October 1, 2014

Faculty and Staff News

CSSAC offering discounts at businesses for
2014-15

Blue, wallet-size cards summarizing business discounts will be distributed this week through campus mailboxes, and the discount listings will be available on the Clerical and Service Staff Advisory Committee's website.

In the Spotlight

Purdue receives $2.3 million federal grant to study active learning

Purdue has received a four-year, $2.3 million federal Department of Education grant to study why active-learning strategies help student retention, success and completion rates. The grant, which was announced Tuesday (Sept. 30) and begins today, is through the DOE's First in the World Program, which seeks to improve postsecondary educational persistence and completion. Purdue President Mitch Daniels was one of three university presidents asked to take part in the announcement event Tuesday with Arne Duncan, U.S. secretary of education; Ted Mitchell, undersecretary in the U.S. Department of Education; and Cecilia Munoz, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.

In the News

* Federal innovation grants unveiled -- Inside Higher Ed

* Education Dept awards $75M in innovation grants -- U.S. News & World Report, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Houston Chronicle, Las Vegas Sun, Sacramento Bee, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Washington Times

* Purdue awarded $2M to study 'active learning' -- Lafayette Journal & Courier