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...... water is poisoned.
This is the time of year when millions of American high-school seniors and their parents scramble to complete the process of finding, and getting accepted by, a college to begin the higher education process in September. But theres some doubt about how high that level of learning will be. The title of a new book tells the story. Based on a recent study by sociologists Richard Arum of New York University and Josipa Roska of the University of Virginia, the title is: "Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses."
The professors interviewed 2,300 U.S. college undergraduates and reviewed their academic records. They concluded that after two years in college, 45 percent of the students showed no significant improvement in key intellectual and creative skills such as critical thinking, complex reasoning, and writing. These results come at a time when President Barack Obama, his education department and outside reformers are all saying that the United States had better start producing smarter college graduates if it wants to remain competitive globally. The study of students behavior during those first two years in college may provide a clue as to whats breaking down.
The researchers found that freshmen and sophomores are more concerned with socializing and communicating with friends than with what used to be called cracking the books. Their critical thinking would appear to involve choosing the right pizza joint or bar at which to meet those friends. Its good to lead a monks existence [in college]," says Eric Gorski, an Associated Press writer who reported on the study. "Students who study alone and have heavier reading and writing loads do well. Unfortunately for U.S. educational achievement, not many monastic types appear to be applying to college these days.
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Students at Northampton Community College, Bloomsburg University and Lock Haven University get the rest of the story on Marcellus Shale and natural gas development:
College Students Getting Educated on Marcellus Shale | Energy In Depth Northeast Marcellus Initiative
It's time to take concrete action toward development of New York's Marcellus Shale resources.
Put Your John Hancock Here for Natural Gas | Energy In Depth Northeast Marcellus Initiative
We are wrapping up our first year with a review of all that's happened including background on that great team of folks we have out in the field:
Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing and Our Future | Energy In Depth Northeast Marcellus Initiative
...... water is poisoned.
Unless there is some huge, easily noticeable failure in the structural integrity of the well, hydraulic fracturing doesn't poison water. Sorry.
Why would anyone support more pollution, when they can support clean energy that costs less? I guess because they are tools of oil companies
Is this spam and therefore to be banned from this site?
On the contrary, in some cases it has.
Old Rocks said:And then there have been cases of careless handling and disposal of said chemcals by the drilling companies. Problem here is accountability over time. If the well pollutes the aquifer ten years down the road, who pays for the damages?
...... water is poisoned.
Unless there is some huge, easily noticeable failure in the structural integrity of the well, hydraulic fracturing doesn't poison water. Sorry.
How does one "easily" notice a fracture that's hundreds of feet below the surface?
editec said:If that is how it is easily noticed then the damage to the aquifer is done BEFORE anything can be done about it, no?
Educate me, please.
The U.S. Supreme Court's Sackett decision may have forced EPA to start applying reason and back up on its forays into the natural gas debate with ill-considered attacks on hydraulic fracturing: