BlogEntrepreneurship Options
July 25, 2010 - 08:47AM
Business schools throughout the nation are beginning to offer more entrepreneurship programs for mostly M.B.A. students, according to an article in The US News & World Report.
These programs will be implemented to help students develop entrepreneurial spirit and creativity. Typically, one professor will seemingly act as an entrepreneurial tutor for a small group of students, or on an individual basis.
The Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Business will launch its “Discovery to Market” entrepreneurship program in Spring 2011. This two-semester program will be open to a small group of students, and it will help them lo read more...
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Valedictorian Title Losing Its Prestige
July 14, 2010 - 06:32AM
For years, the valedictorian title has been for a school’s best academic performer. There was only one student who received this top honor. However, many high schools are beginning to honor multiple valedictorians, according to an article in The New York Times.
The prestige and honor that has always come with the valedictorian title is fading quickly as more schools pick up on this trend. Teachers and administrators are now giving the title to every straight-A student, instead of picking the best individual out of the class.
Principals and administrators are offering multiple valedictorian titles in efforts to reduce competition and read more...
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Education Reform Plans
July 06, 2010 - 05:15PM
Save the teachers, a House Democrat proposes. Cut funding from Obama’s highly-debated education reform proposal and use the money to prevent thousands of teacher layoffs, according to an articlein The Washington Post.
Rep. David R. Obey (Wis.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, proposed that congress refinance Obama’s “Race to the Top” education reform program and fund a $10 billion measure to preserve many teachers’ jobs.
Obey proposed that congress should cut $500 million from the $4.35 billion Race to the Top fund and another $300 million in other education programs and use it for public scho read more...
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Foreign Colleges
June 26, 2010 - 06:34AM
In a recent article, Jay Mathews of The Washington Post offers a fresh opinion on America’s academic culture of high prestige and narrow notoriety.
Mathews argues that Americans are very naïve in thinking that our universities are by far and beyond the best in the world. Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford are some of the best colleges in the world; however, Mathews argues that some foreign colleges are catching up to these institutions.
Mathews cited Ben Wildavsky's "The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World,” stating that America still dominates the top 10 best international colleges, But, b read more...
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Exercise Before Tests
June 20, 2010 - 08:21AM
High school students annually stress over SAT and ACT test scores. Parents and other figures offer countless little tips to boost students’ performances. Eat a good breakfast, they say. Get a good night’s sleep, they prod. Have a nice cup of coffee, they advise.
These are all simple, little tips that could boost a student’s thought process and generate higher scores. Furthermore, exercising the morning of your big ACT or SAT test could also help increase your score, according to an article in The US News & World Report.
Exercise releases chemicals in the brain that sharpen one’s ability to learn and think quickl read more...
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