Thanks to 3 countries, more people finish college

Global prosperity is on the rise! I guess new OECD data reveals that it's mostly 3 countries that we have to thank: The US, China, and Japan. Why? Because, as GOOD reveals, together they graduate nearly half of the world's college degrees.

Don't despair though, college degrees rose worldwide up to 39% in 2009 compared to 20% in 1995. So it seems that there is a nice possibility that in the future the world will be more edu-balanced. Awesome!!


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New Videos form New Schools Venture Fund Celebrate Education Entrepreneur

It's good someone is celebrating education entrepreneurs - the type that are less in it for the money and more in it for the impact. These awesome videos keep it real and add a very human dimension to the topic. What I like the most about them so far? That they're not so much a smart speech, like TED talks, which can feel a bit unachievable. These videos hint at the process and struggles of education entrepreneurs while definitely delivering on visionary thoughts too! Way to go New Schools Venture Fund!

A class of 100,000+? Sure!

"World class education for the masses. It's here, and it's only going to get bigger." This is what happens when Stanford opens their courses to hundreds of thousands of people at once with all of the academic standards included: grading, ten hours per week expected from you, homework and even a certificate of completion.

Talk about disruptive. Let's see what the results are and how this experience can be improved for the long term. Intriguing. And possibly quite impacting.

To read the full article and watch some videos of the class:

100,000+ Sign Up For Stanford’s Open Class on Artificial Intelligence. Classes With 1 Million+ Next?

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"The Modern Educator Is Not a Teacher": Updating Learning for the 21st Century

Why do classrooms operate the same way as they did 100 years ago? Students are taking charge and not just pushing for change but demanding it. Check the whole story out and be sure to see the video. This was their class project. Now let's see how to make it more of a reality.


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Want to beat other universities? Cut tuition!

There's been much talk lately about the inflation of higher education, about it being an expensive investment that over-promises and leaves you with only one sure thing: a big hole in your pocket.

Well, now one university took this seriously and we're hoping it makes a trend:

"Feeling like you can't afford the cost of a top tier private university? Maybe it's time to consider putting in an application at the University of the South. The school is doing something no other large private school has done in recent years—charging less. They've announced a plan to cut tuition and fees for the 2011-12 school year by 10 percent."

Full story here.

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Business schools: what is the right approach to global?

We've all hears it before: a school says they're a global force, connected to the best in the world... Blah blah blah. But how should this 'globalizing students' get executed in order for it to have the impact that we truly need to be prepared?

A new study titled "The Globalization of Managements Education: Changing International Structures, Adaptive Strategies, and the Impact on Institutions," was presented to deans at an AACSB conference in Phoenix. It suggests that business schools need to make deeper and more sustained efforts across the curriculum to help students understand the challenges of conducting business in different cultures and countries.

"I don't mean to be denigrating when I say shallow, but some schools have a partnership that reflects an exchange of three students in each direction every year," Teegen says. "We don't see lots of evidence yet across the board of more mature globalization strategies or richer sets of engagements internationally."

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A Facebook App to prevent college drop outs

The current college completion rate is only 56 percent, and although students drop out for a variety of reasons, research shows that one of the best overall ways to retain students is to help them create support systems and build relationships as early as possible in their college experience. Facebook used to do that for students, but now, with hundreds of millions of users, it's all too easy for undergrads to get lost in the mix of a generic university page that thousands of disconnected individuals like.

In fact, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation believes in Schools App so much, they're backing it with a $2.1 million investment.



Full story by good here:

http://www.good.is/post/can-a-facebook-app-prevents-college-dropouts-bill-gates-thinks-so/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+good%2Flbvp+%28GOOD+Main+RSS+Feed%29


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