William and Mary Tests Learning Through Outcomes Assessment
In the College of William and Mary evidence room professors review student essays exams syllabi and labs to ensure liberal arts learning matches a national push for outcomes assessment. The process measures core courses majors advising and writing standards while surveying alumni and guiding future curricula.
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Illiamsburg
College of William and Mary
William and Mary
Judith Eaton
Council For Higher Education Accreditation
Washington
America
Harvard
Thomas Jefferson
Susan Lovegren Bosworth
David Epstein
East Windsor
N.J
Epstein
Bosworth
Congress
U.S
Virginia
Aday
Martin Trow
University of California, Berkeley
Trow
Peter Ewell
National Center For Higher Education Mangement Systems
Boulder
Colo
Susan Lovegren
Williamsburg
Florida girl, 12, gets plea deal in near drowning attack
In Stuart Florida a 12 year old girl accused of trying to drown a classmate will avoid jail after a plea deal. The defendant likely faces counseling and community service and may return to Forest Grove Middle School with a no contact order toward Rebecca Maines. The second 12 year old awaits a June 1 hearing while both faced attempted murder and robbery charges.
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Green
Forest Grove Middle School
Rebecca Nicole Maines
Michelle McMurtry
Waterbury
Conn
Maines
Lakewood Park
Fla
St. Lucie County
Nurses report burnout and rising patient loads across nations
A Health Affairs study of 43,329 registered nurses in 711 hospitals in five countries finds widespread burnout and dissatisfaction. More than 43 percent score high on burnout, over half report verbal abuse, and a third of U S nurses under 30 plan to quit within a year. The survey notes nurse shortages, increased non nursing tasks, and calls for better advancement and flexible schedules to retain staff.
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Philadelphia
U.S
Health Affairs
Linda Aiken
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Center For Health Outcomes and Policy Research
Aiken
American Hospital Association
American Organization of Nurse Executives
America
Pam Thompson
Nurse Executives’ Group
Thompson
Pennsylvania
Roger H. Baumgarten
Hospital and
Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania
Canada
England
Scotland
Germany
United States
Young Nurses Face High Turnover and Burnout
A Health Affairs study to be published in the May-June issue finds about one in three U S nurses under 30 plan to quit within a year. Over 43 percent score high on burnout measures indicating emotional exhaustion and work overwhelm. More than half report they had been subjected to verbal abuse.
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U.S
Health Affairs
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Mark Pollio
Scripps Howard News Service
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Shahid Munif
Westwood Commons
Bluefield
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