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Discounting Hits New Highs (CAPPS - California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
Tuition discount rates keep climbing to previously unseen levels at private colleges and universities, leaving institutions caught between the need to enroll highly price-conscious students and the squeeze discounting places on the amount of money they end up netting ... That means private institutions piped nearly half of every dollar charged in tuition and fees back into scholarships and grants for freshmen....

Sebi plans to set-up chair at NISM, other institutions

Edit The Times of India 18 May 2016
New Delhi, May 18 () Markets regulator Sebi is considering setting up of 'Chair' at National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) and other institutions, which will help in increasing awareness among investors ... Many institutions including RBI has Chairs in premier institutions across the country, which assists parents institute with research works and policy inputs....

Gavin Herbert Eye Institute gets $2 million to establish cornea and retina centers (University of California, Irvine)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
Irvine, Calif., May 17, 2016 - The Discovery Eye Foundation - a Los Angeles-based organization that supports research, education, advocacy and treatment related to sight-threatening eye diseases - has given $2 million to UC Irvine Health's Gavin Herbert Eye Institute to establish dedicated hubs for cornea and retina outreach programs and research ... Roger Steinert, founding director of the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute....

Gavin Herbert Eye Institute gets $2 million to establish cornea and retina centers (UC Irvine Health System)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
The Discovery Eye Foundation - a Los Angeles-based organization that supports research, education, advocacy and treatment related to sight-threatening eye diseases - has given $2 million to UC Irvine Health's Gavin Herbert Eye Institute to establish dedicated hubs for cornea and retina outreach programs and research ... Roger Steinert, founding director of the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute....

Swiss higher education scores high marks in global ranking

Edit Swissinfo 18 May 2016
Its two Federal Institutes of Technology also figured in the top 20 best universities ... of local residents to get into the best institutions, and a country’s wealth to performance ratio....

$60 Million ‘First Amendment Institute’ To Promote Free Expression

Edit Inquisitr 18 May 2016
The project, named the Knight First Amendment Institute, will seek to preserve and expand the rights of freedom of speech and the press outlined in the First Amendment in the digital age ... Threats to free speech are on the rise, and our hope is that the Institute will not just protect but help reinvigorate First Amendment principles for future generations.”....

MCRHRD meeting

Edit The Hindu 18 May 2016
Sub-committee of the Board of Governors of Dr.Marri Channa Reddy Human Resources Development Institute (MCRHRD), during its meeting on Tuesday, ......

Eastern Bank turns to startup world for new board member

Edit Business Journal 18 May 2016
The Boston-based institution has named Diane Hessan, the CEO of Startup Institute, to its board of directors. In addition to her role at the institute, which offers immersive education programs for those interested in the innovation sector, Hessan is chairman of the brand consulting firm, C Space. Hessan said… ... ....

Ryan Anderson Honored as Winner of the 2016 Novak Award (The Heritage Foundation)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2016 - The Acton Institute has named The Heritage Foundation's Ryan Anderson the winner of its 2016 Novak Award ... He is the founder and editor of Public Discourse, the online journal of the Witherspoon Institute, and the author of Truth Overruled ... Based in Grand Rapids, Mich., The Acton Institute is a nonprofit research and education institute dedicated to promoting a free and virtuous society....

Put children on the front page of the future (University of Cape Town)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
UCT evidence-based advocacy organisation, the Children's Institute, ensures that children's rights have remained in the national conscience ... the 10th edition of Child Gauge, which is published annually by the Children's Institute. Jacobs founded the flagship institute in 2001 ... Thirty-five years after the Carnegie report, these had become the hallmarks of the Children's Institute as a model of engaged scholarship, said Jacobs....

How New US Overtime Provisions Will Affect Postdoctoral Stipends (NIH - National Institutes of Health)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
NIH - National Institutes of Health) ... Institutions that employ postdocs through non-NRSA support can choose how to follow the new rule ... Or, keeping with the fact that biomedical research - as in many professional and scientific careers - does not fit into neatly defined hourly shifts, institutions can choose to raise salaries to the new FLSA salary threshold or above it, if they do not yet pay postdocs at or above that level....

Growth initiative launched by Goldman Sachs and Aston University (Aston University)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
A new initiative aimed at driving regional economic growth is being launched this week by the ScaleUp Institute and the Goldman Sachs Foundation in a partnership with Aston University ... Sherry Coutu CBE, Chair of the ScaleUp Institute, said. ... 'We are pleased to be partnering with the ScaleUp Institute to bring this course to the UK ... About the ScaleUp Institute. ... Irene Graham, CEO, ScaleUp Institute....

IDTR to train about 20,000 drivers annually

Edit The Hindu 18 May 2016
Mahender Reddy formally laid foundation stone for the construction of Institute of Driving Training and Research (IDTR) at Mandepalli on the outskirts of Sircilla textile town ... The State Transport Department is developing the institute on PPP mode involving the Government of India and Ashok Leyland ... The institute would be utilised by the ......
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