The Global Search for Education: What Students Want
What students want — and what world leaders can and must do better! Mark this day with a white stone — July 12, 2013. The venue: The United Nations. The Event: Malala Yousafzai, the fearless education rights campaigner from Pakistan shot by extremists on her way to school, takes center stage to celebrate her birthday and together with her fellow student campaigners, leads us in a global discussion of the world’s...
The Global Search for Education: Women – Part 4 – Egypt
““I think it is important for any new government to take action to re-instate a fair quota of dedicated seats in parliament for women; only this would ensure they are fairly represented.” — Tatiana Philiptchenko “You are not Islam! You are not Egypt! Where is my freedom?” (An Egyptian woman protesting plans to reduce the legal age of marriage to 13 as reported in The Observer, March 30, 2013)...
The Global Search for Education: Student Loan Solution Will Come
Most countries, including the United States, want to ensure their students are equipped with the 21st century education needed to compete in today’s world. Can U.S. higher education systems remain competitive in terms of equity and positive outcomes among their global competitors? According to OECD Education Indicators in Focus, “Higher Education financing systems that charge a moderate level of tuition fees...
Alice? – Utter Nonsense!
Nonsense is the theme of Alice’s Day in Oxford on July 6. “Take some more tea,” the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. “I’ve had nothing yet,” Alice replied in an offended tone, “so I can’t take more.” “You mean you can’t take less,” said the Hatter. “It’s very easy to take more than nothing.” Lewis Carroll –...
Are You a Citizen Artist?
I am a Citizen Artist. Are you? Growing up to be an aspiring artist, a passion nurtured by both my parents, had its pros and cons but thankfully, mainly the former. That infamous, awful cliché, “Surely you don’t want to be a poor starving artist?” expressed by so many uninformed (or as my mother would say uneducated) folks along the journey has taken me from the depths of inward despair to the heights of good fortune...
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