Tibetan Education Thrives in Exile
Christian Science Monitor: March 6, 2009 As Tibetans mark 50 years since China’s occupation of Tibet, the exile community sees a major accomplishment in creating a network of schools that […]
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Test ahead for India’s universities
Financial Times February 19, 2007 New government quotas designed to give the poor greater access to higher education remain contentious On a mild winter day at Jawaharlal Nehru University, students […]
Bilingual US schoolchildren spread the word
Financial Times May 18 2004 The footsoldiers of globalisation are getting younger as American children take up Chinese, reports Amy Yee. It’s a typical afternoon for thexiao pengyou – or […]
Held together by the strings
Christian Science Monitor April 3, 2001 PROVIDENCE, R.I. Marconi Hernandez isn’t so different from most urban teenagers. The ninth-grader at Mount Pleasant High School in Rhode Island plays basketball and […]
Urban kids dig into science and get friendly with worms
Christian Science Monitor July 18, 2000 Apple Seed program offers New York City students a hands-on way to grow For children who live among the concrete of New York City, […]
In American rowing, it’s increasingly a women’s crew
The Christian Science Monitor October 25, 1999 This weekend’s Head of the Charles regatta in Boston illustrated how women are driving the sport’s growth Since the first intercollegiate race between […]
Study at a women’s college? These guys say, ‘Sure.’
3 August 1999 The Christian Science Monitor Philip Skemer knew he wanted to go on an exchange during his junior year, but wasn’t sure where. “How about enrolling at Smith […]
