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23 Nov 2011
ACEI Global Blog
Education and the Arts: A Cultural Crossroads
November 17, 2011 Everything changes. Everything is connected. Pay attention. –Ancient Buddhist Proverb What does it feel like when your world is out of balance, off kilter, or out of control? Koyaanisqatsi, the Hopi word meaning- A life out of
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17 Nov 2011
International Education: A Personal Journey
November 10, 2011 In celebration of International Education Week (November 12-16), I am reminded of my own personal journey as an international student. It began when I was ten and the six weeks I spent one summer at the now
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10 Nov 2011
Music and the Brain: An Enduring Partnership
November 3, 2011 Ever since I became entranced by Coltrane’s song “India” in my bedroom when I was sixteen and living at home, I’ve been aware of the power of music to affect the heart, soul, and spirit. Music has
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3 Nov 2011
Latin America: Higher Education in Crisis
October 27, 2011 A recent article in the Economist (10/8/11) entitled “Universities in Latin America, The struggle to make the grade,” reports on the overall health of the institutions of higher education in the region and the prognosis is not
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27 Oct 2011
Student Uprising: A global movement
October 20, 2011 “The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.” ~Franklin D. Roosevelt A recent (10/19/11) blog on Huffington Post states that “according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, students took
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20 Oct 2011
International Programs: An Economic Development Solution for Community Colleges
October 13, 2011 These are challenging times for community college leaders. Many states across the country are facing unprecedented budget reductions in higher education systems. As community colleges receive fewer state dollars, these institutions must develop alternate funding sources. Trustees
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13 Oct 2011
We bailed out the banks why not our students?
October 6, 2011 If you haven’t heard already, people are protesting on Wall Street and it’s not the bankers demanding more deregulation or some garbage like that. No, this time, it’s the average man and woman, young and old, from
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6 Oct 2011
Is No Child Left Behind…threatening to leave our nation behind?
September 29, 2011 It has been ten years since the passing of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), but there has been little to no improvement in our country’s education standing amongst other industrialized nations in the world. Last
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29 Sep 2011
The Race, Prison and Education Connection
September 22, 2011 “There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are
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22 Sep 2011
As Seen in International Educator
“Full-page advertisement for the Association of International Credential Evaluators in the NAFSA publication “International Educator.”
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21 Sep 2011
Reflecting on 9/11 and its impact on International Students
September 15, 2011 Ten years ago on September 11, 2001, I was on a Thai Airlines flight heading back home to Los Angeles after a successful two-week fact finding trip to South Korea and Japan. I had met with representatives
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15 Sep 2011
