The drivetosucceed that made Rice such a success at Robert Morris a Northeastern Conference school in Pittsburgh's western suburbs wasn't part of a switch that Rice flipped on whenever he entered a huddle.
While my years as a debate coach taught me that collaborative learning often enables slow or recalcitrant learners to hide behind the drive and discipline of top achievers in a group, it also elicits a need tosucceed in students whose learning style requires more hands-on experiences.
On the economy, Bush's program of granting incentives to high-income brackets todrive investment and boost demand and job growth might just succeed in priming the pump.
The scholarship criteria expands beyond academic achievement in that they look for ambition and drive, determination to reach goals, respect for self, family and community and the ability tosucceed in college.