Trump U.Donald Trump recently announced his latest venture, Trump University, which will consist of online courses, cd-roms, consulting services and seminars.
“In today’s hyper-competitive business climate, the need for the highest quality education has become more crucial than ever,” Trump said. “But people are looking beyond the traditional business education model, which involves hours in the classroom and relies primarily on book learning.” The for-profit university won’t offer degrees or grades. Courses will cost three hundred dollars and take one to two weeks to complete. Michael Sexton, a management consultant, will serve as president of Trump University. Roger Schank, professor emeritus at Northwestern University, will act as chief learning officer. Schank said the university would emphasize “learning by doing. The problem with school is that school is a little academic, a little theoretical, not necessarily practical. It doesn’t necessarily serve the general public, who may just want to know how to do something.” Students — or customers, as Trump University staffers refer to them — can register for classes in marketing, real estate and entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurs (1)
The popularity of entrepreneurship is growing in the Netherlands, according to research by the research bureau EIM. In 2004, five persons out of every hundred started their own new company. In 2003, that number was four per every hundred. The number of people considering starting their own businesses also grew from 5.7 percent in 2003 to 6.5 percent in 2004. Most new companies were started in the western part of the Netherlands, and two-thirds of the new business starters were male.
Entrepreneurs (2)
People who begin their own business are relatively highly educated, according to research by EIM. The number of highly educated entrepreneurs is higher than those who have a mid- to low-level education. Between 2001 and 2004, 7.2 percent of higher educated people started their own companies, while only 3.6 percent were started by those with lower educations. EIM concluded that higher educated people have more positive opinions about the opportunities entrepreneurship offers; moreover, they’re also more innovative than lower educated people.
Project Atlas
The New York-based Institute of International Education (IIE) announced the launch of a new online resource, called Project Atlas, to track enrollment data on the millions of international students pursuing higher education outside their home countries in leading host countries. Intended as a resource for educators, policymakers, researchers and journalists worldwide, Project Atlas collects data on destinations of international students and their places of origin, as a starting point for further analysis of the impact of student flows on national development issues such as workforce mobility, capacity building in higher education, and economic development. IIE’s Project Atlas data are useful as the U.S. government and U.S. universities rethink their strategic plans for addressing the heightened competition among host countries for the global science and technology talent pool. According to recent Unesco data, close to two million higher education students are being educated outside their home countries; projections from the British Council suggest that this number may double by 2015 and double again by 2025.
Space Syntax
TU Delft’s Architecture Faculty and University College London (UCL) will hold ‘The 5th International Space Syntax Symposium’, from June 13 to 17. Space Syntax is a method used in urban planning and aims to systematically research and clarify the relationship between the spatial configuration and behavior in an area. During the symposium, the participants’ results will be presented to an international audience. The most advanced concepts from all over the world will be presented by leaders of the scientific and business communities.
www.spacesyntax.net
Washington bound
The prestigious American research institute Resources for the Future has awarded a professorial chair in risk analysis to TU Delft’s Professor Roger Cooke. Cooke will start his new job in Washington in September, but will keep his position at TU Delft, where he’s a professor in the Electoral Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty. Cooke was hired by TU Delft in 1979 and is a graduate of Yale University, where he studied Philosophy and Mathematics.
Trump U.
Donald Trump recently announced his latest venture, Trump University, which will consist of online courses, cd-roms, consulting services and seminars. “In today’s hyper-competitive business climate, the need for the highest quality education has become more crucial than ever,” Trump said. “But people are looking beyond the traditional business education model, which involves hours in the classroom and relies primarily on book learning.” The for-profit university won’t offer degrees or grades. Courses will cost three hundred dollars and take one to two weeks to complete. Michael Sexton, a management consultant, will serve as president of Trump University. Roger Schank, professor emeritus at Northwestern University, will act as chief learning officer. Schank said the university would emphasize “learning by doing. The problem with school is that school is a little academic, a little theoretical, not necessarily practical. It doesn’t necessarily serve the general public, who may just want to know how to do something.” Students — or customers, as Trump University staffers refer to them — can register for classes in marketing, real estate and entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurs (1)
The popularity of entrepreneurship is growing in the Netherlands, according to research by the research bureau EIM. In 2004, five persons out of every hundred started their own new company. In 2003, that number was four per every hundred. The number of people considering starting their own businesses also grew from 5.7 percent in 2003 to 6.5 percent in 2004. Most new companies were started in the western part of the Netherlands, and two-thirds of the new business starters were male.
Entrepreneurs (2)
People who begin their own business are relatively highly educated, according to research by EIM. The number of highly educated entrepreneurs is higher than those who have a mid- to low-level education. Between 2001 and 2004, 7.2 percent of higher educated people started their own companies, while only 3.6 percent were started by those with lower educations. EIM concluded that higher educated people have more positive opinions about the opportunities entrepreneurship offers; moreover, they’re also more innovative than lower educated people.
Project Atlas
The New York-based Institute of International Education (IIE) announced the launch of a new online resource, called Project Atlas, to track enrollment data on the millions of international students pursuing higher education outside their home countries in leading host countries. Intended as a resource for educators, policymakers, researchers and journalists worldwide, Project Atlas collects data on destinations of international students and their places of origin, as a starting point for further analysis of the impact of student flows on national development issues such as workforce mobility, capacity building in higher education, and economic development. IIE’s Project Atlas data are useful as the U.S. government and U.S. universities rethink their strategic plans for addressing the heightened competition among host countries for the global science and technology talent pool. According to recent Unesco data, close to two million higher education students are being educated outside their home countries; projections from the British Council suggest that this number may double by 2015 and double again by 2025.
Space Syntax
TU Delft’s Architecture Faculty and University College London (UCL) will hold ‘The 5th International Space Syntax Symposium’, from June 13 to 17. Space Syntax is a method used in urban planning and aims to systematically research and clarify the relationship between the spatial configuration and behavior in an area. During the symposium, the participants’ results will be presented to an international audience. The most advanced concepts from all over the world will be presented by leaders of the scientific and business communities.
www.spacesyntax.net
Washington bound
The prestigious American research institute Resources for the Future has awarded a professorial chair in risk analysis to TU Delft’s Professor Roger Cooke. Cooke will start his new job in Washington in September, but will keep his position at TU Delft, where he’s a professor in the Electoral Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty. Cooke was hired by TU Delft in 1979 and is a graduate of Yale University, where he studied Philosophy and Mathematics.
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