Archive for the ‘Higher Studies’ Category

Links of Interest for Weeks of December 18th – 31st

Last week I was unable to post my customary “Links of Interest” post to IHEC Blog due to me and my youngest child being sick and the fact that it was Christmas....

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Video of the Week – Secretary Clinton’s Remarks at Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for SA-5

For this video of the week I selected Secretary of State Hilary Clinton speaking at the ribbon cutting ceremony for SA-5 [State Annex 5] which is the new home of...

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Brief Notes on the Intertwined History of Comparative and International Education in the Early Years

Those of you who enjoy reading about the history of international education may appreciate this IHEC Blog post that I pulled from my research notes. To be sure,...

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South Korea Scholarship Program

I just learned about an interesting new partnership between CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange and The Korea Foundation. Specifically, these two...

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Minority Hires a Priority On Capitol Hill

Minority Hires a Priority On Capitol Hill

Government agencies and MSI advocates seek new ways to boost minority participation in federal jobs. in News Go to Source

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Hispanic College Fund President Steps Down

Hispanic College Fund President Steps Down

Idalia Fernandez announced Tuesday she will resign from the position she has held since 2007. in News Go to Source

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Advocates Want More Help for Jobless Blacks

Advocates Want More Help for Jobless Blacks

Citing different approaches needed for those hardest hit by joblessness, scholars say chronically high Black unemployment defies easy solutions when both discrimination...

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Like Du Bois, UPenn Scholar Has Focused on Interdisciplinary Work

Like Du Bois, UPenn Scholar Has Focused on Interdisciplinary Work

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi, the Lasry Family Endowed Professor of Race Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, has found a way to hone all of his academic interests...

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Letters: Opportunities and threats in university funding crisis

Letters: Opportunities and threats in university funding crisis

Your editorial (24 December) states that, in the light of further cuts in funding for universities, “social mobility is suddenly a luxury for another day”....

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Call for universities to charge well-off students £30,000 a year

Call for universities to charge well-off students £30,000 a year

Former member of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee says poor have been subsidising the rich for too long A leading economist has called for...

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