Monday, March 19, 2012
William Rothwell, professor of workforce education and development, has been named winner of the 2011 Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance Award. This prestigious award, given by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), recognizes an exceptional contribution of sustained impact on the field of workplace learning and performance. (more)
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Three Penn State entities--the College of Education, the University Office of Global Programs, and the Comparative and International Education program--are collaborating with the University of Puerto Rico School of Education to host the 56th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society. The event will be held April 22-27 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. David P. Baker, Penn State professor of education and sociology, is organizing the event. Baker is president elect of CIES. (more)
Thursday, April 15, 2010
David P. Baker, professor of education and sociology, has been elected to serve as president of the Comparative and International Education Society in the 2012-13 academic year. (more)
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant to Penn State senior Carolyn Weber, intensifying her involvement with College of Education research designed to test formal schooling's influence on reasoning and decision-making skills. (more)
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Increased schooling across sub-Saharan Africa may be lowering new HIV infections among younger adults, according to sociologists, suggesting a shift in a decades-long trend where formal education is considered an AIDS risk factor. While education in general has a positive impact on global public health, when it comes to HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, education has had a completely opposite effect. (more)
Monday, November 24, 2008
A Penn State College of Education faculty member is heading a new $700,000 project to test how formal schooling influences reasoning and decision-making skills for navigating everyday health risk. David P. Baker, professor of education and sociology, is heading the research project, which combines cognitive science and the psychology of decision making with the cross-cultural sociology of education. The two-year grant, funded by the National Science Foundation, runs from Oct. 1, 2008 to Sept. 30, 2010. (more)
