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How performance appraisals send you GAGA
The Age (Australia) – May 23
Michele "Micki" Kacmar, a management professor at the University of Alabama, says performance appraisals that just put ticks in boxes result in bad workplaces, bullying and high turnover….

Gas prices jump as high as $3.59
Muncie (Ind.) Star Press – May 23
"That's a huge jump," said Peter Clark, a gas and oil industry expert from the University of Alabama. Clark attributed recent gas price increases to several…

Parenting hotline to encourage nurturing, not abuse
Huntsville Times – May 23
The Parenting Assistance Line is a partnership between the University of Alabama Child Development Resources and the Alabama Children's Trust Fund. ...

Valedictorian heads to Alabama
Houston Chronicle – May 23
…Harvard and Stanford universities beckoned, but Gray chose the University of Alabama, where he was accepted into the elite computer-based honors program…