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The ‘higher education bubble’ at last has its own Wikipedia entry: “The higher education bubble is a speculative boom and bust phenomenon in the field of higher education. According to the theory, while college tuition payments are rising, the rate of return of a college degree is decreasing, and the soundness of the student loan [...]
“Developing countries spend hundreds of billions of dollars each year on schools, educational materials and teachers, but relatively little is known about how effective these expenditures are at increasing students’ years of completed schooling and, more importantly, the skills that they learn while in school. This paper examines studies published between 1990 and 2010, in [...]
“The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has agreed to launch the country’s first scientific journal, which they expect to attain international standards and become a reference point within central Africa.” via @SciDevNet I am a strong advocate for investment in research and development in developing countries. Professional journals are a part of [...]
I was accepted a couple months back to present recent research at this year’s African Studies Association in Washington, D.C. However, I had to decline due to my research not being finished thanks to a jam-packed Fall 2011 semester. Things have done a 180°. The chair of my session has asked me to reconsider and [...]
So, yes, I am taking a statistics final this evening and will have one month off of school before a quick 3-week summer class on “Education and Economics in an International Perspective” taught by Keiichi Ogawa from Kobe University in Japan. Should be a great class to satisfy my never-ending economic hunger. This one month [...]
As I recently lamented how infrequently I blog, but regularly engage on Twitter, I can’t help but at least make an effort to post something. Anything. I have a few posts in the works, most of which will have to wait until my semester officially ends in two weeks. Some of what I’m working on: [...]
In January I posted about the 2011 Educational Symposium for Research and Innovations (ESRI) at George Washington University, where I am undergoing graduate studies. I will be presenting my research on “A Comparison of Educational Development in North and South Nigeria: Implications of Gender Disparity” during Session C on Saturday, March 5th from 1:15 p.m. [...]
In less than three short weeks I will be on a plane heading to Brazil to research equality and quality in education, particularly concerning pedagogy among the marginalized. I will visit several NGO’s, large and small, in addition to some universities and a trip to one of the favelas. I am expecting the trip to [...]
I am working on two research papers at the moment, the first which is on gender issues in the education of indigenous Guatemalan’s. While gender disparity within educational access and achievement is not something of a huge problem in Latin America, unlike in most of Africa, Guatemala is an exception. Having a significant indigenous population [...]
One of the graduate courses I am currently taking at GWU is Education & Equality in Latin America & the Caribbean, an area of particular interest to me. The class is off to a great start and one of our first tasks is to develop some themes which will become the subject of our group [...]
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