February 5, 2008
A healthy increase In January 2008, GreentreeGazette.com welcomed the greatest number of unique visitors to our site and the greatest number of page views—ever! 54,115 unique visitors stayed informed on GreentreeGazette.com while they viewed 156,481 pages. Staff meetings running amuck? No shows, late arrivals, people not participating, people leaving early, doodling, and worst of all—nothing accomplished. These are signs of a staff meeting gone amuck. Illinois provides $2.4 million for college entrance examination prep State hopes to improve academic achievement of all college-bound high school students. Bad boss, bad boss, whatcha gonna do? One third of U.S. workers think their boss needs a psychological assessment. Before you sneak a personality test onto the higher up’s desk, read Steven Jones’s suggestions for how to handle the situation on p. 42 of the January issue of The Greentree Gazette magazine. Need a copy of this magazine? Subscribe or renew now. Best of breed: Top ten college admission websites The ratings, by the National Research Center for College & University Admissions, single out college and university websites that make applying for college a breeze. Florida in February? Sure! ITC e-Learning 2008 is a conference for distance learning administrators and faculty, instructional designers, online media specialists, web course developers and continuing education professionals. Come to find out who is doing what, what technologies they are using, what works and what doesn't. February 16 – 19. TradeWinds Island Grand Beach Resort, St. Petersburg, FL. $450. More portals open up to StudentLoanListings.com StudentLoanListings.com can be accessed through eLearners.com, Educational Directories Unlimited, Diversity Abroad, The U, Scholar Web Media, Careers and Education and more are being added. Find out how you can join this growing list of marketplaces. Call Luise D'Orta today at 561.630.4300. Worcester residents to go free Median family income in Worcester, MA: $42,988. Cost of attending Worcester’s College of the Holy Cross for one year: $45,102. Beginning 2008–09, Worcester residents whose family incomes are below $50,000 will be able to attend Holy Cross for free. The initiative will cost Holy Cross at least $1.4 million. Check Industry News every day at GreentreeGazette.com. Meet the achievers in higher education We’ve interviewed more than 100 of your colleagues. Read what they had to say on many important topics in Gazette Minute Interviews. Business intelligence software. Good communication. Comparable? Q: How are good communication skills and business intelligence software related? A: Business intelligence makes sense of large amounts of data. Good communication makes sense of a topic. Both begin with listening and proceed to giving an audience what they want or need. Who answered this question? Find out on page 64 of the January issue of The Greentree Gazette magazine. Click here to subscribe or renew. |  UNSUBSCRIBE  | PRIVACY STATEMENT: We have never sold, leased or otherwise transferred to any other person or organization any personal information that is in our possession. We appreciate your trust and will continue to respect your privacy.