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Data and School Improvement Academy to Analyze School and District’s Needs

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Public schools and districts are under increasing pressure and responsibility from state and federal agencies to account for student performance. The wealth of data from assessments of student achievement as well as information available from other evaluations of student and school performance can create a divide between what is currently being done and what needs to be done to improve student performance, schools, and districts. The expanding nature of data accessibility and locally generated data requires school and district leaders and teachers to analyze and interpret multiple forms of data that result in substantive changes.

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March 25, 2011

U of U to Host International Service-Learning Conference this Week

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The University of Utah, the U’s Lowell Bennion Community Service Center and RMC Research Corporation will host the Third Annual International Conference in Advances in Service-Learning Research this Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 6th through 8th, at the Sheraton City Center, 150 W. 500 S., in downtown Salt Lake City. Participants may register onsite throughout the conference.

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March 25, 2011

MBA Students Learn the Importance of Lending a Hand

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The business leaders of tomorrow are rolling up their sleeves for kids with physical and developmental challenges who need help now. On Friday, August 15 approximately 55 new MBA students from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah will spend their day performing a community service project for Camp Kostopulos. Students will be staining the Camp Kostopulos dock and pavillion, sanding and painting picnic tables, and netting and raking the camp’s pond. Work will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at about 2:30 p.m.

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March 25, 2011

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

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Nov.10, 2010-A recent survey by the American Psychological Association found that Americans list lack of money, the pressures of gift giving, lack of time and credit card debt as top causes of holiday stress. One in five Americans are worried that holiday stress could affect their physical health and 36 percent say they either eat or drink alcohol to cope with holiday stress.

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March 25, 2011

Utah Students Get Straight Scoop from Utah’s Natives

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Did you know that the Ute tribe manages one of the largest herds of buffalo in the United States; or that the Paiute have a strong tradition of female leadership; or that the Navajo Nation has its own president, vice president, and government apart from the United States; and that over 75 percent of the White Mesa population votes (as opposed to 52 percent of Utahns)?

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March 25, 2011

Financial Literacy in Tumultuous Times

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With rising tuition costs, the stock market sinking and unemployment soaring, students feel the pain. This year’s Mary Lowe Family Policy Lecture at the University of Utah aims to help students beef up their financial literacy and navigate the uncertain future.

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March 25, 2011

David Eccles School of Business Executive MBA Program Ranks 34 in the U.S. and 80 in the World by the Financial Times

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For the fourth year in a row, the Financial Times has ranked the David Eccles School of Business (DESB) Executive MBA program among the top programs in the world. According to the report, being published in the Oct. 27 issue, the David Eccles School of Business Executive MBA program was ranked 34 in the United States and 80 in the world. Faculty research output was ranked 22 in the U.S.

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March 25, 2011