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Original Technorati articles tagged “higher education”

• in Lifestyle
  Canadian Education and the Rise of Online Learning
  Online learning as a disruptive innovation
  by reyrosales / on Sep 5, 2012
• in Business
  Secretary Duncan Urges Families to Shop for Colleges
  Secretary Duncan gives advice to American families on higher education
  by moneyforcollege333 / on Jun 15, 2012
• in Business
  President Obama's New Education Goal
  Obama will push the nation to reach a major education goal by 2020.
  by moneyforcollege333 / on Jun 6, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “higher education”

 

• Students occupy Warwick in protest at vice-chancellors pay rise

  
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  Student group says Nigel Thrifts £42,000 increase should be spent on recruiting disadvantaged students A group of more than 20 Warwick students are occupying the universitys council chamber in protest against the £42,000 pay rise of its vice-chancellor Nigel Thrift. The group, which calls itself Protect the Public ...
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• Academics will need both the physical and virtual library for years to come

  
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  Research no longer starts with a visit to the library building, say Rachel Bruce and Mike Mertens, but it still plays a crucial role Ask someone to describe an academic in the throes of research and theres a good chance that description will include a physical library (or at least a collection of office shelves ...
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• Students play football for peace

  
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  Sport and international development courses build students employability skills by exposing them to project work People who dont like sport tend to dismiss it as pointless. Yet down on the coast, Brighton Universitys MA in sport and international development has grown over the past decade, showing that the power of ...
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• An MA that puts a spin on it

  
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  Bournemouth is just one university offering a masters in public relations, which encompasses social media and viral campaigns Spin doctors might be less high-profile than they once were, but even if the practitioners are not all over the front page of the newspaper any more, the art of public relations is still as ...
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• Two masters for the price of one

  
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  Collaborations with international universities have created courses with dual degrees and the chance to study abroad It sounds like the academic version of a supermarket promotion – two or even three masters degrees for the price of one. In fact, it is one of the fastest growing trends in postgraduate education as ...
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• Live webchat: How to fund your postgrad

  
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  Sponsored Q&A;: Need advice on finding postgraduate funding? Post your comments now and join us between 1-3pm to discuss the funding options that are available If you want to study a postgraduate degree, youll need to search hard for funding. While government loans are available to almost all people who hope to ...
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• Trolley station overhaul stays on schedule

  
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  The redevelopment of an old trolley station on Broad Street is on track.
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• No Relief In Sight For Students: $1 Trillion In Debt And Federal Loan Rates Set To Double

  
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  (File photo/Michael Fleshman via Flickr) Once reasonably priced, college has become a nightmare in recent years for a new generation of students saddled with an average of $27,000 debt upon graduation. Nationwide, 39 million students have collectively amassed $1.1 trillion in debt. Instead of offering students a ...
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• Work experience teaches students to get down to business

  
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  An innovation by Salford Business School enables MSc students to work on live projects, making them hugely employable Since Salford Business School (SBS) launched its business innovation projects last September, about 500 business masters students have spent from three to six months working on live projects for ...
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• Turn your Twitter and Facebook skills into a career

  
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  MA courses have elevated the subject to an academic discipline Think expertise in social media is something just picked up by trial and error? Think again. In March the University of Westminster launched a new MA in social media , alongside its new Centre for Social Media Research, announcing that it would be ...
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• Courses that launch new careers

  
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  If you change your mind about your career during your degree, find a postgrad course to give you the focus you need Employability is the buzzword in higher education but a surprising number of students are rethinking their careers as they don their graduation gowns. Perhaps they have studied science and want to go ...
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• Reaching for the seminal moment

  
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  For most of my professional career, I have believed that institutions, more or less, happen upon a seminal moment in their evolution. Indeed, when approached about consulting or management opportunities I typically first begin by looking at some combination of ethos, culture, board and management leadership, and ...
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• A parents guide to university league tables

  
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  As you contemplate the higher education market place, how do you pick a university to feed your childs hunger for knowledge? When tuition fees rose to as much as £9k, ministers decided that universities should provide the public with more information about what they can expect from a degree course. This means ...
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• Hello parents, lets talk about your student children…

  
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  Were creating a space to provide advice, news and discussion for everyone whose sons or daughters are studying in the UK and abroad From the moment your childs life begins, you start to wonder what they will become. Do those powerful lungs belong to a future opera singer? Will those strong little feet kick a goal for ...
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• Affirmative Action Has Helped White Women More Than Anyone

  
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  In the coming days, the Supreme Court is expected to rule in a potentially landmark case on the constitutionality of affirmative action. The original lawsuit was filed on behalf of Abigail Fisher, a woman who claims that she was denied admission to the University of Texas because she is white. But study after study ...
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• Student loans plot against graduates signals a time for major policy change

  
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  Plans to sell off student loans to private investors undermine trust in the whole university process, says Martin McQuillan The Guardian last week revealed a secret report commissioned by the government from Rothschild bank , looking at ways in which the student loan book could be made attractive to private ...
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• Creative education: is now the time for realism or optimism?

  
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  Education policy misses the fact that our economy needs creative risk-takers more than ever, says Simon Ofield-Kerr The ongoing tug of war between the Treasury and the ever vulnerable Department for Culture, Media and Sport is moving along familiar lines . Culture is probably a "good thing" – it makes us all ...
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• 5 Ways to Avoid Debilitating Student Loan Debt

  
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  5 Ways to Avoid Debilitating Student Loan Debt is a post originally published on: Everything Finance - Everything Finance - Its all about Money! If you’re a recent college graduate, you likely have student loan debt, perhaps crippling student loan debt.  I graduated from grad school 14 years ago, and finally, ...
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• China revisited part one

  
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  This is my first visit back to China in 20 years. The last visit was a vacation with my wife and her parents. This visit focuses on establishing exchange programs with first tier Chinese universities. Two of the cities that I visited during this trip are the same cities that I visited twenty years ago. Some things ...
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• AAUP votes to censure National Louis University and Southern University, Baton Rouge

  
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  On June 15, the American Association of University Professors at its annual meeting voted unanimously to place National Louis University of Illinois and Southern University, Baton Rouge on its list of censured institutions for violations of academic freedom and tenure. AAUP First Vice-President Henry Reichman ...
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