Webinar: "Plagiarism to Fraud: Tools to Reduce Cheating in Your Classroom "

For those concerned with preventing and dealing with academic misconduct, there will be a live, (60)-minute webinar conference: "Plagiarism to Fraud: Tools to Reduce Cheating in Your Classroom "
Friday, November 19, 2010 (1:00-2:00 p.m. ET)
http://www.highereducationhero.com/1BU/0/2/p4B26Jc/p5ACRBRFi/p0e


HIGHLIGHTS:
Creating a Truthful Atmosphere: Setting a Standard in your Class
Become an academic honesty role model: Guide students with action
Tips on communicating cheating rules and repercussions in your syllabus
How to integrate acad emic integrity standards into assignments & tests
Prevent Cheating through Pedagogy: Tips for Professors and Adjuncts
Instructional methods & technologies that prevent & detect cheating
How to adjust exam administration to deter dishonest activity
Methods to reduce plagiarism: Tips for conversation concerning citation
Responding to Cheating When it Occurs: Increase Awareness in Students
Steps you should take from moment of cheating to reporting the issue
Teachable moments: Dealing with occasional student cheating
How your institutional policy gives support for reporting cheaters


SPEAKER:
Tricia Bertram Gallant, Ph.D., is an internationally known author, speaker and practitioner of academic integrity. Tricia has authored many journal articles, as well as "Academic Integrity in the Twenty-First Century: A Teaching & Learning Imperative"(Jossey-Bass, 2008); co- authored "Cheating in School: What We Know & What We Can Do" (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009); and, edited "Creating the Ethical Academy: A Systems Approach to Understanding Misconduct and Empowering Change in Higher Education" (Routledge, 2010).


Dr. Bertram Gallant runs the Academic Integrity Office at the University of California, San Diego where she works with faculty and students in creating a culture of integrity on campus, and is the Past-Chair of the Advisory Council for the International Center for Academic Integrity. As a leader in fast-read, actionable advice on workplace issues, the conference gives you the opportunity to add immediate impact to your efforts to prevent academic misconduct in a manner that is:

FAST - No wasted time here. Get right to the heart of the matter in a 1-hour block designed to easily fit into your busy schedule.


CONVENIENT - No airlines. No travel. No time out of the office. Listen from the comfort and convenience of your desk.


EASY - A telephone and computer with access to the Internet is all the equipment you need. Just dial in, punch-in your access code, then click the link to access the website and you're in. That's it. Follow along with the Webinar handouts provided in advance.


ACTIONABLE - Our conferences provide cost effective tactics you can start using right when you hang up the phone.


IDEAL FOR MULTIPLE LISTENERS - Use a speakerphone and as many people as you want can listen in - at no extra cost to you. A projector is suggested for the video portion for multiple attendees. Many professionals use these sessions as a cost-effective, time-efficient means of training supervisors, managers, and staff while reinforcing key issues in a fresh, new manner that they will remember and act on.


AFFORDABLE - Priced at $199, it is a fraction of the cost of travel and attendance fees for other high- priced conferences or seminars.


"Plagiarism to Fraud: Tools to Reduce Cheating in Your Classroom"
Live 60-Minute webinar conference
Friday, November 19, 2010 (1:00-2:00 p.m. ET)
Register now for this exciting event by clicking the following link or calling 1-800-964-6033:
http://www.highereducationhero.com/1BU/0/2/p4B26Jc/p5ACRBRFi/p0e


We hope you'll join us.

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Webinar: "Plagiarism to Fraud: Tools to Reduce Cheating in Your Classroom "

Diverse Issues in Higher Education: College Tuition Costs Climbing Again This Fall

Diverse Issues in Higher Education

October 29, 2010

College Tuition Costs Climbing Again This Fall

by Eric Gorski

http://diverseeducation.com/article/14339/

College tuition costs shot up again this fall, and students and their families are leaning more on the federal government to make higher education more affordable in tough economic times, according to two reports issued Thursday.

At public four-year schools, many of them ravaged by state budget cuts, average in-state tuition and fees this fall rose 7.9 percent, or $555, to $7,605, according to the College Board's “Trends in College Pricing.” The average sticker price at private nonprofit colleges increased 4.5 percent, or $1,164, to $27,293.


Massive government subsidies and aid from schools helped keep in check the actual price many students pay. But experts caution that federal aid can only do so much and that even higher tuition is likely unless state appropriations rebound or colleges drastically cut costs.


“Just when Americans need college the most, many are finding it increasingly difficult to afford,” said Molly Corbett Broad, president of the American Council on Education.


When adjusted for inflation, the tuition increases this fall amount to 6.6 percent at public four-year colleges and 3.2 percent at private ones, according to the College Board.


Many students are finding relief in expanded federal aid, including tax credits, veterans' benefits, and a record expansion of the Pell Grant program for low-income students. In 2009-10, 7.7 million students received $28.2 billion in Pell Grants—an increase of almost $10 billion from the year before, according to a companion College Board report, “Trends in Student Aid.”


Even so, the maximum Pell Grant covers just 34 percent of the average cost of attending a public four-year college, down from 45 percent two decades ago.


For now, government subsidies and aid from schools are helping hold down net tuition and fees the actual cost students pay when grants and tax breaks are factored in.


Estimated average net tuition and fees this fall at public four-year colleges were $1,540, while at private colleges they were $11,320. Both are up from last year, but below what students paid five years ago.


“Despite the fact sticker prices have gone way up, there is so much grant aid out there that many students are really paying less than they did before,” said Dr. Sandy Baum, a senior policy analyst for the College Board and a Skidmore College economics professor.


That's also contributed to a growing gap between those who receive aid and the one-third of full-time students who pay full freight for college, the report says.


Patrick Callan, president of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, said it's important to note that tuition is climbing after a decade in which family income did not rise for 90 percent of Americans and at a time when many areas of the country face high unemployment.


“We're kind of on a national treadmill,” Callan said. “We're putting additional aid in that is helping to buffer some students from the severity of this. But the tuition increases and the bad economy are raising the need for financial aid much faster than our investment in aid is moving.”


The student aid report found that grant aid per full-time undergraduate student increased by an estimated 22 percent from 2008 to 2009, while federal loans increased 9 percent.


The Obama administration's restructuring of the federal student loan program this year will direct more money to Pell Grants and tie future increases in the maximum grant to inflation. But college officials say the impact will be minimal because next year's increase is small and tuition is rising faster than inflation.


Most students attend public schools, and states continue to cut appropriations. After adjusting for inflation, per-student state spending on higher education dropped by nearly 9 percent in 2008-09 and by another 5 percent in 2009-10 and that spending includes soon-to-expire federal stimulus money.


Community colleges, which educate about 40 percent of college students, remain affordable, with tuition averaging $2,713. Lower income students receive enough aid to attend essentially for free.


Still, tuition rose 6 percent at public two-year colleges. State and local budget cuts paired with skyrocketing enrollment have prompted some schools to cut courses and limit enrollment.


The priciest private colleges are creeping closer to shattering the $60,000 ceiling in total cost to attend.


Dr. David Warren, president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, emphasized that net tuition and fees have declined 7.4 percent in the past decade in inflation-adjusted dollars because colleges are expanding student aid.


“Every institution that I talk to understands the absolutely critical role of aid, and it's going to be the thing they try to hold at the top of the list of priorities,” Warren said.


On average, about 55 percent of bachelor's degree recipients at public colleges borrow money, and their debt is $19,800 by graduation, the College Board found.

Diverse Issues in Higher Education: College Tuition Costs Climbing Again This Fall

Faculty Focus Special Report: Faculty Promotion and Tenure: Eight Ways to Improve the Tenure Review Process at Your Institution

http://www.facultyfocus.com/private/pdf_products/report_12.pdf

Faculty Focus Special Report: Faculty Promotion and Tenure: Eight Ways to Improve the Tenure Review Process at Your Institution

Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) - Posters on the Hill Application Reminder

http://www.cur.org/

Please remember that the Application Deadline for the 2011 Posters on the Hill event is November 15, 2010.



Nothing more effectively demonstrates the value of undergraduate research than the words and stories of the student participants themselves. In the Spring of 2011 the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) will host its 15th annual undergraduate poster session on Capitol Hill. This event will help members of Congress understand the importance of undergraduate research by talking directly with the students whom these programs impact.


CUR is calling for students to submit an abstract of their research that represents any of CUR's disciplinary divisions (Arts and Humanities, Biology, Chemistry, Geosciences, Health Sciences, Mathematics/Computer Science, Physics/Astronomy, Psychology, and Social Sciences). In order to ensure proper review of applications, the above are the only disciplines that may apply. Should your research be inter-disciplinary, please select the division that most closely describes your research.


Abstract submissions will only be accepted by using our on-line submission form. Prior to submitting the form, students should gather the contact information for all co-authors, advisors and sponsors (if applicable), prepare a short vitae/resume, and poster abstract.


For more information, the link to submit an application, frequently asked questions, and a document listing the information required for submission, please visit: http://www.cur.org/pohcall.html


Please note that CUR membership is required to submit an application. Either the student’s home institution must have an institutional membership, or the faculty mentor or student must have an individual membership. We will not review incomplete applications. Please be sure that both portions (the electronic application and the electronic recommendation letter) are submitted by November 15, 2010.


Please forward this to anyone that you think might be interested. This is a highly competitive program, which makes for a very exciting experience for the students and their faculty advisors alike.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.


Sincerely,


Robin Howard
Senior Director
Membership Services, Operations and Information Technology
Council on Undergraduate Research
734 15th St, NW, Suite 550
Washington, DC 20005
http://www.cur.org/
robin@cur.org
(202)783-4810x203
(202)783-4811 fax

Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) - Posters on the Hill Application Reminder