The Family Institute At Northwestern University Presents Its Generalized Anxiety Disorder Research Project
The Anxiety and Panic Treatment Program of The Family Institute at Northwestern University, a premier center for couple and family therapy, community outreach, education and research, announces its generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) research project. The primary focus of the GAD research project is on improving the effectiveness of treatment for GAD.

Columbia fosters Kwanzaa celebration and education
Early Kwanzaa festivities help to educate the community.

Local higher education officials point to stress, anxiety as reasons students turn to drinking and substance abuse
A new study indicating that alcohol and substance abuse are still prevalent on campuses while nearly half of college-age Americans has had a ?psychotic disorder? comes as no surprise to officials at area higher education institutions.

AFFORDABLE EDUCATION
A new study shows only one State has a passing grade for college affordability. The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education flunked every State but California. The affordability grade is based on what percentage of a family's income goes to college expenses.

Auto bailout pits labor vs. environmentalists
Watch out for family fights, Mr. President-elect. Though Democrats will control both the new Congress and White House, the battle over a multibillion-dollar auto industry bailout already is pitting two major party constituencies against each other: big labor and environmentalists.

Higher ed scores poorly
Memo from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education to the state of Ohio: In preparing high school students for college and arming them with degrees, you and the nation are failing.

Policy institute: U.S. behind in higher education
Wednesday, the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education published its biannual report detailing the status of higher education in the United States.

Anonymous Donor Gives $20 Million For Education
YAKIMA -- A Yakima woman leaves her mark on the community with a big donation for education. Mollie Davis' contribution puts her in the same league of Helen Jewett, another local philanthropist who donated millions over many years.

Decision to adopt children spans generations
Lauren Kjerstad is surrounded by loved ones who understand that ?family? is more than just those who are born to us or married to us. If she ever has questions about the meaning and importance of family ties, she will have kin to turn to who will understand. For Lauren, adoption is a part of her life that she shares with her mother, her uncle and her brother: All four were adopted into a family ...

The Very Special Education of Sister ShemaYah
Back in the 1980s, Sister ShemaYah learned a thing or two battling D.C.'s special education system. Now she's giving lessons.

New Interactive Children?s Quilt Pattern Offers Educational Value and Playtime with Parents
Because children retain knowledge using their senses, Bless This Child Designs has announced a new interactive quilt pattern. Titled ?Little Boy Blue,? this pattern features a charming landscape with haystack flaps that can be opened and closed. Children will enjoy playing hide and seek with Little Boy Blue by moving him and searching for him under the various haystacks. This element of ?play? ...

Angola: MP Sees Education as Foundation of Human's Evolution in Society
Luanda ? The Member of Parliament within the ruling MPLA party, Isabel Dalas, Tuesday in Luanda said that education within family is a decisive factor to the evolution and self-achievement of man in a society.

Huffer who struck Mines student gets suspended sentence
There's no way Maconnell Baker can make up for what he did to Shaun Herrod and his family on May 7. Baker admitted that in apologizing at his sentencing Wednesday.

Family of Modesto Salazar dedicates memorial at ASC
ALAMOSA ? The extended family of Adams State alumnus Modesto Salazar gathered at Adams State College Nov. 19 to dedicate a ?giving tree? in his memory. Shel Silverstein?s The Giving Tree was one of the San Luis Valley educator?s favorite books, according to his son Jerry.

Racial gaps, high costs plague state?s higher education
WASHINGTON - Maryland higher education is too costly and continues to have large racial disparities in success and completion rates, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.

Family of man killed in Wal-Mart stampede sue over store advertising
The family of the Wal-Mart worker who died in a stampede by shoppers has alleged in a lawsuit that the retailer's advertising contributed to his death. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons

WVU Gets $800K for Disability Education Program
A West Virginia University program is getting $800,000 to help faculty provide quality education to students with disabilities.

West Side Education News & Notes
AKRON ? The Akron Community Foundation (ACF) Board of Trustees plans to give priority to early childhood education programs for grant applications due Jan. 2. It also will consider funding other education initiatives.

Higher Education May Soon Be Unaffordable for Most Americans, Report Says
Published college tuition and fees increased 439 percent from 1982 to 2007, adjusted for inflation, while median family income rose 147 percent.

Iowa ranks No. 1 in enrolling adults in higher education
Iowa leads the nation in adult college enrollment and graduation rates, according to a report card on higher education released Wednesday.