New materials for the sex ed program are being distributed to 30 primary schools and kindergartens in Basel, containing dolls, puzzles, books and other educational material for 4 to 10-year-olds, and a box with the more explicit materials for older kids, according to the newspaper Blick. The guide i[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Foreign’
May 5th, 2012 - 12:51 am § in Schools & Colleges
Bribes Needed to Get College Education
Photo: Reuters Students of the University of Ibadan check their graduation gowns at their campus in Ibadan, south west Nigeria (2006 file photo). In Nigeria, about a million students pass the college-entrance qualifying exam every year, but most never attend a college class. Nigerian universities [...]
May 1st, 2012 - 12:37 am § in Hypocrisy
Notre Dame makes bid to go public
While states are effectively privatizing their universities, tradionally private schools may go the other way. The President of Notre Dame said “Moving to a competitive, government-funded environment would make the Catholic school more competitive for the best students.” “We are ex[...]
February 22nd, 2012 - 10:12 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
German Court Rules Increased Pay for Starting Faculty
Germany’s highest court has ruled that starting professors in Germany should be paid more in the future, arguing that the current system of performance-based salaries is unconstitutional. Editorialists at German papers warn the decision could prove expensive for the country’s states. R[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Political Diversity Sprouts in Libya.
Despite concerns of the UW’s own Ali Terhouni, Reuters reports hopeful signs in Libya that democracy has taken root. Terhouni, a former UW economist, returned to Libya as a member of the provisional government, but resigned in protest to organize a new political party. His party is now o[...]
Universities On Sale, Academic Principles Put Aside
Saudi Arabia Courts Foreign Academic Partners With Cash Professors see potential for research and pioneering ventures; critics warn that the kingdom should carry out internal reforms first The Chronicle This issue has bothered me for many years. The UW has also participated in building campuses in[...]
November 15th, 2011 - 5:02 pm § in Uncategorized
Higher Ed in Iraq, after Bush
from the chronicle of higher education: By Ursula Lindsey Amman, Jordan Does the government of Iraq spend less on higher education now than Saddam Hussein did? Are most Iraqi academics suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder? Do female academics in Iraq need more support? These and other issue[...]
September 29th, 2011 - 9:29 pm § in Schools & Colleges
The Corporate Degree
Britain, The Independent: The education publisher Pearson’s in partnership with Royal Holloway university is now providing a Pearson’s degree course. The company is already planning further entries into providing degree courses – possibly with other universities. They will not be the[...]
September 25th, 2011 - 8:40 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Univeristy Faculty Go On Strike Monday
Great news, the UW Huskies beat the Cal Bears! But, while that was happening, our education system keeps taking more cuts and It may scare some of you to read this report about educational strife leading to a real strike. No Going Back On Monday Strike UNIVERSITY teachers declared that there is no g[...]
Is the “Yale” name for Sale?
What’s in a Name? For Yale in Singapore, a Whole Lot Courtesy of Yale U. The Chronicle of Higher Education reportsa fight between memebers of the Yale faculty and the administration over who owns the “Yale ” brand name. After the World Economic Forum in Davos, in January 2009, Ri[...]