SALISBURY, North Carolina, April 6 (TNSres) -- Catawba College issued the following news: Catawba College's Center for the Environment is proud to announce its collaboration with the University of Kentucky on a groundbreaking White Oak Genetics and Tree Improvement Project. Over the past three years, students from Catawba and their Envirosmart Schools Program have been diligently collecting genetic material for this innovative research effort. Under the leadership of Dr. Laura DeWald from the   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 6 -- The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Heather Smith, a Haywood County Schools math teacher, is the 2024 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year. The announcement was made at a ceremony honoring Smith and eight other regional finalists today at the Umstead Hotel in Cary. "Heather is a change agent for public education--both for her colleagues and for her students. I'm so impr  more

LEXINGTON, Virginia, April 6 -- Virginia Military Institute issued the following news: Dr. Donald McCabe, professor emeritus at Rutgers Business School, researched cheating among 1,800 college students, and found that 15% turned in a fake term paper, 84% cheated on written assignments, and 52% plagiarized one or more sentences for a paper. Having to check for plagiarism on every student submitted paper, only adds to the already burdensome workload for teachers. So, what is the solution? Abigail  more