International Internet Magazine Saturday, 22.11.2008, 06:21
Adamkus: it’s high time to undertake the reform of teacher training system
25.10.2008President Valdas Adamkus welcomed the participants of round-table discussion "Public and National Assignment for Educator Training: Problems and Prospects" held on Friday and urged them to undertake the reform of teacher training system and formulate explicit tasks for the training raised by the state, as well as to return prestige to the profession of teacher.
Keyword tags: Education and Science, Lithuania, Round Table
Innovation is a key factor to determine productivity growth
27.03.2008Understanding the sources and patterns of innovative activity in the economy is fundamental to develop better policies. This is the main aim of INNO-Metrics. INNO-Metrics is currently composed of two instruments, the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) and the Innobarometer.
Keyword tags: Baltics, Competition, Education and Science, Round Table
European Union. Common Market in education: coordination or unification
14.11.2007About 15 years ago 12 European Communities’ member states (MS) agreed to include educational sphere into the general common market regulatory issues. Thus, Maastricht Treaty of 1992, which entered unto force on 1st November 1993, has become a window of opportunity representing the initial steps on the bumpy road towards creating educational foundation for the economic and cultural aspects of the European Union’s integration process.
Keyword tags: Education and Science, Round Table, The Baltic Course No. 27
Why are the new EU member states afraid of educational export?
14.11.2007A quick review of the high education development after the collapse of the Soviet system in 1990s can assist us in our understanding of the problems and peculiarities of educational export. Suffice it to say that most countries, Latvia included have been quite liberal in issues concerning high education institutional development.
Keyword tags: Education and Science, Round Table, The Baltic Course No. 27
Global higher education challenges: what does it bring to Latvia?
14.11.2007“When the world was flat the last time, St. Augustine observed that to try to become educated without travel was like trying to read a book without ever turning a page. Our vision at the Institute is that one day, international will be a part we define what it means to be educated” (Allan Goodman, Institute of International Education)
Keyword tags: Education and Science, Round Table, The Baltic Course No. 27
Russians are willing to get European education
14.11.2007The potentials of the Russian educational market (valued in terms of students’ credits) amount to about USD 50 bln per year and this trend is positively assessed by experts. The MBA degrees are becoming ever more popular and important acquired both in national business schools and/or abroad. Presently about 30 business schools operate in the Russian market producing over 1 thousand graduates per year.
Keyword tags: Education and Science, Round Table, The Baltic Course No. 27
Looking for possibilities rather than causes
14.11.2007The focal point of the high education export rotates around such notions as to what exactly is to be exported, what kind of demand is for such a “product”, what are the competitive advantages and consequential threats of such “export”.
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