Campus Grotto posted a list of the top 100 most expensive colleges/universities in the U.S. based on the total cost for the 2009-2010 school year. Total Cost = Tuition + Room and Board.
Posts Tagged ‘Education’
Project Icarus: MIT students’ photos of the earth from near-space
October 12th, 2009
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The three MIT students are doing real remote sensing, but in the cheapest way. No need to buy expensive satellite images to have photos of the earth from the upper atmosphere or near-space. You can do it yourself for under $150. I visited the students’ Project Icarus website and they said they will be posting [...]
International students can adjust to Brookings life
September 16th, 2009
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Here is my column for this week’s Collegian issue. Studying overseas will open a new world outside the conventional quarters; a sphere from a completely new dimension will spring forth. The most austere of affairs will take on a new meaning when you are in a distant land. As you discover new things by living [...]
Foreign students seeking graduate degree stems American Ph.D. crisis
March 19th, 2009
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I was browsing for some graduate study links online and found an interesting post from The Chronicle about the declining number of American Ph.D. degree holders. What is the trend? The U.S. is luring foreigners into taking graduate studies. You most likely notice it in action with all the foreign students eagerly wanting to get [...]
Quality education is vital to getting better opportunities and leading better lives
November 8th, 2008
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The efforts of the Department of Education in the Philippines are nothing but little in comparison to the major bottlenecks facing the nation’s education system today. I share the same thoughts with those who desire that the education in my country be given much bigger priority with regards to government attention and annual budget. You [...]
The Death of the Standard American English
October 31st, 2008
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Whenever you hear a non-native English speaker, a Filipino specifically, uttering broken “carabao” English, or a version you are not used to hearing, please reserve your criticism. Entertain, instead, the notion that the English language might be evolving, that nobody owns the language any longer. To a certain extent, it is already shared across continents [...]
Sex education creates mixed reactions in Philippine society
August 21st, 2007
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In a third-world country where people breed like rabbits causing the population to grow to tens of thousands each year, anyone who knows the facts and figures must worry about the future state of the Philippines. The Department of Education attempted, at the start of classes last year, to bring forward to the whole country [...]
