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Mark Kopenski March 27, 2016 570 Comments Off on Young Saudis See Cushy Jobs Vanish Along With Nation’s Oil WealthRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — In pressed white robes and clutching crisp résumés, young Saudi men packed a massive hall at a university in the capital city this month to wait in long lines to pitch themselves to employers. It was one of three job fairs in Riyadh in two weeks, and the high attendance was fueled in part by fear
Short on time? Here are the highlights: A recent study estimates the value of global tuition revenues for pathway programmes at US$825 million There are now more than 1,400 pathway, or foundation, programmes available worldwide The vast majority of these lead to English-taught undergraduate degrees, and nearly half are provided in collaboration with private-sector pathway providers The study anticipates further
The country is planning to overhaul the university system to attract larger numbers of foreign applicants, reports Zhao Xinying. In 2014, more than 377,000 students from 203 countries studied in China, according to the Ministry of Education. The Institute of International Education calculated the number of foreign students as 356,499, and ranked the country as the third-largest host of international
Zhao Xinying Updated: Feb 15,2016 7:35 AM China Daily Government wants 500,000 by 2020, but difficulties must be overcome China is planning to overhaul its university education system to attract more international students. In 2014, the country played host to more than 377,000 international students, making it the world’s third-most-popular destination for such applicants. The government plans to raise the number to
February 3, 2016 By Ellen Wexler If only tuition were lower, and high school students were armed with better data. That’s the idea that has guided the policy discussion about college access and affordability: to make better enrollment decisions, the story goes, students need money and information. But that narrative misses an important point about how students make decisions: for
Mark Kopenski January 17, 2016 624 Comments Off on Death of 3 Columbia Students Raises Fears Over Trips AbroadWhile many of their classmates were using the winter break to unwind, the 28 Columbia University students whose bus crashed in Honduras this week had chosen to spend part of their vacation volunteering by helping doctors provide basic medical care in one of Central America’s poorest countries. A growing number of college students participate in such trips, spurred by hopes of changing the world,
Collaboration is taking over the workplace. As business becomes increasingly global and cross-functional, silos are breaking down, connectivity is increasing, and teamwork is seen as a key to organizational success. According to data we have collected over the past two decades, the time spent by managers and employees in collaborative activities has ballooned by 50% or more. Certainly, we find
Mark Kopenski January 11, 2016 986 Comments Off on 10 Top Marketing Executives Share Their 2016 Marketing Goals. Another marketing goal that we hope to achieve is to have our team learn more technical skills to grab data and make more actionable insights. Penny Wilson – CMO, Hootsuite My mission in 2016 is to help Hootsuite become more customer centered while still aggressively growing the company; and of course, we will lead using social tools and technology
Law school at Washington University St. Louis offered “exploding” scholarships to top applicants. As applications decline, law schools are under greater pressure than ever to keep the credentials of incoming classes high. July 8, 2013 By Lauren Ingeno Some Washington University School of Law applicants recently received a welcome surprise in their inboxes. An e-mail from the university, which was
Mark Kopenski November 23, 2015 632 Comments Off on Overseas Students Pour Into Some American Campuses, but Other Colleges Haven’t Kept Up With the GrowthThe number of foreign students at American colleges rose 73 percent during the past decade. But only 10 percent of colleges accounted for most of the surge. The United States is experiencing an international-student boom. But that boom is not being shared equally by all colleges. The number of foreign students at American colleges rose 10 percent in 2014-15, according