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April 12, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Teaching children at home won’t make them social misfits, a U-M study suggests. The detailed study of 53 adults who were taught at home by their parents is one of the first to examine the long-term effects of home schooling—a practice now followed by as many as 300,000…
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April 12, 1993
“In terms of general resources on both academic and work programs and other experiential programs, the Michigan office is as good as it gets,” says William Hoffa, editor of the Guide to Education Abroad for Advisers and Administrators. The book includes an article by William E. Nolting, director of the Overseas International Opportunities Office in…
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April 12, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services There are some striking parallels between Eleanor Roosevelt, who entered the White House in 1933, and Hillary Rodham Clinton, who moved in 60 years later. “Each was attacked and mocked in the press, but refused to be silent,” said Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of the controversial but highly…
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April 12, 1993
Members of the Initiative on Alcohol and Other Drugs encourage individuals who received the survey on alcohol and other drugs to complete it and return it in the postage-paid envelope. “If there are questions you prefer not to answer, please skip them. We need your response,” explains Initiative member and survey designer Andrea Foote. “You…
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April 12, 1993
By Kathy Hulik School of Business Administration Consumers Power has announced a grant of $100,000 to the School of Business Administration toward the creation of a new Corporate Environmental Management Program. The five-year grant from the Consumers Power Foundation, the utility’s philanthropic arm, continues Consumers Power’s long tradition of support for the University, which has…
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April 12, 1993
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services The University’s student newspaper and yearbook have been named among the top college student publications in the country by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA). The Michigan Daily is one of six college student newspapers to receive the Gold Crown Award, CSPA’s top honor. The Michiganensian, the student…
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April 12, 1993
From the Native American Law Students Association For many Native Americans, poverty is a critical barrier to personal and tribal empowerment. The average family income on reservations is $2,500 per year, and 50–85 percent of reservation residents are unemployed. Tribes are searching for ways to reduce dependency, advance autonomy and further their attempts at self-determination.…
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April 12, 1993
School of Music Dean Paul C. Boylan will be recommended to the Regents in May to serve as vice provost for the arts. If approved, his appointment will be effective July 1. In making the recommendation, Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. notes that the appointment is a collateral one, similar to that of John H.…
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April 5, 1993
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Three U-M undergraduates have received the General Motors Volunteer Spirit Award for community service. Reed P. Bingaman, Michael K. Dorsey and Sabina Lim were honored in a ceremony held last week at the Michigan Union. Each received five shares of General Motors common stock and a plaque presented…
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April 5, 1993
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services A few years ago, a seven-year-old girl went on the Today Show and told Jane Pauley and the nation that McDonald’s “clamshells”—those infamous, non-biodegradable polystyrene containers for Big Macs—were terrible for the environment. Such testimonials, along with movements like the Ronald McToxic campaign, convinced executives of McDonald’s Corp.…
