Higher Education
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Affirmative Action and diverse communities
African American and Hispanic communities have been the largest beneficiaries ...Read MoreAugust 6, 2023 492 0 -
New study illustrates the importance of U.S.-Immigrant Nobel connection
George Mason University Life from Fairfax, Virginia /Wikimedia Commons As a resounding answer to the anti-immigrant rhetoric in 2016, the United States got the news that six of the seven American Nobel Prize winners that year...December 17, 2018 1179 0 -
Ibn Khaldun and Weber – Differences and similarities between the two sociological inquiries
The ideas of Max Weber, a German sociologist living in the university towns of Bismarckian Germany, and Ibn Khaldun, a sociologist of tribal societies born almost half a millennium earlier on the edge of the Sahara...December 15, 2018 1841 0 -
Culture Conversation: The true spirit of anthropology
Author Akbar Ahmed with Princess Diana and Prof. Jonahtan Benthall For far too long, Western anthropology has been seen by its critics as a tool of Western imperialists, a means of understanding how to best exploit...January 14, 2018 1175 0 -
Which universities produce graduates with the most employment readiness prospects?
Stanford Oval Panorama, Credit: King of Hearts/Wikimedia Commons The competition is not new but it is getting stiffer and smarter by the day. The world’s top universities appear to be in an ever innovative mode to...December 4, 2017 1789 0 -
Foreign student enrollment at US institutions up by 104% since recession
Harvard Square Harvard Yard Photo: User:Chensiyuan/Wikimedia Commons The United States has long prided itself on hosting some of the world’s top institutions of higher learning that attract talent from around the world. But the 2008 year...November 24, 2017 1644 0 -
Top universities in US, UK but surprises may be in the making in Asia
There may be no surprises yet but they are clearly in the making. Topped by Harvard University the world’s most prestigious universities remain in the West, predominantly in the United States and the United Kingdom. According to...June 15, 2017 1328 0
