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Original Technorati articles tagged “universities”

• in Technology
  Coursera to Offer Verified Certificates for Students
  Coursera are to offer students certification upon completion of their course.
  by cmimanagers / on Jan 10, 2013
• in Technology
  MOOCs are Coming to Britain
  A new MOOC platform is coming to the UK, with several leading British universities signed up
  by cmimanagers / on Dec 15, 2012
• in Finance
  Credit Companies And Higher Education: A Questionable Union
  Many colleges and alumni associations are making a profit selling student information.
  by sphoenix1 / on Dec 1, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “universities”

 

• In Britain, a Return to the Idea of the Liberal Arts

  
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  Having been on a continual retreat from the Continent, a broad-based humanistic education is now making a comeback at some British universities.        
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• Briefly: Education: Report Ranks Universities by Individual Subjects

  
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  British and American institutions dominate a new QS report that allows prospective students to search a list of top 200 universities based on specific fields of study.        
  6 days ago

• Richard Branson serves as AirAsia stewardess after losing bet

  
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  His star turn on the flight from Australia’s Perth to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur came after he lost a Grand Prix bet with the Malaysian budget carrier’s founder. Read the original here: Richard Branson serves as AirAsia stewardess after losing bet
  6 days ago

• Turkish deputy PM: 9 people detained in connection with blasts near Syrian border

  
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  REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) — Turkish deputy PM: 9 people detained in connection with blasts near Syrian border. Originally posted here: Turkish deputy PM: 9 people detained in connection with blasts near Syrian border
  6 days ago

• Tarantino’s Django Unchained back in mainland China theatres

  
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  A toned-down version of the film, with less violence and gore, was approved by censors in March, but it was abruptly axed on its scheduled April 10 opening day due to “technical reasons”. See the original post: Tarantino’s Django Unchained back in mainland China theatres
  6 days ago

• Japan ruling party executive to keep visiting war shrine

  
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  The policy chief of Japan’s ruling party vowed on Sunday to keep paying homage at a controversial war shrine despite anger and diplomatic protests by China and South Korea. Nearly 170 Japanese lawmakers made a pilgrimage last month to the Yasukuni Shrine, a flashpoint in a bitter dispute between Japan and Asian ...
  6 days ago

• Huge Chinese essay writing service uncovered in New Zealand

  
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  An investigation has uncovered a well-organised commercial cheating service for Chinese-speaking students in New Zealand. » Read the essay Fairfax bought   The long-standing business uses a network of tutors, some outside New Zealand, to write original assignments ordered by Chinese-speaking students attending ...
  6 days ago

• Astronauts repair ammonia leak on emergency spacewalk

  
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  But the following weeks will be the test. Authorities have said the International Space Station’s six-member crew was not in danger from the leak. Here is the original post: Astronauts repair ammonia leak on emergency spacewalk
  6 days ago

• Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif declares victory in historic poll

  
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  The results, which need to be officially confirmed, indicated Sharif’s party has an overwhelming lead but would fall short of winning a majority of the 272 directly elected national assembly seats. See more here: Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif declares victory in historic poll
  6 days ago

• Not surprising.

  
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  In 2007 a certain university lecturer, fed up with the managerial push to admit sub-standard and unqualified foreign students in pursuit of revenue, with the resultant pressure placed on lecturers to pass these students regardless of their performance, wrote a rude email to one such student who had failed to deliver a ...
  6 days ago

• Barcelona wins 22nd Spanish league title

  
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  MADRID (AP) — Barcelona wins 22nd Spanish league title. Read more here: Barcelona wins 22nd Spanish league title
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• Wigan beats Manchester City 1-0 to win FA Cup final

  
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  LONDON (AP) — Wigan beats Manchester City 1-0 to win FA Cup final. Here is the original post: Wigan beats Manchester City 1-0 to win FA Cup final
  1 week ago

• On the Waiting List, Some College Applicants Try a Little Dazzle

  
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  Students are bombarding their dream schools with baked goods, family photos, craft projects and dossiers of testimonials, to name just a few come-ons that admissions offices have seen recently.        
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• The Waiting Game

  
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  The Times’s Ariel Kaminer on how far high school seniors (and their parents) will go to get themselves off a college waiting list and into the school of their dreams.        
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• Professor, Ex-Addict, Confronts Perils American Indians Face

  
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  David A. Patterson, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, has firsthand knowledge of the cultural disconnect, substance abuse and other problems facing American Indian communities.        
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• News Analysis: The Challenge of Choosing a Commencement Speaker

  
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  Pomp, circumstance and the perennial debate over free speech on campuses.        
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• 11 worst public universities for graduation rates

  
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  The Fiscal Times says these eleven public universities have the worst graduation rates in the country. Can the taxpayers of these states and the USA as a whole, since taxes paid to the federal government support these universities and the vast majority of students who never graduate, afford to keep open these ...
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• National Open University is it the right school for me?

  
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  Your JAMB is not so good, you have no hope of getting into university this year, or you are seriously considering using National Open University as a back up plan, but unsure whether to apply why? Because of what they say. What they say Issuance of Certificate : Some people has it that the National Open University ...
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• Second school strike hits Spain

  
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  Thousands of students and teachers took to the streets to in protest against educational reforms
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• Best Courses and Best Universities to Study Abroad

  
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  Education abroad has become craze among most of the students in India. MBA, Engineering and Hotel management are mostly preferred courses by the students to do abroad. After engineering most of the students prefer to do M.S abroad, after doing medicine some students may opt for specialization such as FRCS. This ...
  1 week ago

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