Walter Benjamin: Why Is Art Worth More Than Music?
August 21st, 2014 German Philosopher Walter Benjamin: 1892-1940 Walter Benjamin was a German philosopher (1892-1940) whose most famous work from […]
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Yachay: A South American Silicon Valley in Ecuador
August 14th, 2014 Ecuador is creating a new city of knowledge called Yachay; a Quechua Indian word that means knowledge,
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10 Fast Facts on Mauritania
August 7th, 2014 Recently, I saw a performance by the Mauritanian singer Noura Mint Seymali, who plays the 9-string harp,
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5 Safety Tips for International Students on U.S. Campuses
August 1st, 2014 For many years I served as an advisor to international students and counseled them on selecting colleges
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10 Time Management Tips for On-line Students
July 23th, 2014 Are you thinking of taking courses on-line? Though online learning may be convenient, it does pose challenges
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15 Fast Facts on Higher Education in Armenia
July 17th, 2014 Brief Overview: Armenia is the smallest of the former Soviet republics. It sits landlocked and earthquake ridden
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Empathy: Is it Teachable?
July 10th, 2014 Empathy: the feeling that you understand and share another person’s experiences and emotions: the ability to share
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Fourth Of July Fun Facts
July 4th, 2014 The Fourth of July: The day Americans celebrate their country’s independence. It’s a day you probably know
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RIP: Maya Angelou
June 26th, 2014 Last month we lost the great Maya Angelou. Our guest blogger, Tom Schnabel, had the pleasure of
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15 Facts on South Korean Student Flows
June 19th, 2014 When I first traveled to South Korea in 2001 and visited with officials at the Ministry of
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IRAN: Happiness, Stealthy Freedom, and Faces of Iran on FB
June 12th, 2014 Happiness is… If you’ve been following the news from Iran recently, you must have heard the one
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Student Loans: Up in Smoke!
June 5th, 2014 Imagine you had a fairy godmother or godfather for that matter who with the wave of a