About 9 AM Stockholm time Monday, the Karolinska is going to wake up one to three biologists and announce they have won the Nobel Prize. Thompson Reuters has their list based on citation, I call this hokey. Here is Thompsons’s list with my thumb added in an appropriate direction where[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Foreign’
September 23rd, 2011 - 3:21 pm § in Schools & Colleges, Science
The AVE Challenge: Who is going to win the Nobel Sunday Night?
September 12th, 2011 - 8:45 am § in Schools & Colleges
Enrollement in Higher Ed in England Drops
More than half of English universities are expecting a fall in undergraduate numbers in the first year of higher fees, with the sector as a whole planning for a drop of almost 2 per cent. Read more at Times Higher Education.[...]
July 29th, 2011 - 10:14 am § in Uncategorized
UK Tuition Drives Brits to Enroll In Nederlands University: Maastricht
Increase in UK Applications to Maastricht University Shortlink: http://redbrick.me/22429 In light of the proposed tuition fee increases for 2012, British applications to Maastricht University in the Netherlands (pictured) have increased tenfold. The University is regarded as one of the leading highe[...]
June 29th, 2011 - 5:48 pm § in Schools & Colleges
NYU Finding The Best and The Brightest .. Irrespective of $$$$$$
Finding talented disadvantaged youth from around the world can be a hard feat to accomplish for New York University, and other elite institutions, largely because of the situation most disadvantaged youth find themselves in. If you are living in a tent in Haiti, or in post-genocide Rwanda, you are t[...]
June 28th, 2011 - 6:31 am § in Schools & Colleges
What a rip-off! US-style fees undermine British Higher Ed
Should the UK Emulate US Pay to Study University System? from Times Higher Education by Anthony Glees, director of the Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies, University of Buckingham. One of many claims our vice-chancellors regularly rehearse is that American universities are the best in the [...]
June 20th, 2011 - 8:49 am § in America
Siemens vs WGU:Unemployed or just uneducated?
German Giant Says US Workers Lack Skills Siemens has just reported that it is now unable to find US workers qualified even for entry level apprentice jobs. WGUW … Washington State’s new no faculty, online solution to the problem .. offers our answers! DIPLOMAS! Not just high school d[...]
June 1st, 2011 - 7:00 am § in Schools & Colleges
WA tries to make WA education as bad as the worst education in India
“The legislature finds that some students are eager to complete a degree in the shortest time possible in order to enter the job market. The legislature further finds that providing streamlined path to a baccalaureate degree would shorten the time required for students to complete a degree, impr[...]
May 15th, 2011 - 9:34 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Russia Enticing for Indian Medical Students
from the Hindu “In spite of scoring 93 per cent in core subjects, it is difficult to pursue my dream career in medicine in India, considering the intense competition. But Russia will provide me the opportunity. On completion of the course, I can return and practise medicine,” said S. Priyadarshi[...]
MLA meeting in Seattle Jan 2012
127th MLA Annual Convention The convention will begin on Thursday, 5 January, and end on Sunday, 8 January. Registration opens in early September for MLA members. PARTICIPATE The deadline to submit program forms and session proposals has passed (1 April). If you have already submitted program copy, [...]
April 23rd, 2011 - 6:02 am § in Schools & Colleges
Foreigners Giving to American Universities
When Indian industrialist Ratan Tata last year announced a gift of US$50 million to Harvard Business School it was acknowledged as “the largest international donation in the Ivy League university’s 102 year history”. But it also sparked a debate on why US universities benefit from [...]