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It is sometimes presumed that people with Degrees in or at least experience studying theology are more authoritative when it comes questions about God than most other people. Academic Degrees... ... Source: ilp-www.mit.edu --- 8 days ago
10/03/08: Grzegorz Malewicz Google Abstract: Google processed over 400 PB of data using the MapReduce system in September of 2007 alone. The MapReduce model enables rapid expression of a wide range of computations. Its implementation masks failures and scales to tens of thousands of cores. As a result, the system is the foundation of high-performance computing at Google. The talk will overview the MapReduce system. Bio: Grzegorz Malewicz received the BA Degrees in computer science and in applied mathematics in 1996 and 1998, respectively, and the MS degree in computer science in 1998, all from the University of Warsaw. He received the PhD degree in computer science from the University of Connecticut in 2003. He is an engineer at Google. He has had internships at the AT&T Shannon Laboratory (summer 2001) and Microsoft Corp. (summer 2000 and fall 2001). He visited the Supercomputing Technologies Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Academic year 2002-2003), and was a visiting scientist at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (summer 2004) and Argonne National Laboratory (summer 2005). He was an assistant professor at the University of Alabama, where he taught computer science from 2003 until 2005. His research focuses on high-performance parallel and distributed computing, experimental and theoretical algorithmics, combinatorial optimization, and scheduling. His research appears in top journals and conferences and inc ... Source: louisville.bizjournals.com --- 12 days ago
Kentucky’s public colleges and universities awarded a record 45,904 Degrees and credentials during the 2007-08 Academic year. ... Source: corner.nationalreview.com --- 34 days ago
Politics More rumors on a vote of no confidence for education minister Ahmadi, while president Ahmadinejad supporters claim '40 percent of those contemplating a vote of no confidence have reconsidered.' Rumors also about a vote of no confidence for the Agricultural Jihad minister.(E) Larijani: Impeachment of Education Minister ot a slap at government.Former speaker of the Iranian parliament Mehdi Karrubi says the decision to run or to abstain from running for presidency is a very difficult one for him.Reformist theoretician Atrianfar says Karrubi will support former president Khatami's candidacy.Ministry of Higher Education establishes a committee to investigate Academic Degrees of Iranian executives. Expediency Council to launch an investigation into property and wealth of Iranian executives. During four weeks of attacks against Vice President Mashayee for his remarks suggesting friendship with Israel, Mashayee participates in three foreign visits along with Ahmadinejad, including the visit to China.East Azerbaijan governor-general Me'marzadeh resigns with no explanation.Hojjat al-Eslam Mojtaba Zolnouri, deputy representative of the Supreme Leader in the Revolutionary Guards who in a controversial speech last week said 'It is more expedient for the country that Ahmadinejad is elected for a second term,' says his words have been subjected to abuse. Economy #more# According to Iran Statistics 16 million families have enrolled in th ... Source: blogs.spectrum.ieee.org --- 14 days ago
In the spirit of scientific cooperation and goodwill, MIT researcher, Stephen Steiner, has decided to make available for download via a website programs he is developing for further automating the lab processes used for making nanomaterials. The first up is a program he is calling “Ansari” after Anousheh Ansari, who was intent on making space exploration more accessible for all. The program essentially automates a furnace for “cooking up” carbon nanotubes. This may save some tired research assistants from staring at a furnace while waiting to turn the dial to 1000 Degrees Celsius. But it’s not clear that this will actually speed up the “innovation process” as Steiner seems to ultimately hope. When one considers that maybe 80 to 90% of the Academic research that this automation will speed up will never yield any kind of economic value , it really comes down to how you define “innovation”. I think many would consider the discovery and later the exploitation in a little over a decade of the giant magneto resistance (GMR) phenomenon has led to innovation. But the discovery of carbon nanotubes, which can be dated back to the mid-70s or early 90s depending on who you ask, has yielded little commercial impact to date except for some filler in composites for sporting equipment. These two examples demonstrate how difficult it is to determine exactly what innovation may constitute. In the world of nanotech, the science seems to be rolling along ... Source: www3.open.ac.uk --- 18 days ago
We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Director, Social Work (Curriculum) to develop and maintain the quality of courses and awards within Social Work Degrees. This is a leadership and managerial role; you will be responsible for overseeing the curriculum of the Social Work Degrees in England, Scotland and Wales. The Faculty of Health & Social Care is one of The Open University’s fastest growing and most vibrant Academic units. This is an exciting time to join a busy team, characterised by its entrepreneurial and external focus. You will hold a PhD or equivalent and professional qualification in Social Work together with proven experience of developing courses for distance learning. It is essential that you hold a demonstrable knowledge of current issues in Social Work and social care in the UK and have a commitment to the facilitation of adult learning, including work-based learning. Closing date: 12 Noon on 14 October 2008. ... Source: journalism.indiana.edu --- 17 days ago
Applications are available online for the Poynter Scholarship, one of the School of Journalism’s top Academic awards that provides funds as well as a summer internship on the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times.Students who are juniors and are pursuing Bachelor of Arts in Journalism (B.A.J.) Degrees at Indiana University, Bloomington, are eligible. The recipient of the [...] ... Source: www.thepetitionsite.com --- 1 day ago
The Government are coming under pressure to REMOVE the current £3,000 cap on fees on Top Up Fees. Removing the cap would allow institutions to charge higher fees and would create a market - some Degrees might cost up to £15,000 a year, whilst others would be regarded as the "economy option" at £3000. What would you pick at the Education Supermarket? A tiered system would force students to choose a University based on how much debt they think they can afford, not their Academic record. we deamand NO RAISING OF CAP ON TOP UP FEES; please sign the following petition to reject any move by government to lift the Cap. ... Source: www.charlotteobserver.com --- 20 days ago
Boys and girls in navy blue and white uniforms giggled and held hands Sunday as they filed into dusty and often rundown classrooms for the first day of school in Iraq. Parents and their children were hopeful that recent security gains would allow them to focus on studies after years of violence that has forced education to the sidelines. "I'm happy that classes are starting today and pray to God that everything will be fine this year," said 10-year-old Haider Mustafa, wearing a backpack as his dad dropped him off at a school in Baghdad's mainly Shiite neighborhood of Karradah. "I hope that we have security this year that will let us study normally." Not everybody was ready to start school. Many parents decided to wait to send their children until after the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, which ends in early October. Critics said the Education Ministry's decision not to wait until after Ramadan to launch the Academic year imposed unnecessary hardship on the children who were trying to fast as temperatures top 100 Degrees Fahrenheit. "The time is not really right for classes. It is still Ramadan and the weather is still hot," said Abbas al-Saadi, an assistant headmaster of a school in the eastern Baghdad neighborhood of Amin. The Iraqi education system has been devastated by attacks and fighting between U.S.-led forces and Shiite and Sunni militants since the U.S.-led war began in 2003. Hundreds of professors and teachers were ki ... Source: www.nsf.gov --- 14 days ago
Full Proposal Deadline Date: September 30, 2008 Program Guidelines: NSF 08-569 The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) seeks to increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) receiving associate or baccalaureate Degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Type 1 proposals are solicited that provide for full implementation efforts at Academic institutions. Type 2 proposals are solicited that support educational research projects on ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5488&govDel=USNSF_39 This is an NSF Upcoming Due Dates item. ... Source: www.myrtlebeachonline.com --- 39 days ago
Communities In Schools of Brunswick County, or CIS, announced it is planning its 7th annual ``A Taste of Brunswick County'' slated for Oct. 16 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center in Sunset Beach. Eighteen local restaurants and caterers have donated dishes to benefit Communities In Schools. Music will be provided by ``The 360 Degrees!'' A live and silent auction will also take place. Funds generated by the gala benefit the children and families of Brunswick County through Academic Scholarships, After School Programs, Teen and Peer Courts, Adopt-A-School and Volunteer Program, Family Resource Centers, the Family Literacy Center, and the Parenting Education Program. ... Source: www.uticaod.com --- 15 days ago
Utica College plans to be fully independent of Syracuse University by 2016. The college announced it is working with Syracuse to offer its own Degrees and give the UC faculty full autonomy to develop their own Academic programs. “Utica College has been preparing to be a fully independent institution for more than 60 years,” Utica College President Todd Hutton said in a statement. “It is because of the remarkable achievements, work and dedication of generations of faculty, staff, alumni, students and friends, coupled with Syracuse University’s extraordinary support and commitment, that UC is now prepared to stand on its own and poised to pursue even more rigorously its vision of being one of the finest small universities in the country,” Hutton said. Beginning in 2011, all entering freshman and transfer students will receive the Utica College baccalaureate degree. Utica College began offering its own graduate Degrees in 1999 and selected undergraduate Degrees in 2008. The remaining terms of the transition are expected to be finalized by the end of this semester, Hutton said. “This milestone, in which both of our campuses share extraordinary pride, will allow Utica College and Syracuse University to become even stronger Academic partners,” Syracuse University Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor said in a statement. Utica College was founded in 1946 through Syracuse University with the help of community leaders in Utica. It began ... Source: thestate.com --- 31 days ago
Furman University president David E. Shi has been named to The Chronicle of Higher Education/New York Times Higher Education Cabinet, a new organization of university presidents and chancellors who are charged with identifying the key issues and trends in higher education. The group, which consists of 57 higher education leaders, will meet Sept. 15 at The Times headquarters in New York. In addition to a number of scheduled speakers, the cabinet will participate in break-out sessions moderated by reporters from The Chronicle and The Times, the college said today. The session topics will include "Sustaining the Higher Education Financing Model," "E-Learning and Education" and "Internationalization." The group will also participate in four online gatherings between September and May 2009. Before becoming Furman's president in 1994, Shi spent one year as the university's vice president for Academic affairs and dean. He came to Furman from Davidson College, where he taught history for 17 years. A 1973 Furman graduate, he earned both a master's and doctorate's Degrees in history at the University of Virginia. Shi is the author of several books, including The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture (1985), which was recently reissued by the University of Georgia Press. He is also the co-author with the late George B. Tindall of the best-selling textbook, America: a Narrative History, now in its seventh edition. ...
Source: atlanticfreepress.com --- 27 days ago
by Michael Gillespie In a recent column in Market Watch , Dr. Paul B. Farrell asserted that Americans secretly love their war economy. Farrell is the author of The Millionaire Meditation: Stress Management for Wall Street, Corporate America, and Entrepreneurs . In his column titled Americas Outrageous War Economy! Farrell offered some startling facts and statistics, mostly about Pentagon waste, and asked three questions: Why do Americans love their outrageous war economy? Where's the outrage? What will it take to wake America up? According to biographical information published online, Farrell has four Academic Degrees, Juris Doctor, Masters in Regional Planning, Bachelors of Architecture, and a Doctorate in Psychology and has written nine books and more than 1,200 columns. He has served as "Executive Vice President of the Financial News Network; Executive Vice President of Mercury Entertainment Corp; Associate Editor of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner; an investment banker with Morgan Stanley; [and] head of the Crisis Management Group." While Farrell's outrage and concern seem sincere, you might think a man with his resume would have some answers to the questions he poses. Could it be that Farrell is careful to avoid offending his millionaire friends and colleagues on Wall Street and in the board rooms of Corporate America? Answers to the first two of Farrells questions seem obvious enough. Wealthy, powerful corporations and ...
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Trent Argo, Oklahoma Baptist University’s dean of enrollment management, recently was elected president of the National Association of Baptist Enrollment Professionals. The organization’s annual conference was in late July in Arkadelphia, Ark. Oklahoma Baptist University admissions staff co-hosted the event with the admissions staff of Ouachita Baptist University. “I am very proud that Trent has been recognized for his contribution to the profession by election to the post of NABEP president,” said Dr. Deborah Blue, OBU’s senior vice president for Academic affairs. “This is an honor which also carries with it tremendous responsibility.” In addition to the NABEP honor, Argo was invited to co-present a session at the annual Noel-Levitz National Symposium on Student Recruitment, Marketing and Retention. OBU is in the second year of working with Noel-Levitz, a national student recruitment firm. During the July symposium in Chicago, Ill., Argo and James Steen, OBU’s Noel-Levitz recruitment consultant, presented steps the university has used to increase the university’s overall enrollment Other OBU staff attending the symposium were Bruce Perkins, director of admissions; Carrie Myles, associate director of admissions; and Monica Mullins, assistant director of enrollment management and director of student success. Located in Shawnee, Okla., OBU offers 10 bachelor’s Degrees with 83 fields of study. The Christian liberal arts university has ...
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KIRKSVILLE — A former Truman State University dean is returning to Kirksville to serve as interim president taking over for Barbara Dixon. Darrell Krueger, who began working for the university in 1971 has accepted the position. The search began after former president Dixon resigned Monday after five years at the position. Dixon and the board disagreed over where the college was headed in the future and both parties agreed a change was needed. The Board of Governors made the appointment official today and Krueger will assume his duties Oct. 16, one day after Dixon’s final day on the job. He began his career as an assistant professor of political science and then served as the vice president for Academic affairs and dean of instruction at TSU before leaving in 1989. Krueger also served as the president of Winona State University for 16 years before retiring in 2005. Krueger was responsible for turning the university into one of the largest laptop school programs in the nation. Krueger was also instrumental in constructing a new library in 1999 and a cutting edge science laboratory in the fall of 2004 before leaving Winona State. Krueger graduated from Southern Utah State College in 1967 with bachelor Degrees in political science and history. He went on to the University of Arizona to earn a masters degree and a Ph.D. ... Find more results for Academic Degrees on RSSMicro.com |
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Turns out getting your degree from an "Academic institution" that advertises heavily during Jerry Springer and in between Maury Povich's multiple declarations of "You are not the father" is not so helpful in the real world. Bates Technical College in Tacoma, one such institution, is in the midst of settling a suit brought by former students in the school's civil engineering technician and surveying program. Bates has agreed to pay $500,000 to 16 students who claim their Degrees left them "embarrassingly unprepared" for employment. While holders of B.A.s in English from all around the country may echo this sentiment, students at "As Seen on TV" universities are victims of pyramid schemes disguised in the cloak of academia. None of your English professors promised you better paychecks with your "valuable trade," and if they did, you should get on with that lawsuit! But really folks, if you want to have a career in civil engineering--or, you know, a trade where structural soundness and people's lives may be in your hands--go to a school that doesn't advertise during Judge Judy . ...
Western Illinois University President Al Goldfarb presented his fourth State of the University address at Tuesday's Founders' Day celebrations on the Macomb and Moline campuses. Goldfarb noted that Western began the 2008-2009 school year with a $1.6 million increase in the operating budget; and that state support, added to an additional $1.2 million in reallocated funds, provided Western employees an average salary increase of 3.5 percent. "We made much progress in the area of Academic programs that are at the heart of our strategic plan's Academic excellence," Goldfarb added. This summer, Western's first doctoral students defended their dissertations; they will be the first doctoral graduates this fall. Also this fall, the first nursing students were admitted into Western's new BSN degree completion program; a master's degree in museum studies began at the Figge Museum in Davenport, Iowa; and bachelor's and master's Degrees in liberal arts are available to Quad Cities students. Goldfarb also said Western Illinois is seeking approval from the Illinois Board of Higher Education to offer doctoral Degrees in law enforcement and justice administration and in environmental sciences. Other items Goldfarb talked about include the University's planning for the North Central Association reaccreditation process; providing more grant and scholarship opportunities for students; developing enhanced recruitment strategies; continuing and enha ...
Photo by cl-s from the Torontoist Flickr Pool . Sex was perhaps best summed-up by Sarah Michelle Gellar in the timeless cinematic touchstone Cruel Intentions when her character explains to Selma Blair's that "everybody does it, it's just that nobody talks about it." Here to remedy that very problem is the University of Toronto's own Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity , now the first institution in Canada to offer a graduate program in Sexual Diversity Studies. The advent of a program like this a big deal, and the news has certainly been making headlines. The Globe and Mail , for instance, had a particularly choice one: "A PhD in Putting Out." While the article itself (sorry, but you do have to pay five bucks if you want to read it) is for the most part well-written and thoughtful, the editor who wrote that headline added a certain tone of disrespect to the piece—a tone readily picked up on by internet commenters, whose mostly-critical responses on the semi-moderated board tended to consist of typical anti-Academic bitching about wasted taxpayer dollars, useless Degrees, and some pretty grade school-appropriate jokes about "oral examinations." Scott Rayter, acting director for the program, told us he liked the article, but agreed that the headline was slightly problematic. "It seems to make light of the work we do and feeds the kinds of criticism one saw on-line," he said. "My sense of the criticism about the article is th ...
Students scheduled to graduate from Austin Peay State University in December will have an opportunity next month to participate in Grad Finale, an event designed to make sure all preparations have been made for Winter Commencement. Grad Finale will be from 2-6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 7 and from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 8. Both sessions will be at Morgan University Center Ballroom. Students may participate in either session. The following offices will provide information at Grad Finale: The Office of Enrollment Management and Academic Support will answer questions about Commencement, scheduled for Friday, Dec. 12 in the Dunn Center. The Office of Alumni and Annual Giving will welcome students as APSU alumni. The Office of the Registrar will answer questions regarding completion of degree requirements, honors, diplomas and transcripts. A student’s eligibility for graduation also will be checked. The Business Office will be able to answer questions related to account balances. The Office of Student Financial Aid will answer questions about financial matters such as student loan repayments. The College of Graduate Studies will assist students receiving graduate Degrees. Information about APSU’s graduate programs and how to enroll also will be available. The Career and Advisement Center will answer questions about job search assistance including resume referrals and interview opportunities. The APSU Department of Communication will ...