http://declaration.gbs.tamu.edu/expressionengine/index.php en matt-henderson@tamu.edu Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T22:27:35+00:00 http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/incentives_help_retain_teachers_study_says/ http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/incentives_help_retain_teachers_study_says/#When:22:27:35Z Two teacher incentive programs hold promise for reducing teacher turnover, but their effect on student performance is unclear, concludes a study commissioned by the Texas Education Agency. 2009-11-05T22:27:35+00:00 http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/bush_school_students_help_with_obama_visit/ http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/bush_school_students_help_with_obama_visit/#When:16:13:43Z Several Bush School students played an active role in helping to organize the historic and highly successful visit of President Barak Obama to the Texas A&M University campus on October 16. The President was invited by President George H. W. Bush to take part in a forum on public service celebrating the 20th anniversary of President Bush’s Points of Light Foundation. 2009-11-03T16:13:43+00:00 http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/president_george_h.w._bush_hosts_condoleeza_rice_at_texas_am/ http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/president_george_h.w._bush_hosts_condoleeza_rice_at_texas_am/#When:22:20:21Z George Bush, 41st President of the United States, will host Condoleezza Rice, 66th Secretary of State, Nov. 9 for the Lenore and Francis Humphrys International Speakers Program at Texas A&M University. The program is scheduled to coincide with a commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. 2009-10-28T22:20:21+00:00 http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/absher_offers_new_look_at_the_cuban_missile_crisis/ http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/absher_offers_new_look_at_the_cuban_missile_crisis/#When:19:56:23Z Kenneth Michael Absher, a Fellow at the Bush School’s Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, has written a detailed analysis of the intelligence failures and successes in the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. 2009-10-28T19:56:23+00:00 http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/bush_school_honors_faculty_and_staff/ http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/bush_school_honors_faculty_and_staff/#When:22:14:14Z Four faculty and staff members were recognized for their achievements at the annual Bush School Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony held Friday, September 25, 2009.  The awards were presented by Dr. Benton Cocanougher interim dean of the School.  2009-09-29T22:14:14+00:00 http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/bush_school_holds_open_houses_for_prospective_students/ http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/bush_school_holds_open_houses_for_prospective_students/#When:20:23:22Z The Bush School of Government and Public Service will hold a series of open houses this fall to introduce prospective students to the school. 2009-09-17T20:23:22+00:00 http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/caudle_named_director_of_the_certificate_in_homeland_security_program/ http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/caudle_named_director_of_the_certificate_in_homeland_security_program/#When:16:20:12Z Dr. Sharon Caudle, Younger-Carter Distinguished Policy Maker in Residence, has been named director of the Certificate in Homeland Security program at the Bush School of Government and Public Service. 2009-09-16T16:20:12+00:00 http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/layne_commissioned_to_do_study_for_nic/ http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/layne_commissioned_to_do_study_for_nic/#When:20:40:27Z Professor Christopher Layne, who holds the Robert M. Gates Chair in National Security at the George H. W. Bush School of Government and Public Service, has been commissioned by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) to write a paper on the “Unipolar Exit,” an examination of whether U.S. primacy is waning, and if so, what this means for both American grand strategy, and for international politics, during the 21st century’s early decades. 2009-09-14T20:40:27+00:00 http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/former_ambassador_named_interim_director_of_scowcroft_institute/ http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/former_ambassador_named_interim_director_of_scowcroft_institute/#When:22:02:23Z Ambassador (retired) Larry Napper has been named interim director of the Scowcroft Institute for International Affairs of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. 2009-09-01T22:02:23+00:00 http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/dropouts_cost_texas_9.6_billion_finds_texas_am_study/ http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/dropouts_cost_texas_9.6_billion_finds_texas_am_study/#When:15:28:51Z Students who drop out of high school will cost Texas up to $9.6 billion in lost revenue and outright expenses over their lifetimes, and that figure escalates as each new crop of dropouts is created, concludes a study commissioned by the United Ways of Texas and written by The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. 2009-08-26T15:28:51+00:00