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Year: 2008
Expanding Student Choices in Study Abroad [Inside Higher Ed]
By Richard C. Sutton, Inside Higher Ed. This summer tens of thousands of American college students are studying in overseas programs around the world. More than 200,000 U.S. students now study abroad each year, and …
Mark Your Calendars Now for Global Hot Spots
The popular Global Hot Spots Series kicks off its fall program on Friday, September 5, focusing on topics of worldwide importance and local interest. Join Madison-area learners and go beyond the headlines to take an …
First-year Interest Groups take off at UW-Madison
by Bobbi Jo Snethen for UW Communications Alex Sevett remembers the vast amount of choices she was presented with upon entering her freshman year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Aside from deciding where to live, …
New Certificate Program: Global Perspectives
For several years, the School of Education has required its students to take three credits of non-western contemporary culture to help expose students to a globalizing world. But Associate Dean Ken Zeichner and his colleagues …
China hopes to attract more US college students [Associated Press]
By JUSTIN POPE – Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — China is hoping that American college students watching the Summer Olympics will want to travel there, providing a bump similar to what Australia and Greece …
International companies fare better, study says [Wisconsin State Journal]
By Marv Balousek, Wisconsin State Journal Companies with foreign operations are earning more profits and hiring more workers than those operating only in the U.S., according to an annual survey by the RSM McGladrey accounting …
Build It And They Will Learn The geography of higher ed is changing fast, with Asia and the Mideast coming on strong [Newsweek]
By Zvika Krieger, Newsweek Aug 9, 2008 Drive down Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai’s main thoroughfare, and you’ll pass the world’s only seven-star hotel, its tallest building and its largest man-made resort island. But head off into …
Report Offers Advice for Colleges on Building International Partnerships [Chronicle of Higher Education]
A major new challenge facing the United States is the deterioration of positive relationships with several major regions of the world, according to a new report from the American Council on Education. The report, “International …
World Stem Cell Summit offers registration discounts to UW-Madison community
The UW-Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center (SCRMC) , WiCell Research Institute and Genetics Policy Institute are co-sponsoring the 2008 World Stem Cell Summit on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 22-23, at the Alliant Energy …