Bermuda College
US Department Of State Post Report
The island's proximity to the east coast of the United States provides access to a wide choice of specialized schools. The 2003 away-from-post education allowance is the same as the at-post allowance for grades K-6, $13,450 but increases to $30,100 for grades 7-12. Higher Education OpportunitiesLast Updated: 6/4/2004 2:06 PM The Bermuda College, established in 1974, provides post-secondary education on a level with American junior or community colleges. Courses offered include "academic studies" (designed for pre-university work), "commerce and technology"(designed to prepare students for various trades and business skills), and "hotel technology." The college offers some courses from Queens University in Canada and has cooperative programs with several US colleges. The ... [Read More]
Benefits for Students & Teachers
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Thailand Public Announcement
This Public Announcement is being issued to alert American citizens to the need to exercise special caution in the far south of Thailand and to urge American citizens to defer non-emergency travel in that area as a result of recent, escalating unrest in the region. This Public Announcement expires on July 5, 2005. The far south of Thailand has recently experienced increasingly serious and frequent incidents of violence. On April 3 and 4, a ... [Read More]
Reports, International Education Week 2001
The Open Doors report also lists campuses according to the percentage of a college's students who study overseas at some point in their college careers (participation rate). Eleven smaller campuses report that over 80% of their four years students go abroad. In alphabetical order they are: Alma College, Carleton College, Centre College, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's, Davidson College, DePauw University, Dickinson College, Hartwick College, Principia College, Saint Olaf College and Wofford College. ... [Read More]
Vol 39 No 1, January - March 2001, Page 46
In the United States opportunities for girls and women to participate in high school and college sports were few until the passage of the Title IX legislation in 1972. Title IX prohibited gender discrimination in federally funded schools and universities. However, progress was slowed by the entrenched practices of schools and colleges dominated by male athletic programs and the Supreme Court’s 1984 Grove City decision, which weakened the law. Then, in 1988, athletes such as Flo Hyman (winner of a silver medal in volleyball in the 1984 Olympics) and Wilma Rudolph (1960 Olympic gold medal winner in track) lobbied with activists to pass the Civil Rights Restoration Act. That act ensured that girls and women would not be discriminated against in high school and college athl ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Destruction of Asian Flu Virus Near Complete, U.N. Says
Even though officials seem confident that this public health threat has been avoided, they are still assessing the magnitude of the incident. The College of American Pathologists, one of four organizations providing testing kits, reported that it had distributed 3,747 units. ... [Read More]
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