Universities

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• in Lifestyle
  Indian Rope Trick: Where Is Higher Education Headed?
  India could well be falling short in its understanding and shaping of higher education.
  by fredericknoronha / on Oct 26, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Universities”

• Two-Year Colleges, Swamped, No Longer Welcome All

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  At LaGuardia Community College, which stopped accepting applications for the fall semester on July 30, students sometimes face long waits for computers.
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• Technology, students and universities

  
  cearta.ie — Authority: 420
  There are some – related – articles in today’s Irish Independent on themes which have featured on this blog. A report published yesterday by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) shows that the number of students going to college has hit a record high (the Irish Times ran the same story under the headline that ...
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• Are Colleges Discriminating Against Women?

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 819
  NPR reports that the US Commission on Civil Rights is investigating whether colleges are violating Title IX by favoring male applicants . But is such favoritism necessary to keep colleges from becoming "overwhelmingly female?" Law professor Gail Heriot says, "I had seen articles that suggested that some colleges and ...
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• On Veterans Day, student vets deserve backup (The Christian Science Monitor)

  
  Ink and Virtue — Authority: 454
  
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• Afghanistan losing fight against swine flu, says health minister

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Kabul, Nov.11 (ANI): Afghanistan appears to be losing the fight against swine flu, as many parts of the country remain fairly unsanitary. Kabul, which currently is the center of Afghanistan’s H1N1 outbreak, has over 450 confirmed cases. This has led to schools and universities being closed. Large public gatherings ...
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• On Veterans Day, student vets deserve backup (The Christian Science Monitor)

  
  Ink and Virtue — Authority: 454
  
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• Macroeconomist

  
  Online Education Blog — Authority: 119
  A Macroeconomist follows the general description of an economist in that they are experts in the field of science of economics. A Macroeconomist deals specifically in the field of business and finance on a global level. Macroeconomists work with companies to determine business cycles and economic indicators. Their ...
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• Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can’t use it (AP)

  
  Seo, Make Money Online and Technology — Authority: 145
  This came from Yahoo News AP - Amazon’s Kindle can read books aloud, but if you’re blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help. Now two universities say they will shun the device until Amazon changes the setup. Go to Source
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• Expulsion Over Minidress Is Reversed

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  A university student expelled for wearing a minidress that caused a near riot and made her an Internet sensation said all she wanted was to go back to school.
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• Gambling Your Education

  
  Lebanon News: Under Rug Swept — Authority: 422
  I’m sure you’ve all heard it before. Lebanon boosts the best universities in the Middle East … blah, blah, and so on. Well, I think our selection of higher education has just got better when I found this in my Inbox this morning: Poker Classes: Game Theory Lebanon In the event you need to sharpen your ...
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• On Veterans Day, student vets deserve backup (The Christian Science Monitor)

  
  Ink and Virtue — Authority: 454
  
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• Columbia Professor Charged With Punching a Colleague

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  The confrontation occurred Friday at a popular bar and restaurant near campus.
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• Who established our institutions of higher learning and why

  
  Collecting My Thoughts — Authority: 445
  Interesting introduction in the book by James Anderson Hawes, Twenty Years Among The Twenty Year Olds A Story Of Our Colleges Of Today , (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1929) which attempted to explain to students of 80 years ago how much better off they were than those who had come before them. He probably wrote it before ...
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• Puritanism in Brazil - An Update

  
  Alterdestiny — Authority: 572
  After the disgraceful and ridiculous decision to expel a student because of a short-but-not-revealing dress brought Universidade Bandeirantes negative attention and after the Brazilian government demanded an explanation, the school has reversed its decision , allowing 20-year-old Geisy Arruda to return to classes ...
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• Muncie Ranks 2nd Nationally in College Town Affordability

  
  Building A Better Indiana — Authority: 131
  If you want to live in a college town without breaking the bank, you might give Charlie Cardinal a call. Coldwell Banker released its Annual College Town Home Price Affordability Index and Muncie ranked second for the second consecutive year: For the second year in a row, Muncie, Indiana (home of Ball State ...
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• Job vacancy: Keeping the dead alive

  
  No Rock And Roll Fun — Authority: 490
  The University of California at Santa Cruz are hiring a Grateful Dead archivist . You can be pulling down $52,860 – $68,892 a year - the only problem being you must have a masters in archive management and , as the advert puts it: Expert knowledge in the history and scholarship of contemporary popular music, or ...
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• The Politics of University IT Decision Making

  
  Net Traveller — Authority: 434
  Process and Politics: IT Governance in Higher Education – Key Findings by Yanosky (Educause, 2008) provides insight into how universities make decisions about IT purchasing and projects. The work draws heavily on Peter Weill Peter Weill (Author) ...
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• Former L.A. Community College District chancellor takes Middle East post

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 814
  Marshall Drummond, former chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District and of the statewide community college system, has a new job in higher education. He recently started as chief academic officer and provost for the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates, according to an announcement ...
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• Future of higher education in the UK and Australia

  
  Net Traveller — Authority: 434
  Professor Paul Ramsden, Chief Executive of the UK Higher Education Academy, will discuss changes to the way universities plan courses and reward teaching staff at the Australian National University, 27 November 2009. Professor Ramsdens paper "The Future of Higher Education - Teaching and the Student Experience" is ...
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• Government planning to allow section 25 companies to set up higher educational institutions

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 445
  The government is planning to permit corporate houses to set up higher educational institutions -- like multi-disciplinary universities and colleges -- by floating a separate not-for-profit entity under Section 25 of the Companies Act... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other ...
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