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Continuing Education From Vocational Schools Can Further Your Profession
Continuing education from vocational schools is intended for students and working adults who wish to resume their academic growth in part-time study. Vocational training programs are well suited to those who desire to further studies to enhance professional outlook and to stay up to date with trade-specific technologies.
While vocational and trade schools began offering non-credit courses in small communities for the purpose of satisfying personal interests, it wasn’t long before continuing education grew to become an essential function of higher education, including colleges and universities. Most post secondary schools now offer courses for earning credit toward certificates and degrees, either in classroom settings or through online and distance learning programs.
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Education: Debunking the Case for National Standards – Alfie Kohn
originally posted at Daily Kos
Alfie Kohn is one of the most cogent critics of much of what goes on in education. He is well known for his belief that eliminating homework and grades will lead to more and better learning. You can explore many of his ideas at his website.
He has a piece coming out in Education Week, of which he has a slightly expanded version at the website, which you can read in its entirety here. Consider this paragraph from the middle of the piece:
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Higher Education in US – Some Related Facts
The United States is one of the prime destinations for Indian students keen to pursue higher education abroad, the reason being the wide variety of courses offered with great flexibility with regard to course selection, timings, and permissions to change courses, specializations and even universities mid-way. Higher education in US is very different from the one followed in India. The 3-year Bachelors Degree in India is a 4-year Undergraduate Degree in the US and the 2-year Post Graduate Degree in India is a 2-year Graduate Degree in US. In fields like medicine the duration of study is even longer.
For higher education in US you need to apply 18 to 24 months in advance of the session you wish to join for. The entire application procedure is time consuming and requires advance planning. Let’s focus on some of the preliminary aspects related to admission for university studies and what needs to be done in these cases.
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