Jean Monnet Centres of Excellence
 

Jean Monnet Centres of Excellence are clearly labelled institutes or structures specialising in European integration studies. They pool the scientific, human and documentary resources for European integration studies at the participating higher education institution(s)
Centres may either be based at one particular higher education institution or may be organised in co-operation [...]

Does it all add up? See for yourself:
Engineering, Technology and Mathematics
From satellite security to cubic equations, these videos are helpful for those interested in a variety of fields.

BENG 100 - Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering: Learn the basics of biomedical engineering from Yale professor W. Mark Saltzman. It presents material in a way both those [...]

Time magazine highlights the huge problem with rankings:
Rather than showing vast differences between schools, the survey highlighted huge disparities in how well each campus was engaging all of its students. For instance, how engineering students scored the quality of on-campus tutoring programs at School A vs. School B may not have varied much. But how [...]

Will the super charged campaigning of the past year result in more demand on political science? Find out just what people learn at the Ivy league in this subject.
Political Science
Whether it’s the history of politics or present-day issues you’re interested in, you’ll find interesting material in these lectures.

State of the Global Environment: Public Policy: [...]

This week I provide two different looks:
Wall street Journal’s investigation into how colleges use (misuse) facebook accounts in college admissions.

The second one is a brief one from the College of William Mary focusing on the personal statements.

Hidden College Costs: Rising Fees - TIME
Meanwhile, the average cost to attend a public school increased 47% between 2000 and 2007 (adjusted for inflation) according to the College Board, a non-profit that studies education costs and owns the SAT. State politicians are so eager to tout low-cost higher education that \”tuition\” has become a dirty [...]

Corruption charges are leveled at Korea’s top art school by one of its faculty member in this news story:
“You have to question who controls this system,” says Debbie Han, a Korean-American artist based in Seoul. “It creates a huge dilemma for students because they have to prepare mechanically for these tests but then they are [...]

Source; Sacremento Bee

California’s college cuts
Published: Friday, Nov. 28, 2008 | Page 20A

COMMUNITY COLLEGES
• Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed cutting $332.2 million from the budget of California’s community colleges.
• The Legislative Analyst’s Office has recommended that community college tuition be increased from $20 per unit to $26 per unit in January and $30 next school year.
• [...]

Who says there is not future in history?We continue our exploration of lectures from the Ivy League
History
Improve your knowledge of American, world and ancient history with these informative video lectures.

CLCV 205 - Introduction to Ancient Greek History: This course traces the development of Greek culture in regard to politics, the arts and philosophy from [...]

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