Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy
Studies School of Education College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Not exact matches
Earlier this year, for example, Judy Zaichkowsky
of Simon Fraser University's Beedie
School of Business published a
study indicating that the presence
of just one woman on a company's board resulted in significantly higher standards
of corporate governance (which has an established correlation to better financial performance).
A recent
study from the Wake Forest
School of Medicine and the University
of North Carolina found that listening to music can help people focus their attention, but — and here's the catch — only if it's music they like.
This second part
of the competition is the subject
of a new set
of studies recently completed by the Lawrence Centre at Western University's Ivey Business
School.
So, people who
studied business - production systems or kind
of old -
school business philosophy maybe are familiar with it.
To help determine whether it will result in a real improvement in the lives
of garment workers or in business results, Levi's has enlisted Harvard's
School of Public Health to rigorously measure and
study the initiative.
Hours after the attack in Kabul, a suicide bomber in a vehicle attacked a foreign military convoy in the southern province
of Kandahar, killing 11 children
studying in a nearby religious
school, police said.
A recent
study from the University
of Pennsylvania's Wharton
School found such «intertemporal markers» help motivate us in two ways: offering an opportunity to separate ourselves from past «misbehaviour» and disrupting our attention from day - to - day details to focus on the big picture.
Calling it the «privacy paradox,» University
of Michigan
School of Information professor Cliff Lamp says in
studying social computing he has found that people make a lot
of noise when it comes to privacy, but push concerns aside in favor
of convenience.
The associate professor
of human resources and management at McMaster University's DeGroote
School of Business
studies the demands that high - pressure workplaces make on people's time, and how they respond.
She graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse
School of Public Communications, where she
studied magazine journalism.
Commentary by George A. Lopez, the Hesburgh Professor Emeritus
of Peace
Studies at the University
of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace
Studies in the Keough
School of Global Affairs.
She is a graduate
of the London
School of Economics - Peking University double MSc in International Affairs, where she
studied history and political economy with a focus on US - China trade disputes.
The shocking part is that we claim that women aren't
studying STEM subjects at
school and aren't entering tech careers in the U.S. because
of discrimination and oppression, but in countries where women don't have a lot
of rights (and granted, those rights vary drastically even within Middle Eastern countries), they manage to succeed in STEM in
school.
After graduating at the top
of his class in high
school, Spacey went on to Julliard to
study acting.
At 29, he's already started multiple businesses, won several robotics competitions and is
studying for his MBA at Northwestern's Kellogg
School of Management.
According to a new
study from the University
of Pennsylvania's Wharton
School, self - appointed job titles could reduce «emotional exhaustion» among stressed - out employees.
DeAngelis graduated Cum Laude from Cornell University with a B.A. in Asian
studies and history and also holds a Juris Doctorate from Rutgers
School of Law.
Encouragement and appreciation can also prompt employees to give you their best work, as evidenced by a
study conducted at the Wharton
School of the University
of Pennsylvania.
He was a member
of the first high
school team to enter the International Aerial Robotics Competition, the longest - running event
of its kind, and he continued on the circuit while
studying engineering at the University
of Waterloo.
According to a
study in the Journal
of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, researchers from Columbia Business
School designed an experiment where they gave cheques to MBA students and tracked how long they took to cash them.
The
study, headed by Professor Edward Guinan
of the
school's astronomy and astrophysics department, initially looked at which crops would thrive in soil that is similar to that found on Mars (based on readings taken by the Phoenix Mars lander and samples recreated on earth).
Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles
of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion
of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke
of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow
of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack
of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number
of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations
of allegations by former members concerning the practices
of Scientology; corruption in the leadership
of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic
of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record
of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values
of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out
of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy
of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots
of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many
of America's public
schools; an early exploration
of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a
study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one
of the world's last substantial rain forests.
A recent
study of 21,000 business
school alumni found that 45 %
of entrepreneurs who have graduated since 2010 started their businesses straight out
of school, compared to just 7 % among those who graduated prior to 1990.
Previously, she
studied animal science at Cornell University before earning her her master's degree at NYU
School of Journalism Science, Health and Enviornmental Reporting Program.
A recent
study done by two business
school researchers says that social media really can influence the amount
of money you spend to the point that you can't control yourself.
A similar strategy for tackling the urge to slack is to practice «productive procrastination,» a term used by Piers Steel, a professor at the University
of Calgary's Haskayne
School of Business who
studies procrastination.
The
study sampled both parents
of high
school students intending to go to college, as well as the students themselves, to determine overall outlook on college expenses, money - saving habits, and life after college in today's workforce.
I attended a spectacular conference Friday at the University
of Chicago's Booth
School of Business, whose Stigler Center for the
Study of the Economy and the State hosts an annual discussion
of antitrust and competition issues.
It's intended to give graduates a solid background in both economics and finance, and like Schulich, has a vast network
of partner
schools you can opt to
study abroad in.
A recent
study from Singapore Management University (SMU)
School of Accountancy found that firms with poor governance generally prefer to hold more cash.
Before Dan Price caused a media firestorm by establishing a $ 70,000 minimum wage at his Seattle company, Gravity Payments... before Hollywood agents, reality - show producers, and book publishers began throwing elbows for a piece
of the hip, 31 - year - old entrepreneur with the shoulder - length hair and Brad Pitt looks... before Rush Limbaugh called him a socialist and Harvard Business
School professors asked to
study his radical experiment in paying workers... an entry - level Gravity employee named Jason Haley got really pissed off at him.
«Strategic alliances are definitely becoming crucial in building businesses
of all kinds and at an earlier stage than ever before,» says Gene Slowinski, director
of strategic - alliance
studies at Rutgers University's Graduate
School of Management.
According to a
study by Michael Norton
of Harvard Business
School and two colleagues from the University
of British Columbia, the amount
of money people earn has less influence on their happiness than how they spend it, and those who spend at least some
of their money on others are happier than those who do not.
She points to a 2011
study by the Technion - Israel Institute
of Technology, which found that students who started
school at 8:30 a.m. got almost an hour more sleep and performed better on tests measuring attention levels than peers who started at 7:30 a.m.
«Our findings suggest that frequent e-cigarette use may play an important role in cessation or relapse prevention for some smokers,» Daniel Giovenco, an assistant professor
of sociomedical sciences at Columbia University's Mailman
School of Public Health and the lead
study author, said in a statement.
«Though we will continue to prosecute the campaign against terrorists that we're engaged in today, the great power competition, not terrorism, is now the primary focus
of US national security,» Mattis said in his opening statements at the Johns Hopkins
School of Advanced International
Studies.
Instead
of buying iPads,
schools are turning to low - cost Chromebooks, with a Google - provided operating system, which made up 51 %
of institutional purchases during the quarter, according to the
study.
Ronald Burt is a sociologist in the University
of Chicago's Booth
School of Business who for more than 30 years has
studied the phenomenon
of «structural holes,» i.e., gaps within organizations.
Law professor James Kwok, for instance, recently cautioned on this blog that, while a humanities degree from a top - tier
school often opens doors, if you don't come from the sort
of background that allows you to
study at an elite institution and undertake a few prestigious (probably unpaid) internships, then the calculus rapidly becomes much more difficult.
«People who wear that kind
of clothing feel more powerful,» Michael L. Slepian, co-author
of the
study and an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia Business
School, told the WSJ.
But a 2014
study from Daniel Austin, a bankruptcy attorney and, at the time, a professor at the Northeastern University
School of Law, offers some
of the most in - depth research to date.
The series
of studies led by Haas
School of Business professor Laura Kay asked pairs
of negotiators to rank the effectiveness
of their partners, then quizzed female participants about the extent to which they employed social charm.
Studies suggest that even one more year
of school means a 10 percent to 20 percent boost in income.
This new
study came out
of a disagreement between Kelly Goldsmith, a marketing professor at the Kellogg
School of Management, and her father.
A Duke University Medical
School study found that half
of all presidents through 1974 suffered from mental illness, including bipolar disorder, alcohol abuse and depression.
A
study out
of the Stern
School of Business and Harvard University found that private firms grow faster than public ones.
«Think about being back in
school, and
studying not only one night for a midterm, but probably starting a couple
of weeks ahead,» Twohill says.
Olick has a B.A. in comparative literature with a minor in soviet
studies from Columbia College in New York and a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern's Medill
School of Journalism.
«Most websites are built by technology folks and then you slap a design on top
of it,» said Jeffrey Rubin, associate professor at the
School of Information
Studies at Syracuse University and CEO
of SIDEARM Sports, a major provider
of college athletic websites.