Vanderbilt University News Network - July 21, 2008Faculty member Matthew Springer has been appointed by Assistant Secretary of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Kerri Briggs to a new U.S. Department of Education advisory committee on teacher and principal performance pay programs.
Andy Van Schaack, lecturer in education, is featured in a story about his Pulse Smartpen, which hopes to expand access to text and graphics for the blind.
Research by David Lubinski, professor of psychology and human development, and Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development, is cited in an article about the impact of Title IX on science education at universities receiving federal grants.
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Behavior Analysis Clinic, which is a joint venture among the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Peabody College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has lowered its minimum age for participants from five-years-old to three-years-old.
Vanderbilt University News Network - July 9, 2008Connie Vinita Dowell, a Vanderbilt Peabody graduate with three decades of experience working in academic libraries, has been named dean of the Jean and Alexander Heard Library.