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With Harvard’s Help, Rwanda’s Medical Sector Advances
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Tiger Mom Methodology = Unhappy Kids
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Bosnia-Herzegovina to Receive 1.5M Euros for Reform of Higher Ed Financing
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Reports: Security Forces Kill Syrian Students During Conflict
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New Higher Ed Ranking System: Countries, Not Universities
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With Harvard’s Help, Rwanda’s Medical Sector Advances
Together with Rwanda’s Ministry of Health, Harvard University is teaching a healthcare delivery course titled “Global Health Delivery” in the village of Rwinkwavu two times a year, bringing healthcare education to underprivileged areas of the nation. This February, in Rwinkwavu’s training and research center, a combined 30 African medical leaders, Harvard faculty, and health workers [...]
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Tiger Mom Methodology = Unhappy Kids
Last year, Yale University professor Amy Chua authored Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, a book outlining a “superior” and stricter philosophy on child rearing most commonly associated with Chinese culture. The novel created waves of controversy and made many a parent and child development professional take a closer look at the way we educate our [...]
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Bosnia-Herzegovina to Receive 1.5M Euros for Reform of Higher Ed Financing
Representatives of the European Union and the relevant actors in the field of education met in Sarajevo in order to discuss a new EU project for the reform of higher education financing in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Through its Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance program, the EU pledged 1.5 million euros (USD $1.9 million) to support the [...]
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Reports: Security Forces Kill Syrian Students During Conflict
Earlier this month conflict arose as Syrian university students clashed with the national security forces. Taking place at Aleppo University, students were holding a daily anti-government protest when they were raided. Security forces and militiamen shot live ammunition. They were dispersing the protest outside of the university dormitory. It’s been reported that at least four [...]
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New Higher Ed Ranking System: Countries, Not Universities
Universitas 21 (U-21), an international university network of 23 institutions, has published education rankings based on a newly designed system for evaluating the placement of 48 nations and territories widely viewed as being at the forefront of higher education. This new system differs from its peers in that, rather than evaluating individual educational institutions, it [...]
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Universities Are Needed in South Africa
Higher education in South Africa is becoming an extremely competitive field. With only a tiny amount of placements in public universities available, competition begins much earlier than when classes even start. The tension is s...
How to Make Reading Difficult Texts More Accessible in the Classroom
There was a time when literacy was a rare and prized skill. These days the ability to read isn’t so rare but it’s not so prized either. We use technology to distill great amounts of information down to the tiniest bite-size...
“Two Schools Under One Roof” Ruled Discriminatory
On April 27, 2012, the Municipal Court in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ruled that the practice of “two schools under one roof” exercised by primary schools in the cities of Stolac and Capljina, both in Herzeg-Neretva Can...
South Africa Training More Teachers
In South Africa, to increase the number of teachers, the Department of Higher Education and Training will reopen three previously closed teaching training schools in 2013. There is a special interest in producing Foundation P...
Teachers Strike in El Salvador to Protest Pay
Nearly 800,000 students were affected by a two-day nationwide teacher strike in El Salvador. Members of several national unions carried out a work stoppage in protest of teacher pay. One union abstained from striking, citing ...
Education Fair Helps Indian Students Study Abroad
In early May 2012, in cities across South India, The Hindu Education Plus’s fifth annual International Education Fair will take place to inform Indian students about higher education study abroad opportunities. The fair&...
Education Called On to Develop Human Resources in Africa
Hoping to further develop Africa, the Africa Health, Human, and Social Development Alliance (formerly the African Public Health Alliance) has asked education ministers to draft an African Human Resources Development Plan to mee...
In the Works: Chile Tax Reforms to Boost Education
Chile’s government has proposed a tax reform bill that will increase company taxes in order to fund education reform. The bill still needs to be passed by Congress but would potentially increase annual taxes paid from $70...
Qatar Sees Success in Adult English Literacy
In Qatar, Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) has successfully completed a third year of their Adult English Literacy (RAEL) program, in which university students volunteer as literacy trainers to teach English to low-skilled workers. RO...
How to Write a Great Lesson Plan, Part 1: What & Why?
So, for whatever reason, you need a lesson plan. Maybe you’re a volunteer teacher in some far-flung corner of the world trying to help young people grapple with English for the first time, maybe you’ve been hired ...
Seminar Held to Evaluate Education in Pakistan
In early April 2012, a regional seminar organized by Idara-e-Taleem-o-Agahi (ITA) and South Asia Forum for Education Development (SAFED) was held in Lahore to address the state of Pakistan’s education system. ITA’...
Chinese Language Studies Increasing in Turkey
As relations between Turkey and China increase, more students are studying Chinese language and literature in Turkey, hoping to become more competitive job and graduate school candidates. At Faith University in Istanbul, in a C...
Sophisticated Military Intelligence Necessary in Africa
On May 28, 2012, a workshop on military training and leadership will be offered at the Land Forces Africa conference in Johannesburg, offering ample opportunity for African military leaders to address the growing need for great...
Filipino Students Attend Science Class in a Bus
In the Philippines, a bus called “The Science Explorer” is a mobile science laboratory created by the Department of Science and Technology – Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) to counter a shortage of sc...
International Teenagers Discuss Higher Education in Spain
From March 27 to March 30, 2012, IE University in Spain convened its junior advisory board (JAB), created in 2009, to learn international pre-university students’ views on higher education. JAB meetings aid the university...
Coding Club to Teach More Relevant Computer Skills in the UK
In the UK, amidst recent critiques of information and communications technology (ICT) education, a computer programming project called Code Club is developing an afterschool program to teach preteens coding in a fun way. Run by...