Accepted Admissions Almanac
September 27, 2011
News about international education, including commentary and archival articles published in The International Herald Tribune and The New York Times.
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Britain Seeks to Smooth Path to University
British students currently apply to universities before they get their A-level results. The admissions body has proposed to change this, but some universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, expressed doubts.
September 26, 2011worldNewsARTICLES ABOUT INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Ruling Affirms Right to Apply in Swedish for Academic Posts in Sweden
A handful of Swedish universities, which had required certain applications to be filed in English, are now being told to change their approach.
September 25, 2011MORE ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND: ENGLISH LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES, EDUCATION (SECONDARY), SWEDEN
Briefly: Education
Soros Group to Give Millions for Debating Programs
The Open Society Foundation, which is making a $20 million offer and is financed by George Soros, said it hoped to help students develop public speaking skills and to engage them in policy issues.
September 25, 2011Special Report: Q. and A.
The Champion's Workout King
Q & A with Mike Collier, physiotherapist and fitness and dietary advisor to the driver Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes.
September 23, 2011MORE ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND: PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AUTOMOBILE RACING, FORMULA ONE
BRIEFLY: EDUCATION
Carnegie Mellon Plans to Build Campus in Rwanda
The Pittsburgh-based university said its Kigali, Rwanda, campus would begin classes in fall 2012 with the first group of 40 students.
September 21, 2011MORE ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND: EDUCATION (SECONDARY), SAT (COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST), UNITED STATES, RWANDA, COLLEGE BOARD, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Internet Ruffles Pricey Scholarly Journals
With British universities already spending 65 percent of their library acquisition budgets on periodicals, the pressure for change is mounting.
September 19, 2011MORE ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND: EDUCATION (SECONDARY), COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, GREAT BRITAIN
Germany Tries to Save Prestigious Title of Doctor
Plagiarism scandals that rocked the German political world this year have led to soul-searching among academics and prompted calls for stricter controls.
September 12, 2011Business Programs Transform Japan Offices
Where once in-house training ruled, workers now learn lessons on the outside.
September 12, 2011BRIEFLY: EDUCATION
Medical Schools Neglecting Gay Health Needs, Study Says
Medical school curricula in the United States and Canada devote an average of only five hours to the specific health care issues faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender patients, a survey shows.
September 12, 2011WORLD BRIEFING | AFRICA
Kenya Teacher Strike Paralyzes Schools
Kenya’s finance minister said the government could not afford to hire new teachers after thousands went on strike this week, paralyzing schools in the East African nation.
September 8, 2011MORE ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND: STRIKES, TEACHERS AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, KENYA, KENYATTA, UHURU MUIGAI
LETTERS TO THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
Teaching Civility
Children should be taught from the earliest age about responsible government and how to achieve it.
September 7, 2011MORE ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND: UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION (K-12), FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WORLD BRIEFING | AFRICA
Kenya: Teachers Strike
More than 200,000 teachers went on strike Tuesday to protest the diversion to the Defense Ministry of funds intended to hire more teachers and ease classroom overcrowding, said Wilson Sossion, head of the Kenya National Union of Teachers.
September 7, 2011
In France, a Bastion of Privilege No More
One of France’s most traditional and prestigious universities, which long prepared privileged children for privileged careers, has expanded its student body to include the underprivileged.
September 5, 2011BRIEFLY: EDUCATION
U.K. Group Set to Challenge Scots' Selective Free Tuition
The rule in question makes students from Scotland and the rest of the European Union eligible for free tuition at Scottish universities, while students resident in England, Wales or Northern Ireland are not.
September 5, 2011
China Takes Aim at Rural Influx
Many schools attended by migrants have been destroyed recently, but some parents and administrators view the bulldozing as an exercise in population control.
August 30, 2011MORE ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND: PRIVATE AND SECTARIAN SCHOOLS, EDUCATION (K-12), POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, TEACHERS AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, MIGRANT AND FOREIGN WORKERS, CHINA, BEIJING (CHINA)
Stricter Visa Rules in U.K. Put Some Colleges in Bind
Amid concern that Britain could lose significant revenue from foreign students, one university has blamed the crackdown on immigration for closing its London campus.
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American Universities Go Global
As more and more American universities take their programs overseas, the United States' system of higher education is becoming one of its most valued exports.
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