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 week, President Obama offered those states struggling under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) program’s […]
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 things we don’t know we don’t know.” -Donald Rumsfeld (Former Secretary of Defense and owner […]
As Seen in International Educator
“Full-page advertisement for the Association of International Credential Evaluators in the NAFSA publication “International Educator.”
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 at the South Korean and Japanese Ministries of Education, visited and toured schools and universities […]
A stimulus plan of sorts…colleges paying employers to hire their graduates
Hope your Labor Day weekend was a good one. Thanks to my employer, who threw in a bonus day making it a total of 4 days of R&R, I’m back at my desk rested and ready to push through the remaining months of 2011. Here’s something interesting I came across while perusing the internet and […]
“Follow your Bliss”
“Follow your Bliss” ~Joseph Campbell September 02, 2011 How do we find our bliss and then stay committed to following it? As the renowned mythologist, author and teacher Joseph Campbell stated in the book, The Power of Myth “… I say, follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t […]
What happened to innovation?
August 25, 2011 As our dependence on fossil fuels continues to persist compounded by demand from the emerging economies of China and India, you would think our universities would be encouraging their graduate students to enter research programs in search of alternatives to oil. But that is not the case. In a recent August 24, […]
Taking Charge: The Art of Assuming Responsibility
August 18, 2011 It’s been a month since I last blogged, and it’s not because of a lack of material. A few days ago I heard a story on the radio about a guy whose job at one of those high-end boutique hotels in the Big Apple is to collect the mobile phone #s of […]
Is there a doctor in the house?
August 12, 2011 According to a recent report on PRI’s The World, “the U.S. suffers from a shortage of primary care physicians, and the problem is expected to worsen. America’s baby boom generation is aging, and health care reform could put greater demands on doctors as more American gains medical insurance.” How do we intend […]
Working Together: Agents/Recruiters, U.S. Institutions, Credential Evaluation Agencies…the recipe for success
August 4, 2011 There’s been a flurry of on-line discussions, reports and articles on the pros and cons of working with international student recruiters and commission-based agents. The discussion has been passionate and robust to say the least! According to an August 3, 2011 article* by Alan Ruby, a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania’s […]