Online MBA courses are steadily gaining a foothold in a world dominated almost exclusively by influential B-schools. These MBAs are a modern spin on distance MBAs—a much-needed spin. As technology grows, its influence in the field of education grows as well and correspondence courses are making a comeback in a ... Read More »
TRUMP STATEMENT: “We defend Japan. We defend Germany. We defend South Korea. We defend Saudi Arabia. We defend countries. They do not pay us what they should be paying us because we are providing a tremendous service. And we’re losing a fortune. That’s why we’re losing. We lose on everything. ... Read More »
Monday night was Donald Trump’s introduction to the general-election debate stage. On display was the Republican presidential nominee as a dichotomy; there was the, albeit briefly, measured Trump who forwent his usual “Crooked Hillary” for “Secretary Clinton” as he addressed his Democratic rival. And, defying expectations, he did not address ... Read More »
Israil Is The right place to hold an international conversation on innovation in education, OECD director of education and skills Andreas Schleicher said Monday. He made the remarks at the opening of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Global Education Industry Summit, organized jointly with Israel’s Education Ministry ... Read More »
WHEN HILLARY CLINTON seemed to collapse while getting helped into the back of a black van earlier this month, Jane Orient, a physician in Tucson, Arizona, says it felt like a vindication. In early August, she’d published an op-ed on the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons’ website questioning whether ... Read More »
Back in January, Microsoft announced Minecraft: Education Edition. Later, the company released an ‘early access’ version to some educators. At the time, some folks were dubious that a video game could serve as a legit tool in the classroom. With that said, Minecraft isn’t really a video game in the traditional ... Read More »
Business owners, pay attention. If you don’t step up your technology game, your employees might leave you. This is according to a new global report from Dell and Intel, entitled Future Workforce. Based on a poll of 4,000 full-time employees all over the world, it tried to understand how modern ... Read More »
Public school supporters want to keep state money out of the pockets of private schools, although the idea — popular among conservatives — is gaining traction months before the legislative session. Advocates of the so-called school choice movement want the state to give each Texas student who no longer wants ... Read More »
Education Minister Naftali Bennett has managed to set two main goals for the education system since entering the ministry. Last year, it was strengthening the study of mathematics, but now the emphasis has shifted to bolstering the study of Judaism. “Studying Judaism and excelling in it is more important to ... Read More »
Every year, India dreams of its higher educational institutions rising up to world standards in terms of ranking, number of peer-reviewed publications, and awards for research. It dreams of this despite reports that almost three-fourths of the graduates emerging from these colleges and universities are adding little value to research ... Read More »
As Tesla founder Elon Musk promises to change the world, starting with giant battery factory in the Nevada desert, investors from Toronto to Tokyo are quietly developing the next-generation technologies that may actually get him there. Batteries, especially the lithium-ion variety used in mobile phones and electric cars, are likely to dominate ... Read More »
On September 8, 1966, NBC aired the first episode of a new TV series about a starship on a five year mission of space exploration. Today, Star Trek turns 50. The first episode told of an endangered shape-shifting, salt-sucking alien posing as a human woman to lure prey to its ... Read More »
