Ave Maria College
Ypsilanti, MI:
Academics at AMU
This blog is dedicated to highlighting Academic Affairs at Ave Maria University.
How Play Wires Kids’ Brains For Social and Academic Success
Children learn their most important lessons on the playground, not in the classroom, researchers say.
What Teens Look for on Academic Websites
Prospective students — both teens and older students — are repeat visitors to the “academic program” pages on higher ed websites. Make sure that they can find them -- and that content meets their needs.
How a Browser Extension Could Shake Up Academic Publishing
Creators of a free tool that locates open-access versions of research articles are hoping to make scholarly publishers rethink their business models.
Why Academic Research Should Be Part of Every Giving Portfolio
Benefunder is fueling innovation by providing a marketplace for researchers and philanthropists to come together to solve some of the biggest problems facing our world. Consider these statistics: 50% of wealth creation in the U.S. since WWII can be directly attributed to a research grant. Research impacts all cause areas: environment, life sciences, technology, education, and …
How Concussions Affect Students Academically
When student-athletes sustain a concussion,<br>strict rules govern their return to play, but not their return to school.
5 things you should know about how your brain learns
Understanding how your brain absorbs and stores new information can help you optimize your academic performance.
Why Is Academic Writing So Needlessly Complex?
How Academic Institutions Partner with Private Industry
Partnerships between universities and businesses are nothing new, but these partnerships have become especially relevant in the face of increasing economic pressure and global competition, the need for interdisciplinary approaches and the growing complexity of the problems need solutions. In recent years, there has been a resurgence of partnering between academic institutions and private industry.
Improving Academics: Why School Climate Matters
Research shows that the way a school "feels" can help kids learn. But school climate remains a hard concept to define and measure.
Why Academic Teaching Doesn’t Help Kids Excel In Life
Teacher Shelley Wright explains why a school system that revolves around academics fails to teach kids what they really need to know. Students have many talents; they just don’t fit into set current curriculae because their talents are likely not considered "real knowledge."
Beyond Academics: What a Holistic Approach to Learning Could Look Like
Nurturing a child's developmental growth requires greater communication by the adults in the different areas of a child's life: school, extra curricular activities, home, etc.
More than lunch: the academic benefits of farm to school
Farm to school education encompasses 21st century skills, and whether your opinion about this nomenclature or Common Core, STEM and a myriad of other terms is supportive or not, we are seeing more and more evidence that farm to school programs bring hands-on learning experiences to students who crave a change from typical classroom curricula.
Study of brain scans may show impact of poverty on academic achievement
Children whose family income was below the poverty line were the most adversely affected.
Can Greater Academic Demands Lead to Less Risky Behavior in Teenagers?
A new study finds a link between beefing up high school graduation requirements in math and science and a reduction in youth drinking.
