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Murray wrote that as of yet, SEAS has “been able to handle the increase in concentrators without a dramatic drop in the faculty to student ratio...
...creative process used to develop these images varies slightly according to the type of event and the preferences of the student group hosting it. When creating images for theatre posters, Ding said, “I’ll drop by the rehearsals and talk to the directors to get a feel for the show.” For Hsieh, the cultural board of CSA tells him what kinds of images they have in mind for a given event, and then he creates three or four designs based on their input. “It’s a collaborative...
...failing grades face leadership change or, in some cases, closure. The results are undeniable. New York State recently released graduation rates for the class of 2009, and they show a record number of city students receiving diplomas, including black and Hispanic students, who have historically been more likely to drop out. In the past four years, we've cut the dropout rate in half. The President calls for similar accountability measures in his plan, including performance pay and mandated school-improvement strategies. He's also in favor of requiring states to develop systems to evaluate teachers in part...
...trying to back away from his support for the stimulus, which according to estimates has created some 87,000 jobs in Florida. "If we had taken the speaker's approach," Crist said, "we would have had 87,000 more people unemployed." The governor also dispelled speculation that he might drop out of the Aug. 24 primary election and run for the Senate as an independent...
...station said the death toll could be expected to rise, as hospitals were filling up with the wounded and the work of recovering the dead was still under way. "We're taking [the injured] wherever we can, all over the place. I've heard calls go out for drop-offs to about a dozen hospitals," he says, declining to give his name as he was not authorized to speak to the press. (See pictures of Russia celebrating Victory...