website, "Terrorist Awareness." But that's news to the University.]]> [email protected] (Princeton University - Daily Princetonian) Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:08:06 EDT http://theednews.org/articles/19023/1/U-disavows-ties-to-Horowitz039s-program/Page1.html <![CDATA[Grade inflation, the other way]]> http://theednews.org/articles/9680/1/Grade-inflation-the-other-way/Page1.html The University's decision to lower grades has sparked unusually sharp debate. I'm honestly not sure what I think. Dean Malkiel convinced me when she argued that the A-plus to B-plus scale many of us have been using doesn't convey a lot of information.]]> [email protected] (Princeton University - Daily Princetonian) Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:00:00 EDT http://theednews.org/articles/9680/1/Grade-inflation-the-other-way/Page1.html <![CDATA[Computers' role in classrooms questioned]]> http://theednews.org/articles/8029/1/Computers-role-in-classrooms-questioned/Page1.html Technology may well turn out to be the new taboo on campus, as professors increasingly worry about laptops in lecture and other pitfalls of the 21st century.]]> [email protected] (Princeton University - Daily Princetonian) Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:00:00 EST http://theednews.org/articles/8029/1/Computers-role-in-classrooms-questioned/Page1.html <![CDATA[Early applications rise in final year of Early Decision]]> http://theednews.org/articles/4671/1/Early-applications-rise-in-final-year-of-Early-Decision/Page1.html
Early Decision applications rose to the second-highest total since binding early admissions began more than a decade ago, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said yesterday. This is the last year of the University's early decision program.]]>
[email protected] (Princeton University - Daily Princetonian) Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:00:00 EST http://theednews.org/articles/4671/1/Early-applications-rise-in-final-year-of-Early-Decision/Page1.html
<![CDATA[ADMISSIONS: Rejected applicant alleges bias against Asians]]> http://theednews.org/articles/4119/1/ADMISSIONS-Rejected-applicant-alleges-bias-against-Asians/Page1.html Princetonian Staff Writer
Yale freshman Jian Li has filed a federal civil rights complaint against Princeton for rejecting his application for admission, claiming the University discriminated against him because he is Asian. ]]>
[email protected] (Princeton University - Daily Princetonian) Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:00:00 EST http://theednews.org/articles/4119/1/ADMISSIONS-Rejected-applicant-alleges-bias-against-Asians/Page1.html