Designer Yang Liu’s Man Meets Woman is a visual exploration of the age-old, constantly evolving interplay between the sexes. A pictogram-based shorthand answer to Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus for the 21st century, the book will be released in October by Taschen. It’s the award-winning 38-year-old Berlin-based Chinese author’s second book, after East Meets West, about Liu’s bicultural experiences.
We all pay attention to university rankings. For students and parents, they can be an important guide in choosing a university. For institutions, policy makers, and politicians, they can be a source of pride, frustration, or envy. In some cases, such as Russia’s “5/100 initiative”, the desire for an improved position in international ranking tables can also be a trigger for investments in strengthening institutions or education systems.
But do international rankings provide an effective measure of relative quality for universities across a country or region, or around the world? And how do they relate to emerging efforts to create a set of globally accepted quality standards for universities?
One year MBA programs are directed towards those students who have already acquired bachelors or a master’s degree and wish to compliment it further with specialized learning. Since it is a one year program, it has tight schedules and is geared towards maximum participation. As it is a full time course, it is not ideal for working professionals.
The duration of these programs is usually 11 to 16 months since it is only for a year and the program needs to squeeze in everything within the stipulated time. It is the lure of re-entering workforce faster that has caused a tremendous rise in the fast track MBA course.
Advantages of One Year MBA
New rules that aim to strengthen Canada’s status as a study destination of choice for prospective international students will take effect on June 1, 2014.
The new regulations will improve services to genuine students, while protecting Canada’s international reputation for high-quality education and reducing the potential for fraud and misuse of the program.
Here is a summary of the changes:
The United States military is a vital part of American’s security. International students interested in serving in the military may be eligible for a program called MAVNI, or Military Accessions Vital to National Interest.
This program allows certain non-citizens who are legally present in the United States to join the U.S. military. People with critical skills, including physicians, nurses, and experts in certain languages with associated cultural backgrounds, are in great demand.