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5 août 2015

The business of rankings: did the US News & World Report make substantial mistakes?

By Kevin Welner. Here’s an easy task: choose between the following two schools for your child.
School #1 provides high-quality instruction and strong supports in order to academically accelerate students and challenge them to take difficult courses.
School #2 provides high-quality instruction but doesn’t push students to do more than what is normally expected.
If you’re an actual parent, you probably prefer school #1.
But if you’re US News & World Report, selecting the “Best High Schools” in America, you apparently prefer school #2. More...

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5 août 2015

Is academic freedom a license to provoke without consequences?

By Bruce Barry. Does academic freedom entitle university professors to be as provocative as they wish when expressing their views on issues of the day?
This question has come alive with three recent cases involving professors making politically charged – some would say incendiary – statements on controversial issues. More...

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5 août 2015

Why graduate school is outdated

By Leonard Cassuto. Arthur Levine, the head of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, has been a vituperative critic of teacher education programs for years. His recent announcement that he’s partnering with MIT to start a new teacher education graduate degree program has brought new attention to these teacher training programs – and to teacher training generally. More...

The students of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Stamford University, Daffodil International University, State University, East West University, took part in the protest rally under the banner of “No VAT on education” on Wednesday - See more at: http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/jul/01/no-vat-education-students-demand#sthash.D8DQqu8q.dpuf

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5 août 2015

No VAT on education, students demand

The students of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Stamford University, Daffodil International University, State University, East West University, took part in the protest rally under the banner of “No VAT on education” on Wednesday. More...

The students of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Stamford University, Daffodil International University, State University, East West University, took part in the protest rally under the banner of “No VAT on education” on Wednesday - See more at: http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/jul/01/no-vat-education-students-demand#sthash.D8DQqu8q.dpuf

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5 août 2015

Why the US govt let trade schools become diploma mills

In a salutary tale for Australia, many in the US are asking how trade schools went from being places that trained mechanics and hair stylists to making billions on Wall Street in just a decade? And if the industry is as predatory as the Education Department and many politicians suggest, why didn’t they stop it?
In 1990, there wasn’t a single publicly traded college. More...

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5 août 2015

South Korea launches African economic development scheme

By Judith Ugwumadu. South Korea has launched a development programme with eight different African governments that will focus on improving local skills in order to enhance economic growth across the continent. More...

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5 août 2015

Academy to partner universities, institutions on anti-corruption

The Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria (ACAN) on Monday pledged to partner with Nigerian Universities and other institutions to curb corruption and restore integrity in the education sector. More...

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5 août 2015

Admission 2015: Which are India's best ranked Universities

Zee News has done a survey in association with Prastut Consulting to select the top 50 Universities of India. The survey conducted in 27 centres took opinion of 2454 people to compile the final rankings. More...

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5 août 2015

Making higher education work for Africa

Higher education is taking a more prominent place in debates over Africa’s future. But efforts to boost advanced university degrees have been fraught with difficulties. How should graduate training change so it better aligns with development needs and employment opportunities. More...

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5 août 2015

U.S. Universities -- Not So Innocent Abroad?

By Peter Berkowitz. American universities are enjoying boom times abroad. Many of the most prestigious have established branch campuses overseas and launched collaborations with foreign governments and institutions of higher education, particularly in Asia and the Middle East. While numerous programs deal with science and technology, of special interest are undertakings to bring the advantages of liberal education to countries that do not protect liberty of thought and discussion. More...

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