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Governor ESL Narsimhan has emphasised the need for quality education for students in universities. “Our universities manage to produce a large number of Ph.Ds. But what about the value of these degrees? If we do not fix the problem of quality we will face the prospect of being left behind in a world racing towards [...]
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'Education for all' campaign launched in Orissa
Posted by admin on June 8th, 2010
As part of the 1Goal global campaign coinciding with the FIFA Football World Cup 2010, hundreds of social activists, educationists, students and sportspersons have started a signature drive in Orissa, seeking education for all, a campaigner said Tuesday. The drive was kicked off here Monday by international football player and former captain of Indian women [...]
MSU researchers endorse new education standards
Posted by admin on June 8th, 2010
Numerous researchers in MSU’s College of Education have endorsed a set of high school graduation standards approved last week that proponents said will better prepare students for college. The Common Core State Standards were approved June 2 by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, as well as teachers and [...]
D.C.’s New Community College Brings Continuing Education Online
Posted by admin on May 28th, 2010
In a super-competitive job market that puts a premium on specialized knowledge and skills, opportunities for continuing education have never been more vital to D.C. area residents. Now even the busiest would-be students can find education and training—literally at their fingertips—in more than 1,000 online courses offered by the Continuing Education program at CCDC. The [...]
Thinning Bones Osteoporosis Medication
Posted by admin on January 7th, 2010
To hear Sally Field tell it, reversing bone loss with the drug Boniva is important because you have only “one body and one life.” And the 63-year-old actress—who looks around 45 in commercials for the bone-building drug—implies that many, if not most, healthy and fit middle-aged women are on the road to osteoporosis. They’re not. [...]
