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31 août 2014

EU plans to get tough on IP infringement raise concern

SciDevA new European Union plan to tackle “unprecedented levels” of intellectual property infringement by withholding funding from developing countries has been criticised by experts who say it may do more harm than good.
Released last month (1 July), the strategy updates a 2004 action plan which aimed to promote intellectual property rights (IPR) and combat piracy and counterfeiting. Such activities cost the EU an estimated €8 billion (almost US$10.6 billion) a year. More...

31 août 2014

Green light for Vietnam-Japan partnership

By  Beckie Smith. Vietnam’s second planned partner university with Japan has been given the green light by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. The nonprofit Tokyo Vietnam Medical University, part-funded by Japan’s Waseda Health Sciences Education Corporation, will be located in the northern Vietnamese province of Hung Yen. More...

31 août 2014

Spanish, Portuguese MOOC platform rolled out in Latin America

By Sara Custer. The leading MOOC provider for the Spanish speaking world, Miríada X, has been rolled-out globally expanding the platform’s reach beyond Europe into the wider Latin American market where increasing broadband availability is driving demand for online education. More...

31 août 2014

Spinning Door for Professors May Hurt UAE Higher Ed, Researchers Find

By . The United Arab Emirates (UAE) champions itself as a hub of higher learning in the Arab world, drawing brand names such as New York University and hosting the world’s largest collection of branch campuses. More...

31 août 2014

Arab Students Grow Community Roots with “Service Learning”

By . More than a decade ago, students at the American University in Cairo marched a camel around campus to raise awareness about water waste and conservation. They put stickers in bathrooms reading: “Every drop counts.” They hung posters in prayer rooms. And they passed around flyers from an information booth—all as part of a writing course that embraced a teaching methodology known as service learning. More...

31 août 2014

The latest innovations in university-businesses partnerships

eCampus NewsBy Maria Wood. As the debate over the “skills gap” accelerates, however, collaborations between universities and businesses are becoming more sophisticated and intertwined, evolving to meet shifting economic, marketplace and educational needs. For example, now IBM University Programs (IBM UP) partners with 28 business schools and universities to craft curricula in the emerging field of big data analysis. More...

31 août 2014

Why higher ed is still a smart investment

eCampus NewsBy Brian Lukoff. But from 2000 to 2013, the cost of attendance after accounting for financial aid and tax breaks—not the “sticker price” that few students pay—increased by 55 percent for public four-year universities, at a time when the median household income in the U.S. actually declined. At the same time, by 2012 the average student debt at graduation was nearly $30,000, with over 70 percent of students graduating with debt. More...

31 août 2014

Help students succeed with these time management tools

eCampus NewsBy Michael Keathley. As a James Madison University study showed, nearly half of learners feel overwhelmed by their academic workload and struggle to balance their personal and work lives with learning. More...

31 août 2014

Google Classroom enhances teacher-student communication

eCampus NewsBy Ron Bethke. With yet another year of school getting set to begin, this is a great time to take stock of the many ed-tech services that have the potential to transform the learning experience in the coming year and beyond. More...

31 août 2014

Why this type of university ranking may be more appealing

eCampus NewsBy  - . What is the most important factor when selecting a university?
In this depressed economic climate, tuition cost is a natural concern. Other issues ranging from degree completion rates to university reputation holds great weight. More...

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