Defining the 'iGeneration': Not just a geeky bunch of kids | ZDNet

Defining the 'iGeneration': Not just a geeky bunch of kids | ZDNet: "The iGeneration is not “just another name” for the Generation Z, nor does it indicate a clear cut group of people. It’s a sub-group of younger people who already exist, and just because Bill Gates once said it does not and should not set it in stone."

Some Big Lies of Science

Some Big Lies of Science: "“[T]he majority of politicians, on the evidence available to us, are interested not in truth but in power and in the maintenance of that power. To maintain that power it is essential that people remain in ignorance, that they live in ignorance of the truth, even the truth of their own lives. What surrounds us therefore is a vast tapestry of lies, upon which we feed.”– Harold Pinter, Nobel Lecture (Literature), 2005
The maintenance of the hierarchical structures that control our lives depends on Pinter’s “vast tapestry of lies upon which we feed.” Therefore, the main institutions that embed us into the hierarchy, such as schools, universities, and mass media and entertainment corporations, have a primary function to create and maintain this tapestry. This includes establishment scientists and all service intellectuals in charge of “interpreting” reality."

Benefit Incidence of Public Education and Health Spending Worldwide: Evidence From A New Database

Benefit Incidence of Public Education and Health Spending Worldwide: Evidence From A New Database

Globalization Consequences on Cultural Studies | PoliticalFlirt

Globalization Consequences on Cultural Studies | PoliticalFlirt: "the impact of globalization in the cultural sphere has, most generally, been viewed in a pessimistic light. Typically, it has been associated with the destruction of cultural identities, victims of the accelerating encroachment of a homogenized, westernized, consumer culture. This view, the constituency for which extends from (some) academics to anti-globalization activists (Shepard and Hayduk 2002), tends to interpret globalization as a seamless extension of – indeed, as a euphemism for – western cultural imperialism. In the discussion which follows I want to approach this claim with a good deal of skepticism."

The North-South Institute

The North-South Institute: "The North-South Institute provides research and analysis on foreign policy and international development issues for policy-makers, educators, business, the media and the general public. For more than 30 years NSI has built a reputation for sound, credible analysis of pressing issues related to global development"

A Global Crisis of Development: Responses and Responsibilities - SciDev.Net

New Report: A Global Crisis of Development: Responses and Responsibilities - SciDev.Net: "From greater accountability in international institutions to reducing income inequality and persistent poverty, increasing aid effectiveness and promoting gender equality, the 2010 Canadian Development Report (CDR) aims to inform those who want to understand the impact of the crisis on development and hope to draw important lessons for building resilience and militating against the effects of similar disruptions on developing countries in the future."

Virtual university aims to boost Islamic science - SciDev.Net

Virtual university aims to boost Islamic science - SciDev.Net: "[CAIRO] Two institutions and a prize, all aimed at boosting scientific research in the Muslim world, have been announced by the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

The 57 member states agreed to establish the Islamic Virtual University, the Islamic Universities Business Network, and a prize for academic research papers.

The institutions were announced during the 5th session of the General Conference of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW) held in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan this month (12–14 May)."

Rise of globalization Kurdish Globe

Display Article: "This new era is the rise of globalization. The term 'globalization' has covered these wide ranges of distinct political, economic and cultural trends, and so quickly has become one of the most fashionable buzzwords of contemporary political and academic debates. It also from many different political views that the emergence of the era of globalization has been seen as a process toward the diminishing of the classical borders of the nation-states. Some might suggest that globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology."

Educational travel can open minds, defeat global prejudices

The Ironton Tribune | Educational travel can open minds, defeat global prejudices: "Travel inspires, challenges perspectives, fights stereotypes and shows young people that, although the world is large, we share more similarities than differences.

Spending a day as a New Yorker or a Parisian can enhance a young person’s perspective and inspire a lifetime of exploration. The ability to understand and interact with other cultures is a crucial skill in the changing global economy.

Studies consistently show that parents report seeing academic improvement and notice a higher level of maturity in their children after participating in an educational travel program.

Because of this research educational travel is now endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education."

The Rise of the Global University: 5 New Tensions - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Rise of the Global University: 5 New Tensions - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education: "By Simon Marginson
Some scholars date the beginnings of globalization from the first move of people out of Africa. Some date it from the spread of world religions—Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Others date it from the imperial European empires, the Napoleonic wars, or the expanded trade and migration in the second half of the Victorian era. But one thing is certain: In the last two decades, the Internet and cheaper air travel have created such closer integration and convergence that, for the first time, a single world society is within reach—and higher education, ranging beyond the nation-state, is a central driver."