Judge: Kazaa Can Be Sued In U.S.
Proving that the court system learns very slowly from developments in other countries, a U.S. judge has ruled that file-swapping service Kazaa is subject to U.S. law. More...
11 avril 2018
11 avril 2018
Argali White & Yellow
Argali White & Yellow
Though this directory serves only the United States, it's worth the time to download and instadd if only to get a grasp of the potential. Submit a name and it finds the address and telephone number. Submit a telephone number and it finds the name. More...
11 avril 2018
Charter Schools Build on a Decade of Experimentation
Charter Schools Build on a Decade of Experimentation
In a nutshell: "The real truth, say some observers, is that as yet there are no absolute truths about the charter-school movement." But "the changes they'll make to public education in the long run may be far more dramatic than can yet be imagined." Diversity, as John Stuart Mill pointed out a century ago, breeds innovation. More...
11 avril 2018
From the Capital to the Classroom: State and Federal Efforts to Implement the No Child Left Behind Act
From the Capital to the Classroom: State and Federal Efforts to Implement the No Child Left Behind Act
Educators in the United States will find this assessment of the "No Child Left Behind Act" interesting in its own right - it states that while the states are generally supportive of the objectives of the act, they may balk if the provisions are enforced too rigidly and if financial support is not there. More...
9 avril 2018
Venezuela inaugurates Martin Luther King university
Venezuela paid tribute last week to Martin Luther King on the 50th anniversary of his assassination when Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro inaugurated the Martin Luther King University Complex in Barquisimeto, the capital of Lara state, reports teleSUR. More...9 avril 2018
Study finds widespread hunger in colleges
A report has found that more than one-third of college students in the United States say they don't have enough money for food, with some even going whole days without eating as they simply cannot afford meals, writes Ewan Palmer for Newsweek. More...9 avril 2018
Economics is chipping away at the soul of US colleges
By Mary Beth Marklein. The United States was heading into the Great Recession of 2008 when University World News published its first edition in 2007. So it should not be surprising that the most significant challenge faced by US higher education in the past 10 years is nothing new: rising tuition and other fees paid by students. More...9 avril 2018
Financial inclusion and literacy in the South American Andes
By . Today, many development agendas include strategies designed to encourage financial inclusion. Despite efforts, many people in the world today are excluded from the formal financial sector, more so in developing countries. According to the Global Findex Database, around 56% of adults in the world saved a certain amount of money between 2013 and 2014, while only 27.4% saved in a formal institution. More...
9 avril 2018
Stabilising Argentina’s Public Expenditure
The present government in Argentina inherited a particularly high level of public spending compared to the country’s own history. Consolidated public expenditure for the three levels of government − nation, province and municipalities − reached 42.2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2015. More...
4 avril 2018
Constitutional court decision puts reform goal in doubt
By Maria Elena Hurtado. Chile’s constitutional court has ruled that article 63 of the new higher education reform law that bans for-profit individuals or entities from controlling or owning universities and technical institutes breaks the Constitution as it ignores the basic rights to education and organisation. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)