Tag: Education
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Canines go to college in this class…
Canines go to college in this class that seeks to give shelter dogs a fresh start Shelter animals often display problematic behaviors. Can they be retrained? Shlomit Flaisher-Grinberg Shlomit Flaisher-Grinberg, Saint Francis University Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: “Canine Learning and Behavior” Visit…
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Most Successful College Dropout Says Investment in Education not Enough
Bill Gates might be the most successful college dropout of all time. He only went to Harvard for two years before he left to found Microsoft. In 2007, over 30 years after he dropped out, Harvard granted him an honorary doctorate, not that he needed it since he did just fine without even a BS…
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Scholarship: TETFund Spends N185bn on 35,000 Scholars in 14 Years
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has revealed that the sum of N185 billion has been spent on 35,000 beneficiaries in the TETFund scholarship for academic staff programme which commenced in 2008. Acting Director, Academic Staff Training and Development, Abdullahi Imam, stated this when the representatives of TETFund scholars paid a courtesy visit to the…
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Education is both the victim and the best weapon in Central Sahel conflict
A child who fled from Central African Republic attending a class at a refugee camp in Chad. Getty Images Craig Bailie, Stellenbosch University South Africa’s first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela, captured the value of education when he said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” This is…
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Young African professionals make it big in Germany
When the coronavirus pandemic spread in early 2020, economies around the world closed down and most people were relegated to remote work. But for the young African professionals taking part in the latest AFRIKA KOMMT! program, the pandemic brought the additional challenge of being in a foreign country and taking part in a highly competitive…
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First-Year Earnings for the Same Degree and Major Can Vary by $80,000
Many college degrees look and sound alike, but the rewards from them are very different. In “Buyer Beware: First-Year Earnings and Debt for 37,000 College Majors at 4,400 Institutions,” the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) uses data from the College Scorecard to demonstrate the vastly different outcomes in expected earnings and…
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What happens now for A-level and GCSE students?
Teachers’ predictions for A-level, AS-level and GCSE results will now be used instead of a bungled computer algorithm which left 39% of teenagers with downgraded marks. It came after calls for a U-turn from top Tories, Labour MPs and even advisors to the exam regulator Ofqual. But as the dust settles on the announcement, it’s…
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New teachers mistakenly assume Black students are angry
African American students are disproportionately punished, starting in preschool. Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images Alison Cooke, North Carolina State University; Amy Halberstadt, North Carolina State University, and Pamela Watkins Garner, George Mason University The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea College students who are training to…
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Drop tuition fees: University students face a precarious future amid COVID-19
A man on a skateboard and a young woman pass large letters spelling out UBC at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C., November 2015. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck) Alison Taylor, University of British Columbia COVID-19 has university students and their parents anticipating the beginning of an academic year like no other. Most classes…
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Approved WAEC Examination Centres In Nigeria (FCT, Abuja) 2020
4020101 Government Science Secondary School, Abaji 4020102 Government Girls Secondary School, Abaji 4020103 Government Secondary School, Yaba 4020104 Government Secondary School, Dangara 4020105 Federal Government Girls College, Abaji. 4020201 Government Secondary School, Bwari 4020202 Government Girls Secondary School, Dutse 4020203 Federal Government Girls College, Bwari 4020204 Government Secondary School, Kubwa 4020205 Jewel Model Secondary School, Kubwa…