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Education in China: Reverse Brain Drain
China is experiencing some reverse brain drain, by attracting Chinese scientists and mathematicians in the U.S. back to the mainland [...]
Posted in China, economics, trends Also tagged brain, BusinessWeek, China, Colleges And Universities, dean, design, Economic Development, Education In China, Harvard, Neuroscience, Peking University, Scientist, Scientists, Tsinghua University, United States Leave a comment
Education in China: 56% of student startups get low marks
More than half of government-subsidized student business companies were scored as "mediocre" or even "bad-performing" after years of operation, according to an report released recently at the Shanghai Entrepreneurship Week [...]
Posted in China, innovation Also tagged Chinese Enterprises, Chinese Government, Education In China, Entrepreneur, Facebook, fund manager, Game, innovation, Innovation Strategies, Li Jun, Marketing, player, Report, Science And Technology, Shanghai, Shanghai Daily, technology, Treaty of Nanking, USD, Yangtze River Delta, Yuan Leave a comment
Interaction Design Association (IxDA) 2010 Global Student Competition: THE FINALISTS
I recently took part on the jury of the first IxDA Global Student Design competition, which had over 40 entries, representing university programs in Australia, China, Columbia, Denmark, India, the Netherlands, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States. Of those many entries, five have earned a full scholarship to Interaction10 conference [...]
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Education in China: 6.3 million college graduates in 2010 to pose severe challenges to job market
China's Education Minister Yuan Guiren warned recently that the country's record number of 6.3 million college graduates next year would pose "severe challenges" to the job market.
Education in China: Sending More Students to U.S.
American universities are enrolling a new wave of Chinese undergraduates, according to the annual Open Doors report [...]
Posted in China, economics, trends Also tagged Association of American Universities, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, Chinese Students, Education In China, india, Institute of International Education, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, Peggy Blumenthal, Politics, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, United States, US State Department, Western Association of Schools and Colleges 2 Comments
Education in China: Village students often ‘forgotten’
Children from remote mountain villages in Chongqing municipality struggle against the cold weather during long walks to get to school - proof of their desire to go to school and learn [...]
Posted in China, economics Also tagged Charcoal, China Daily, Chongqing, Education In China, Education System, energy, food, food safety, poverty, teacher Leave a comment
Education in China: Students shop for university courses abroad
More than 20,000 visitors packed the Shanghai East Asia Exhibition Hall during an annual education fair by overseas schools [...]
Posted in China, economics, trends Also tagged Belgium, canada, College Education, Colleges And Universities, Denmark, Education Experts, Education In China, Education System, Europe, Shanghai, Shanghai Daily, United Kingdom, United States 5 Comments
Education in China: Shanghai MBAs in global spotlight
FOUR Shanghai Executive MBA programs have been ranked among the world's top 50 by the prestigious London Financial Times [...]
Interaction Design Association (IxDA) 2010 Global Student Competition: Deadline Extension, Open now to Groups
After careful consultation among the jury and feedback from representatives of some of the top IxD educational institutions from around the world, the competition commitee have made two big decisions: (1) DEADLINE EXTENSION: We are extending the deadline by a full month to 31-Dec-2009 (11:59p US/Pacific Standard Time). If you have submitted your work prior to 26-Nov (noon US/Pacific Standard Time) you can re-submit your work. Otherwise, all submissions are final. (2) GROUPS/TEAMS: We are now opening up the competition to group submissions. However, and this is a big "however", only 1 representative can be declared the "primary representative" for a team or group and be eligible to win the scholarship to Interaction 10 | Savannah and compete in Stage 2 of the competition.
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