Commentary Why Johnny can read in the Caribbean but cant in the United States
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By Jean H Charles The United States might be spending per capita, for the primary and secondary education of its pupils, more than any other country in the world, yet the result is less than satisfactory. The youngsters, who come from Jamaica, Barbados or, as matter of fact, Haiti, will climb very soon to the [...]
Educational opportunities for OECS nationals in the French West Indies
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CASTRIES, St Lucia: In order to show its dedication to strengthening the ties between the French Caribbean and the OECS, the University of the French West Indies and Guiana (Universit%26eacute; des Antilles et de la Guyane %26ndash; UAG) is offering a language training programme to new applicants from the OECS.
Sterling Scholar semifinalists show their stuff
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PROVO Some students were too nervous even to munch on the cookies heaped on platters in the school lobby.
Hundreds of students along the Wasatch Front went through the Sterling Scholar semifinals Wednesday afternoon, vying for the chance to win scholarships. The program is sponsored by [...]
Technophobes lurk in FE
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An orgy of construction is taking place in FE colleges up and down the land. While some managements strive proudly for individuality of design, all make the same two boasts: their new building is green, and it is packed with computers.Few would deny that these palaces of learning are well kitted out, cyberwise. Becta, the [...]
Is a new language programme being rushed in
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The government’s new quickie courses for teaching foreigners just as much English as they require to work seems like an efficient idea. But does it really take half the time to teach someone to speak only work-related English as it does to teach them English for life in general?That’s the obvious question raised by the [...]
Education efforts benefit Pennsylvania
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I felt concern when reading Nancy Eshelman’s Jan.
24 column, “Stats show college isn’t for
everyone.” There are many opportunities for
postsecondary education that do not involve a four-year
college degree.
In regard to college degrees, the College Board ’s
“Education Pays 2007 Report” details that
individuals with these degrees are more likely to benefit
from health and pension plans, enjoy [...]
Cambridge fails to lure state pupils
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Britain’s leading universities are failing to become less elitist and have ’stalled’ in their attempts to recruit more state school students, Geoff Parks, director of admissions at Cambridge University, has admitted.Cambridge is launching a new offensive to recruit pupils from less privileged backgrounds. The first step, said Parks, would be to abolish the university’s separate [...]
The end of colleges as we know them
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Is the face of education about to change for good? If a recent announcement from the prime minister is anything to go by, further education colleges as we know them, serving all ages from mid-teens to the grave, could be a thing of the past.Students aged over 19 may soon have their own institutions. The [...]
Universities get down to business
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Even 10 years ago, the idea that academics from Cambridge would be offering workplace courses to ophthalmic dispensing assistants at Specsavers would have been about as likely as Lambrusco being served at high table. But universities’ involvement with business continues apace, and the government has now focused its vision on expanding higher education by inviting [...]
Colleges soon big enough to go out on their own
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Amid the frenzy of excitement about Labour’s funding arrangements, the latest education bill has slipped virtually unnoticed into the parliamentary lists.The only bit of the education and skills bill that has interested the media so far is the raising of the leaving age. The spotlight has not settled yet on another clause near the end [...]
