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 Education / Women Who Made History…today by VirtueDigest: 1:45pm On Dec 06, 2016 |
1741 Dec 6, Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna (1709-1762) seized power with the help of the Preobrazhensky Regiment. Petrovna (31), the daughter of Peter the Great, and her husband led a coup d’etat, deposed the infant Czar Ivan VI, had him imprisoned and reigned until her death in 1762. 1741 Dec 6, In Russia Elizabeth Petrovna (31), the daughter of Peter the Great, and her husband led a coup d’etat. She deposed the infant Czar Ivan VI, had him imprisoned and reigned until her death in 1762. 1929 Dec 6, Turkey introduced female suffrage. 1989 Dec 6, In Canada 14 women were shot to death at the University of Montreal's school of engineering by Marc Lepine, who then took his own life. 2002 Dec 6, Actress Winona Ryder was sentenced to community service as part of a probationary term for stealing more than $5,500 worth of merchandise from a Saks Fifth Avenue store in Beverly Hills, Calif. 2003 Dec 6, In the beach resort of Sanya, China, Miss Ireland, 19-year-old Rosanna Davison, won the Miss World competition. Second place went to Miss Canada, Nazanin Afshin-Jam, while the host country's Miss China, Guan Qi, took third. 2007 Dec 6, India overturned a 1914 law that banned women from tending bar in New Delhi. A ruling in New Delhi in January said women could do bar work in hotels and restaurants, ended a 92-year-old law barring their employment. In August the Delhi government sought a ban on such jobs for women. Each of India’s 29 states has its own laws governing the sale of alcohol, and many restrict women working behind the bar. 2010 Dec 6, In virginia the body of Tina Smith (41) was found slain in her home near Salem. Her daughter Brittany Mae Smith (12) was missing as well was the suspected killed Jeffrey Scott Easley (32). He had been living with the Smiths since meeting tina online last October. On Dec 9 police in California arrested Easley in San Francisco and rescued the girl. 2013 Dec 6, In China a woman died of the H10N8 strain of bird flu, the first ever reported human case of the virus. |
| Education / Re: 110 Weird Facts You Did Not Know? by slevin1(m): 3:48pm On Nov 25, 2016 |
71. A homing pigeon called Cher Ami that saved the lives of 194 soldiers during WW1 by transporting a message. The pigeon was shot through the chest, blinded in one eye and had its leg hanging by a tendon upon arriving with the message. 72. Father’s Day was formed in part by the 1907 Monongah Mining Disaster in West virginia that killed 361 men, 250 of them fathers, leaving around a thousand fatherless children. 73. In Greek mythology, ‘Nike’ was a goddess who personified victory, also known as the winged goddess of victory. The company Nike takes its name from the Greek goddess of victory. 74. 63 earths can fit inside Uranus. 75. During the filming of ‘The Notebook’, Ryan Gosling hated his co-star Rachel Adams so much that he apparently wanted her kicked off the set; the two actors also fought occasionally. Gosling also complained about not having any ‘chemistry’ with his co-star. The two ended up dating for four years after filming concluded. 76. Hall of Fame boxer Sugar Ray Robinson backed out of a fight because he had a dream that he was going to kill his opponent in the ring. After a priest and a minister convinced Robinson to fight, Robinson went into the ring and killed his opponent Jimmy Doyle. 77. During WW1, on Christmas of 1914, the British and Germans lay down their weapons, crossed no man’s land, and joined each other to celebrate. They exchanged food, played games, sang songs, and even attended burials for each side. This was seen as a symbolic moment during the conflict. 78. Instead of using computer animated graphics, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for ‘Charlie & the Chocolate Factory’. (Go see the scene and you’ll find it............awesome). 79. Tigers continue growing throughout their entire lives due to a genetic disorder called growth dysplasia. The largest cat in the world is a 922lb tiger. 80. Pisanthrophobia is the fear of trusting people due to bad past experiences. 2 Likes |
| Education / 10 American Colleges Where Tuition Is Free by Azeemokoya: 12:04pm On Nov 17, 2016 |
You might think there’s no escaping the high—and still rising—cost of college. But at some schools, the cost of tuition rings up as zilch, zero, nada.These ten colleges across the country offer free tuition. At many of the schools, students work a set number of hours in a student work program or, in the case of the military academies, commit to a period of service after graduating. Not surprisingly, the savings for families is significant. During the 2015–16 academic year, the average annual sticker price for tuition and fees for in-state students attending a four-year public college was $9,410, according to the College Board. Meanwhile, the average annual cost of tuition and fees for out-of-state students at a four-year public college was $23,893. Private colleges were even pricier, at an average total cost of $32,405. Although the schools listed here are tuition-free in most cases, students and their families are expected to pay for required fees, room and board, and books. Financial aid is often available to help defray those costs. COLLEGE NUMBER ONE ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE Location: Pippa Passes, Ky. Undergraduate enrollment: 616 At this small liberal-arts college, located in a Kentucky town named after a Robert Browning poem, students from much of Central Appalachia won’t pay tuition regardless of their family’s financial situation. Instead, all full-time students are required to work at least 10 hours each week as part of the requirements for graduating. Across the school’s 225-acre campus, students fill a variety of roles, from receptionists and computer technicians to lifeguards and groundskeepers. Students from the school’s 108-county service area, which spans portions of Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, virginia and West virginia, can expect to spend about $9,590 a year on required fees, room and board, and books. Additional financial aid is available; some students work extra hours to cover non-tuition costs. When they aren’t attending class or working on campus, they can explore the nearby Daniel Boone National Forest and Kingdom Come State Park. COLLEGE NUMBER 2 BARCLAY COLLEGE Location: Haviland, Kan. Undergraduate enrollment: 292 This Bible-centric college on the prairie was founded by Quakers in 1917. Today the school admits students from all evangelical faiths. Barclay’s degree programs are mostly religious—majors include worship arts, youth ministry and missions work—but the school also offers majors in business administration, elementary education, and psychology and family studies. Barclay’s 20-acre campus spans six blocks in central Kansas. All full-time students who live on campus receive a full-tuition scholarship of $12,500 per year. Students may also receive other scholarships and need-based financial aid to help cover the additional $12,490 annual cost of fees, room and board, and books. COLLEGE NUMBER 3 BEREA COLLEGE Location: Berea, Ky. Undergraduate enrollment: 1,643 In 2016, Berea College ranked number 93 on Kiplinger’s overall list of 300 best value colleges—thanks in part to its full-tuition scholarship. It also has the lowest average student debt at graduation of all 300 schools on our best values list. Berea was founded by abolitionists and other reformers in 1855 and admits only students with financial need. The school’s sticker price for room and board, required fees and books after the full-tuition scholarship is $7,742 for the 2016–17 academic year. Located 35 miles south of Lexington, Ky., Berea offers 32 academic majors in the arts, sciences and some professional programs. All Berea students receive the tuition scholarship, which amounts to nearly $100,000 over four years. They are required to work 10 to 15 hours per week on campus while carrying a full academic load. The average family income for a Berea student is $28,652. Additional financial aid is available for students who need help with living expenses, such as housing; among students who borrow, the average debt at graduation is a slim $7,928. See full list of colleges at http://www.jalupon.com/10-american-colleges-where-tuition-is-free/
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| Education / Re: 25 Interesting Words Derived From The Names Of People Throughout History by Nobody: 10:40pm On Nov 14, 2016 |
10.Lynching. Execution of an alleged offender by a mob or a group without a legal trial. Named after Charles Lynch, an American Revolutionary and virginia planter, who incarcerated loyalist supporters of the British even when he didn’t have proper jurisdiction. 2 Likes
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| Education / Snake Killed By A Nairalander In His House Today by reechest: 5:49pm On Oct 25, 2016 |
Noticed a stealth movement on one of the Citrus tree in my house today. I was curious, lo and behold, it was a long slim green creature well masked with the surrounding foliage. Gave my daughter and mum in law some scare. What do I do with the stuff now? Pictures attached The smooth greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis) is a nonvenomous North American colubrid. It is also referred to as the grass snake. It is a slender, "small medium" snake that measures 36–51 cm (14–20 in) as an adult. It gets its common name from its smooth dorsal scales, as opposed to the rough green snake, which has keeled dorsal scales. It is found in marshes, meadows, open woods, and along stream edges and is native to regions of Canada, Maine, Wisconsin, Illinois, virginia,Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Iowa, Missouri,Colorado, Texas, Michigan and northernMexico. A non-aggressive snake, it seldom bites and usually flees when threatened. It mates in late spring to summer and females lay their eggs from June to September. Copied: prof. Adisa Charles 1 Like
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| Education / Re: List Of 40 Educational Websites Where You Can Get A Free Education by decgirl(f): 9:44am On Oct 07, 2016 |
dustydee: OK, thanks |
| Education / Re: List Of 40 Educational Websites Where You Can Get A Free Education by dustydee: 10:47pm On Oct 06, 2016 |
decgirl:Coursera.org. You need a lot of data if you are based in Nigeria because it is mostly video lectures. Finished one PM course a few weeks ago from university of virginia. If your data is limited, you may try Alison although I haven't really done a PM course with them. |
| Education / Re: School Fees At Children's International School, Lekki by ISpiksDaTroof: 9:45am On Sep 22, 2016 |
College counseling for Dwight School students starts early and continues until acceptance letters come in the mail. Dwight is a pipeline to some of the top universities in the world, including Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, Princeton, MIT, New York University, and McGill. 33 (TIE). The Brearley School 33 (TIE). The Brearley School YouTube/Forbes Location: New York, New York Tuition and fees: $43,680 Enrollment: 698 Rising juniors and seniors at this all-girls school have the opportunity to spend three weeks in India, China, or Vermont, working on projects that involve sustainable farming, examining poverty, or improving education. 33 (TIE). Concord Academy 33 (TIE). Concord Academy Wikimedia Commons Location: Concord, Massachusetts Tuition and fees: $43,680* Enrollment: 375 Day students make up about half the student body at CA. But they still have access to all the same resources as boarders, including late-night library hours and after-class extra help from teachers. *2014 to 2015 tuition and fees 32. The Millbrook School 32. The Millbrook School Facebook/The Millbrook School Location: Millbrook, New York Tuition and fees: $43,755 Enrollment: 284 Trevor Zoo sits right on the Millbrook campus. In fact, it's the only zoo in the country located at a high school. Students can study the animals right on campus with biology teachers. 31. Groton School 31. Groton School Courtesy of Groton School Location: Groton, Massachusetts Tuition and fees: $43,990* Enrollment: 370 Every Sixth Former (12th-grade) student has the chance to be a prefect and lead a dorm of younger students, who benefit from the guidance and mentorship of their older schoolmates. In addition to a rigorous academic program, Groton also excels in its athletics and arts departments. *2014 to 2015 tuition and fees 30. The Rivers School 30. The Rivers School The Rivers School Facebook Location: Weston, Massachusetts Tuition and fees: $44,180 Enrollment: 490 The Rivers School is known for its prestigious Conservatory Program. The conservatory trains musician-scholars for careers in music and performance after school. 29. Cate School 29. Cate School Cate School/Facebook Location: Carpinteria, California Tuition and fees: $44,260 Enrollment: 270 Cate's campus, known affectionately as "the Mesa," is 2 miles from the ocean, 20 miles from Santa Barbara, and close to school-owned land in the beautiful Los Padres National Forest. 28. Loomis Chaffee 28. Loomis Chaffee Loomis Chaffee/Facebook Location: Windsor, Connecticut Tuition and fees: $44,395 Enrollment: 650 Loomis Chaffee's wide array of student clubs span all kinds of interests, from the barbecue club to the medical-research club to the Zombie Apocalypse club. The school also offers nearly 60 Advanced Placement and advanced classes for students looking to challenge themselves academically. 27. Noble and Greenough School 27. Noble and Greenough School NobleandGreenough via YouTube Location: Dedham, Massachusetts Tuition and fees: $44,400 Enrollment: 603 Noble and Greenough's Putnam Library has over 35,000 print volumes, as well as online and e-book resources that make Kindles, MacBooks, and other academic technology available to students. 26. The Chapin School 26. The Chapin School edenpictures via Flickr Location: New York, New York Tuition and fees: $44,450 Enrollment: 775 Class 10 Chapin girls have the opportunity to go on exchange with St. Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls in Perth, Australia — a recently launched program. Other students can travel to Italy, France, or Spain. 25. The Governor's Academy 25. The Governor's Academy Wikimedia Commons Location: Byfield, Massachusetts Tuition and fees: $44,500 Enrollment: 400+ The Governor's Academy has a partnership with the Navajo Preparatory School in which students visit each others' schools for a week in a cultural exchange. Students can also participate in trips to China, South Africa, or Mexico. 24. The Browning School 24. The Browning School YouTube/KenExcellence Location: New York, New York Tuition and fees: $44,575 Enrollment: 375 The all-boys Browning School takes pride in the continuing closeness and friendships that develop in the classroom. Alumni frequently return for events, and can take advantage of a career networking intranet through the school's alumni webpage. 23. Marymount School of New York 23. Marymount School of New York Wikipedia Location: New York, New York Tuition and fees: $44,630 Enrollment: 500+ The Catholic school makes religious studies an integral part of the girls' education, but makes sure to broaden the religious curriculum to other world religions as well. Students take yearly retreats to bond and gain in-depth spiritual insight. 21 (TIE). The Hewitt School 21 (TIE). The Hewitt School The Hewitt School Facebook Location: New York, New York Tuition and fees: $44,700 Enrollment: 525 Students at this all-girls school are divided into two teams named for the school's colors, blue and white, and compete in an annual color war to promote school pride, camaraderie, and a little friendly competition. Students in grade eight and above incur a one-time charge for a laptop. 21 (TIE). The Berkshire School 21 (TIE). The Berkshire School Facebook/Berkshire School Location: Sheffield, Massachusetts Tuition and fees: $44,700 Enrollment: 405 Day students are fully integrated into the Berkshire community along with their boarding counterparts. Every day student is assigned an academic adviser who ensures he or she grows emotionally and academically. 20. Convent of the Sacred Heart 20. Convent of the Sacred Heart Wikipedia Location: New York, New York Tuition and fees: $44,735 Enrollment: 700 CSH is a part of a 150-plus-schools-strong global network of Catholic girls' schools that provides graduates with a worldwide network of Sacred Heart alumnae. 19. Newton Country Day School 19. Newton Country Day School Wikimedia Commons Location: Newton, Massachusetts Tuition and fees: $44,740 Enrollment: 411 This Roman Catholic school gives its senior girls the option of conducting an independent study, which involves an off-site internship and oral presentation to teachers about the experience. 18. Peddie School 18. Peddie School Facebook/PeddieSchoolNJ Location: Hightstown, New Jersey Tuition and fees: $44,800 Enrollment: 549 Peddie often serves local, seasonal produce at mealtimes. Its Jersey location puts it right in the heart of the state's farm scene, reflected in menu options like fresh Jersey tomato bruschetta and seasonal fruit salad. 17. Dexter Southfield 17. Dexter Southfield Facebook/dextersouthfield Location: Brookline, Massachusetts Tuition and fees: $44,875 Enrollment: 775 Dexter Southfield students are notably eloquent. From the time they enroll, public speaking becomes an important part of their education through poetry readings, debates, and class presentations. 16. The Cambridge School of Weston 16. The Cambridge School of Weston The Cambridge School of Weston Facebook Location: Weston, Massachusetts Tuition and fees: $45,050 Enrollment: 335 Students chart their own learning by picking from a 300-plus-course catalogue. Most classes involve hands-on learning in lab- or seminar-style settings. 15. The Foxcroft School 15. The Foxcroft School _rockinfree via Flickr Location: Middleburg, virginia Tuition and fees: $45,060 Enrollment: 165 Foxcroft girls benefit from a highly rigorous academic curriculum. The weight of the course load and schoolwork students are assigned prepares them for some of the best colleges in the world. 14. Lawrence Academy 14. Lawrence Academy Facebook/lawrenceacademygroton Location: Groton, Massachusetts Tuition and fees: $45,075 Enrollment: 400 A few years ago, Lawrence Academy's director of technology, who also teaches math, decided to "flip" his classroom by taking a more technological approach to his teaching. He posts YouTube videos for students to watch as homework, freeing up more in-class time to discuss the content and make sure students can ask questions about the things they don't understand. 13. Ethical Culture Fieldston School 13. Ethical Culture Fieldston School Wikimedia Commons Location: New York, New York Tuition and fees: $45,100 Enrollment: 1,700 ECFS students get as much of their education out of the classroom as much as in it. This includes community service out in New York City, nonprofit internships, and ethics and philosophy classes. 12. Trinity School 12. Trinity School Google Maps Location: New York, New York Tuition and fees: $45,130 Enrollment: 960 Global travel is a big part of this Episcopalian school's curriculum. Students can spend time studying in Spain, China, Costa Rica, Vietnam, Italy, and Quebec. Trinity's abroad program recently expanded to India and Kenya. 11. The Spence School 11. The Spence School Wikimedia Commons Location: New York, New York Tuition and fees: $45,285 Enrollment: 736 Some girls commute as many as three hours to attend the prestigious Upper East Side school. The trip is worth it, though, as many graduates go on to attend Ivy League schools. 9 (TIE). Kent School 9 (TIE). Kent School Kent School Location: Kent, Connecticut Tuition and fees: $45,640 Enrollment: 565 Kent has 25 different sports teams, including three co-ed teams, for 14 different sports. More than half the student body participates in blue-and-gray athletics. 9 (TIE). Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School 9 (TIE). Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School Wikimedia Commons Location: New York, New York Tuition and fees: $45,640 Enrollment: 1,290 CGPS was founded 10 years before Columbia University, and was originally an all-boys school designed to be a college preparatory for Columbia University. The school is now co-ed. 8. Middlesex School 8. Middlesex School TheMiddlesexSchool via YouTube Location: Concord, Massachusetts Tuition and fees: $46,165 Enrollment: 375 In the last five years, at least 10 students matriculated into top colleges each year, including Columbia, Harvard, NYU, the University of Chicago, and Vanderbilt, among others. 7. Birch Wathen Lenox School 7. Birch Wathen Lenox School YouTube/glawsonbfs Location: New York, New York Tuition and fees: $46,200 Enrollment: 500 BWL recently rolled out a new STEM Initiative that will ready students for a 21st-century job market. New electives classes in robotics, field trips, and guest speakers are being incorporated into the curriculum. 6. Horace Mann School 6. Horace Mann School AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Location: Bronx, New York Tuition and fees: $46,205 Enrollment: 1,779 Horace Mann School owns 83 acres of land in Connecticut that serves as a nature center and laboratory. All students have the opportunity to go up there and study, whether through science class, art class, or overnight team-building trips. 5. Riverdale Country School 5. Riverdale Country School Wikipedia Location: Bronx, New York Tuition and fees: $46,600 Enrollment: 1,140 Riverdale Country School is a leading member of the Green Schools Alliance, which aims to boost sustainability initiatives among schools and school districts internationally. Students are encouraged to undertake projects that study and implement sustainability at Riverdale. 4. The Hotchkiss School 4. The Hotchkiss School Wikimedia Commons Location: Lakeville, Connecticut Tuition and fees: $46,705 Enrollment: 600 Hotchkiss has a number of unique traditions that students love to celebrate. For example, the Bow Tie Bowl, a trivia contest founded during the tenure of bow tie-wearing Headmaster Robert A. Oden Jr., pins student/faculty teams against each other in a spirited, quiz-bowl-type competition. 3. Avenues: The World School 3. Avenues: The World School Facebook/AvenuesTheWorldSchool Location: New York, New York Tuition and fees: $47,650 Enrollment: 1,100 Dubbed "the best education money can buy" by The New York Times, Avenues, in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, opened in 2012 and provides an elite education while making parents partners in the process. The school plans to open 20 or more other Avenues campuses around the world where students can seamlessly transfer if, for example, their parents travel for work. Avenues plans to remain headquartered in New York. 2. The Lawrenceville School 2. The Lawrenceville School Facebook/The Lawrenceville School Location: Lawrenceville, New Jersey Tuition and fees: $48,700 Enrollment: 816 For the first time since 2011, The Lawrenceville School is not the most expensive private school on our list. Tuition and fees for the Jersey school total just under $49,000 but, according to the school's website, the actual cost of a Lawrenceville education is $72,685 a year, which includes intimate seminar-style classroom settings, a sophisticated study-abroad program, sustainable dining services, and more. 1. The Salisbury School 1. The Salisbury School Facebook/salisburyschool (Graham Turner '15) Location: Salisbury, Connecticut Tuition and fees: $49,092 Enrollment: 310 The Salisbury School is the most expensive private school on our list this year, upending our previous four-year record-holder, The Lawrenceville School. The all-boys school celebrates a variety of traditions, including twice-weekly sit-down meals with their advisers, hanging holiday greens in the chapel, and lighting a red light in the main building's cupola whenever a varsity team wins a game. A strong sense of community is not the only thing that The Salisbury School has to be proud of. It has a number of rigorous classes such as Mandarin Chinese, entrepreneurial studies, and robotics. Class of 2015 graduates are heading off to Harvard, NYU, and Cornell, among other schools. SEE ALSO: The 50 smartest private high schools in the US FOLLOW US: Business Insider is on Twitter http://www.businessinsider.com/most-expensive-private-high-schools-in-america-2015-7/#1-the-salisbury-school-50 1 Like |
| Education / Re: School Fees At Children's International School, Lekki by ISpiksDaTroof: 9:45am On Sep 22, 2016 |
martineinstein: REALLY?! Stop talking about what you don't know about. Salisbury School At more than $49,000 a year, Salisbury School dethroned The Lawrenceville School as the most expensive this year.Facebook/salisburyschool (Graham Turner '15) From sophisticated study-abroad programs to state-of-the-art facilities, students at the most expensive private schools in the country enjoy opportunities that would make most people — adults included — jealous. This is the fifth year that we have created a list of the 50 most expensive private schools in America. As in past years, school tuitions across the board have risen. For the first time, The Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, was not the most expensive on our list, but instead was overtaken by another northeastern school: the Salisbury School in Connecticut. We ranked the private high schools on our list by looking at tuitions and fees for the 2015 to 2016 year as listed on the schools' websites, including one-time fees, where applicable. Where a range was given for books and supplies, we factored in the average cost, and calculated the total cost of attendance for the school. We did not include special-needs or boarding-only schools on this list. View As: One Page Slides 50. Buckingham Browne and Nichols School 50. Buckingham Browne and Nichols School Buckingham Browne & Nichols School/Facebook Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Tuition and fees: $42,320 Enrollment: 1,017 Incoming ninth-graders spend 11 days at the beginning of their Upper School career on a camping trip getting to know their peers and teachers. This tradition is known as "Bivouac." 49. The Winsor School 49. The Winsor School Wikimedia Commons Location: Boston, Massachusetts Tuition and fees: $42,400 Enrollment: 430 The all-girls Winsor School has incredible facilities, including three art studios, seven spacious science labs, a recording studio, a multimedia language learning lab, a library, and an assembly hall in the main building alone. 48. The Masters School 48. The Masters School Facebook/The Masters School Location: Dobbs Ferry, New York Tuition and fees: $42,410 Enrollment: 475 Located atop a hill in the historic town of Dobbs Ferry, The Masters School recently released a new strategic plan for 2015 to 2020, which includes a new mission statement: "The Masters School celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. A community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do — to be a power for good in the world." 47. The Madeira School 47. The Madeira School Facebook/madeiraschool Location: McLean, virginia Tuition and fees: $42,461 Enrollment: 306 Madeira makes sure its girls never want for access to the latest technology. For that reason, all teachers have iPads and all classrooms are equipped with Apple TVs. 46. Canterbury School 46. Canterbury School Canterbury School Facebook Location: New Milford, Connecticut Tuition and fees: $42,598 Enrollment: 350 The Roman Catholic school operates on Five Values — Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Spirituality, and Self-Reliance — that drive and motivate students to succeed. More than one-fifth of the class of 2015 graduated with a GPA of 3.7 or higher. 45. St. Albans School 45. St. Albans School Facebook/stalbansschool Location: Washington, DC Tuition and fees: $42,798 Enrollment: 575 St. Albans is renovating its sports fields to expand its prestigious athletics program. Renovations will include a large, multisport field, regulation baseball field, and six-lane running track. St. Albans, which is also has room-and-board options, was named the smartest boarding school in America earlier this year. 44. Walnut Hill School for the Arts 44. Walnut Hill School for the Arts YouTube/Walnut Hill Arts Location: Natick, Massachusetts Tuition and fees: $42,900 Enrollment: 300 Day students can request to "affiliate" with one of the dorms on campus in order to have access to common rooms and resources, and bond with their residential classmates. 43. Dalton School 43. Dalton School The Dalton School Location: New York, New York Tuition and fees: $42,960 Enrollment: 1,300 Dalton is the alma mater of some high-profile alumni, including Anderson Cooper, Claire Danes, and Chevy Chase. One of the most prestigious private schools in New York, Dalton cites Cornell, Yale, UPenn, Columbia, and Harvard as the top five colleges where students matriculate after graduation. 42. Brooks School 42. Brooks School Wikimedia Commons Location: North Andover, Massachusetts Tuition and fees: $43,002 Enrollment: 380 Students participate in afternoon programs in the arts, sports, and community service. If they're passionate about another subject or issue, they also have the option of designing their own afternoon programs. 41. Avon Old Farms School 41. Avon Old Farms School Wikimedia Commons Location: Avon, Connecticut Tuition and fees: $43,100 Enrollment: 408 The all-boys Old Avon Farms School has one of the strongest athletic programs in the country. Their teams have won over 30 league and New England championships in the past 15 years, and often send their players off to top collegiate sports teams. 40. Choate Rosemary Hall 40. Choate Rosemary Hall Wikipedia Location: Wallingford, Connecticut Tuition and fees: $43,251 Enrollment: 865 Choate students never feel lost or alone on campus: Day students have access to a director of day students, as well as 10 student prefects who act as advisers, mentors, and friends. All students are required to have the latest generation iPad, which factors into the school fees. 39. Collegiate School 39. Collegiate School Google Earth Location: New York, New York Tuition and fees: $43,400* Enrollment: 653 The all-boys school builds strong leadership skills by giving students the opportunity to lead one another as peer leaders in small group activities on campus and class trips. Seniors have the option of spending a significant part of their last semester on an in-depth independent project. Past projects ranged from internships to creating documentaries to teaching students in younger grades. *2014 to 2015 tuition and fees 38. Beaver Country Day School 38. Beaver Country Day School Facebook/bcdschool Location: Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Tuition and fees: $43,630 Enrollment: 457 Beaver partners with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in creating the NuVu Studio program, where MIT scholars use the MIT studio model style of learning to train Beaver students in technology and innovation studies. Additional tuition refund insurance, billed at 0.9% of annual tuition, is mandatory. 36 (TIE). Léman Manhattan Preparatory School 36 (TIE). Léman Manhattan Preparatory School Leman Manhattan via YouTube Location: New York, New York Tuition and fees: $43,650 Enrollment: 530 Léman Manhattan is a sister school of the Collège du Léman on the outskirts of Geneva, Switzerland, and Léman International School in Chengdu, China. The three schools form a close-knit consortium. Léman Manhattan offers the unique International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, which aims to prepare students for adult life in a global society. 36 (TIE). Dana Hall School 36 (TIE). Dana Hall School Wikimedia Commons Location: Wellesley, Massachusetts Tuition and fees: $43,650* Enrollment: 355 Founded by Henry Durant, who also founded Wellesley College, Dana Hall remains one of the most prestigious all-girls schools in the country. Girls from the class of 2015 went on to colleges such as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and more. *2014 to 2015 tuition and fees 35. Dwight School 35. Dwight School Google Earth Location: New York, New York Tuition and fees: $43,675 Enrollment: 740 |
| Education / Re: 15 Terrifying Religious Demons We Hope We Never Meet by Nobody: 8:59pm On Sep 19, 2016 |
Dongreat: where i fit find this one, make she lead me outta virginia  |
| Education / 7 Reasons Why You Need To Read By Olawade David B. by masterpiecedavid(m): 1:12pm On Sep 15, 2016 |
7 REASONS WHY YOU NEED TO READ BY OLAWADE DAVID B. “I can’t write without a reader. It’s like a kiss- you can’t do it alone”- JOHN CHEEVER I have come to realize how passionate I am about writing. This zeal is driving me day by day. Many might be surprised or offended with my daily broadcasts on social media. I will be sharing with all and sundry on this article the reasons why we need to read. I am a ‘writing drunkard’. Writing has the same irresistible temptation for me like liquor has for its devotee. “Readers are not sheep, and not every pen tempts them”- VLADIMIR NABOKOV I sincerely appreciate everyone who has been reading and following our posts. Who am I to take your time? Thank you for trusting my write ups and pieces. “Reading is not a gift, it is a choice made by wise men”- ANONYMOUS. No man is born a reader. Reading is a product of choice geared by conscious commitment. I have overheard people say; “I don’t like reading” or “I don’t have the gift of reading”. Why do you need to read? TO GAIN EASILY WHAT OTHERS HAVE LABOURED HARD FOR “Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have laboured hard for”- SOCRATES There are words, experiences, excerpts and stories that are summarized in books and articles that would have cost you more than the commitment you make in reading a particle piece at your disposal. It is important to know that every writer spend more time to put their write ups together that the time you engage to read them. TO FIND WORDS FOR WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW “May be this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness, we return to books: to find words for what we already know”- ALBERTO MANGUEL Many of the words and expressions we find in books and articles are things we might have known but when we read, we are reminded of them. We get the realities and applications of what we already know by reading the write ups of writers. Often time, when I come across the write ups of other authors, I see them write my thoughts but I see it in another dimension through them and emphasis on what I already know is made. A man can always learn from what he already knows through another man. TO TRANSFORM THE PAST INTO KNOWLEDGE MADE APPLICABLE TO THE PRESENT “When a reader enters the pages of a book of poetry, he or she enters the world where dreams transform the past into knowledge made applicable to the present and where visions shape the present into extraordinary possibilities for the future”- ABERJHANI Reading makes us transform our past knowledge to application for the present and gives us possibilities for the future. Every reader has an answer to his present situations and solutions to their future challenges. TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE “The time you spend reading is the time you spend fellowshipping with the one who wrote the books”- DAG HEWARD MILLS. Why do men complain about being bored? Why do you feel lonely? I have realized books are one of the greatest companions a man can have. That moment you feel bored and desire to relate with someone, get the books, materials, articles and write ups. Someone is always waiting to keep your company through their writings. As a writer, I Have discovered over time that the best way to share my time with all and sundry is by sharing my thoughts in writing everyone to read. TO GET INSPIRATION IN THE TIME OF NEED “It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it”- OSCAR WILDE We all get to cross roads when we need to make decisions on daily basis. We can always get the bearings for the cross roads from the inspirations and motivations we have acquired from the books we have read over time. Any man that despises reading is in a long run despising help in the time of need. Don’t be stranded, engage the act of reading. TO OVERCOME MOMENTARY IGNORANCE “No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance”- CONFUCIUS. Many have surrendered to self-chosen ignorance due to poor reading habit. No man can know beyond what he had heard, seen, experienced and thought. You grow in wisdom, knowledge and understanding through reading. Any man who is aware of his poor reading habit is aware of his ignorance. A man who celebrates his poor reading habit is celebrating his ignorance. TO KNOW AND LEARN FROM THE SECRETS, EXPERIENCE AND MOTIVATIONS OF THE WRITER “Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works”- virginia WOOLF. You get to know the true identity and personality of an author in his writing. As a writer, I noticed that there are some personal issues, experience, thoughts that I share in my write ups but I don’t usually discuss in my conversations with people. You learn better from an author through his writings not only by their conversations and lifestyle. For the love of Revival, Spiritual Re-awakening And Global Revolution. OLAWADE DAVID B. MASTERPIECE PUBLISHING HOUSE INT’L. Read over 150 articles on masterpieceph.com |
| Education / Women Who Made History… History by VirtueDigest: 2:09pm On Sep 05, 2016 |
1921 Sep 5, Actress virginia Rappe died in suite rooms (1219-1221) rented by film comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle at the St. Francis Hotel in SF. Arbuckle was charged with her murder. In 1922 he was acquitted of a reduced charge of manslaughter, but his career was over. In 2004 Jerry Stahl authored the imaginary memoir “I, Fatty." Evidence suggested that Rappe had died due to a botched abortion. 1982 Sep 5, In San Francisco a van crashed into a taxi carrying actress Janet Gaynor (75), her husband Paul Gregory, actress Mary Martin and manager Ben Washer. Washer was killed and the others were injured. Gaynor never fully recovered and died in 1984. 1995 Sep 5, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, addressing the UN-sponsored fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, declared it was "time to break the silence" about the abuse of women. 1997 Sep 5, In India Mother Teresa (b.1910), the Calcutta nun who worked on behalf of the destitute, died of heart failure in Calcutta. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II broke the royal reticence over Princess Diana's death, calling her "a remarkable person" in a televised address. In 1996 a US Congress joint resolution declared her an honorary US citizen. In 2003 Albania declared 2004 to be "Mother Teresa Year" and set aside Oct. 19 as a national holiday in her honor. "It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you ... yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand." 2003 Sep 5, Gisele MacKenzie (76), former TV star, died. She starred on "Your Hit Parade" from 1953-1957, after which she starred in NBC's "The Gisele MacKenzie Show." 2005 Sep 5, Taylor Behl (17), a virginia Commonwealth University student, disappeared. Her body was found in Mathews County, about 70 miles east of Richmond, a month later. Behl’s body was found in a shallow grave with the help of photos on Benjamin Fawley’s Web site. In 2006 Fawley (39) was sentenced to 30 years in prison for her death. 2006 Sep 5, Burundi Vice-President Alice Nzomukunda resigned over corruption and human rights abuses that she says are hampering her nation's progress. 2006 Sep 5, In Kyrgyzstan Maj. Jill Metzger (33), a US Air Force officer, went missing while shopping in the capital of Bishkek. Metzger reappeared 3 days later and said she had been seized by three young men and a woman in a minibus and held in a rural area about 30 miles from the capital. 2008 Sep 5, Quentin Bryce was sworn in as Australia's governor general, the first woman to act as the British queen's representative Down Under. Morris Iemma (47), the embattled premier of Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, was forced to resign after his party withdrew support for him over a dramatic reshuffle of his cabinet. 2012 Sep 5, In the French Alps the bodies of 3 British vacationers and French cyclist, Sylvain Mollier (45), were found slain near the village of Chevaline. A 4-year-old girl was found alive among the bodies. Her sister (7) was beaten and shot but survived. Their BMW car was registered to Baghdad-born Saad al-Hilli (b.1962), who had lived in Britain since at least 2002. His family had been in France since August. A Swedish passport and Iraqi passport were also found at the scene. A family feud was suspected. On June 24, 2013, the brother of Saad al-Hilli was arrested after investigators gathered evidence that the siblings were fighting over their father's inheritance. 2013 Sep 5, San Francisco parks employee Thomas Burnoski (58) ran over Christine Svanemyr (35) of Daly City as she was lying in the grass in Holly Park with her baby and dog. Svanemyr was killed. On Nov 1 Burnoski received notice of termination. 2013 Sep 5, In Afghanistan Sushmita Banerjee, an Indian woman whose memoir about life under Taliban rule was turned into a Bollywood movie, was shot dead by suspected members of the Islamist militia. On Sep 9 police detained two insurgents suspected in her killing. 2014 Sep 5, Girl group singer Simone Battle (25) was found dead in her West Hollywood home. Her death was later ruled a suicide by hanging.
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| Education / Re: Students Of Abdu Gusau Polytechnic Fight Over "Insult On Prophet Muhammad" by dueal(m): 5:25am On Aug 24, 2016 |
salykely: From one irrelevant topic to another. We are not playing a numbers game and even if we were, Islam doesn't outnumber Christianity by people count. Your "warlord" was a conqueror of lands and nations yes, but he did not win every battle, some he took some he ran away. But that is not the discussion. You call me ignorant, I say give me proof of your Prophets Prophetic abilities and stop blabing. By history, the Quaran is not an original text, the proclaimed Prophet did not jot one word in his time, and the body of work called Quaran was developed after his demise. Not a glorious death at that. Some warlord. You talk about hell and your belief in how Islam saves you. Funny, for a religion that believes that their God will take their sins and places it on Jews and Christians so his faithful will escape damnation, sounds to me like redemption...sorry, find someone else. When you want to talk, use well researched arguments. Islam used to be my interest, now I see whats in it. Confusion, Politics, nothing soul certain. |
| Education / Re: Students Of Abdu Gusau Polytechnic Fight Over "Insult On Prophet Muhammad" by salykely(m): 1:00am On Aug 24, 2016 |
dueal:I honestly want to leave u in ur ignorance. The Quran is not an account of the Prophet Muhammad's life. Go read his life history even by western standard. Michael H. Hart wrote The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. He placed Prophet Muhammad as number one and back his decision with verifiable argument. Many others have written about the wonderful Prophet of Arabia and I challenge u to do ur unbiased research and save urself from hell. Let me share with u excerpt of an article written by Robert Louis Wilken a professor of christian history at the University of virginia. "No event during the first millennium was more unexpected, more calamitous, and more consequential for Christianity than the rise of Islam. Few irruptions in history have transformed societies so completely and irrevocably as did the conquest and expansion of the Arabs in the seventh century. And none came with greater swiftness. Within a decade three major cities in the Byzantine Christian Empire”Damascus in 635, Jerusalem in 638, and Alexandria in 641”fell to the invaders. " ...When reports began to circulate that something unusual was happening in the Arabian Peninsula, the Byzantines were preoccupied with the Sassanians in Persia who had sacked Jerusalem in 614 and made off with the relic of the True Cross. And in the West they were menaced by the Avars, a Mongolian people who had moved into the Balkans and were threatening Constantinople. Rumors about the emergence of a powerful leader among the Arabs in the distant Hijaz seemed no cause for alarm. Even on the eve of the conquest of Jerusalem, when Arab armies had encircled the holy city and blocked the road to Bethlehem, the patriarch of Jerusalem, Sophronius, assured the faithful: “We will laugh at the demise of our enemies the Saracens [as Christians first called the Muslims] and in a short time see their destruction and complete ruin.” Fourteen hundred years later the Muslims are still in Jerusalem, and with each passing decade Islam figures larger in the minds of Christians, penetrates more deeply into Christian societies, and, by its fixed and impermeable tenancy of a large part of the globe, circumscribes the practice of Christianity". Again he says "If, however, one injects into this sanguine narrative the story of Islam, things take on a different coloring. Set against the history of Islam, the career of Christianity is marked as much by decline and extinction as it is by growth and triumph. By a selective choice of periods, events, and geographical regions, the conventional account (the one imagined from the perspective of Europe and North America) gives the impression of continuous progress. But seen in global perspective, that may be illusory. To state the obvious: Most of the territories that were Christian in the year 700 are now Muslim. Nothing similar has happened to Islam. Christianity seems like a rain shower that soaks the earth and then moves on, whereas Islam appears more like a great lake that constantly overflows its banks to inundate new territory. When Islam arrives, it comes to stay”unless displaced by force, as it was in Spain. But the shameful expulsion of Muslims from Spain is hardly an event Christians would wish to celebrate today". هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَىٰ وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ (33) It is He who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to manifest it over all religion, although they who associate others with Allah dislike it. Qur'an 9:33 |
| Education / 20 Things You Didn't Know About ... Aliens by Holuwaferanmi(m): 1:42pm On Aug 04, 2016 |
1 Astronomers Margaret Turnbull and Jill Tarter of the Carnegie Institution in Washington, D.C., have compiled a list of 17,129 nearby stars most likely to have planets that could support complex life. 2 According to Turnbull, stars must be at least 3 billion years old (to allow life time to evolve), have low mass, and have high levels of iron; metals are needed to form rocky, Earthlike planets. 3 Leading the list is Epsilon Indi A, a dim orange star just 11.8 light-years away, in our local corner of the Milky Way. 4 What's the frequency, Frank? Astronomer Frank Drake made the first scientific attempt to contact alien beings in 1960, when he used an 85-foot radio dish at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in West virginia to listen for signals from two nearby sunlike stars. 5 You haven't heard about it because his search turned up zilch. 6 The more sophisticated efforts of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, haven't fared any better. Since 1995, this privately funded project has scanned more than 1,000 stars, at a cost of $5 million a year, for alien radio squeaks. 7 Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at SETI, for reasons best known to him, reckons that the 350-antenna Allen Telescope Array, now being built, "will trip across a signal by the year 2025." 8 Download software from the SETI@home project to sift for alien signals on your home PC. 187,000 other people have. 9 Most likely spots for alien life in our solar system: underground refuges on Mars, hot spots on Saturn's moon Enceladus (whose south pole is dotted with geysers), and Jupiter's moons Europa and Callisto (whose icy crusts may conceal vast, underlying oceans of water). 10 Perhaps the earliest UFO sighting occurred in 1450 B.C., when Egyptians saw bright circles of light in the sky. Some UFO obsessives interpret Ezekiel: 1 in the Bible as a UFO report. 11 In 1957, Antonio Villas Boas, a Brazilian farmer, reported that he was abducted by barking aliens who covered him in gel and mated with him. 12 Thus setting a precedent for future close encounters: In a 2003 Harvard study, seven of 10 self-professed abductees stated under hypnosis that they had been used for breeding or sexual experiments by their alien captors. 13 Allan Cheyne, a psychologist at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, says that those who believe they've been abducted by aliens are often prone to experience sleep paralysis. 14 In Newfoundland, sleep paralysis is called the "old hag," because it is associated with visions of an elderly woman crouching on the sleeper's chest. In the West Indies, the phenomenon is said to occur when a ghost baby bounces on the snoozer. 15 In space, no one can hear you sneeze: Streptococcus mitis, a bacterium that infects the nose and throat, was inadvertently sent to the moon aboard the Surveyor 3 probe. The bugs were still alive when Apollo 12 astronauts retrieved the probe's camera two and a half years later. 16 Perhaps we scared them off: Scientists first tried to describe humans to aliens in 1972, when Carl Sagan and Frank Drake designed a plaque with a naked man and woman on it for the Pioneer 10 spacecraft. 17 Then we sent the soundtrack: The two Voyager probes, launched in 1977, included a 12-inch gold-plated record carrying whale calls, greetings in 55 human languages, and a Bulgarian folk song. 18 Just in case, NASA included a phonograph stylus and playing instructions. 19 On September 30, 2006, the French Center for National Space Studies beamed Cosmic Connexion, a TV program aimed at extraterrestrials, at a sunlike star called Errai 45 light-years from Earth. 20 The video should reach them in 2051. |
| Education / 23 Year-old Youth Achiever Drowns At US Waterfall by Newsbreakers: 2:28pm On Jul 01, 2016 |
A final year student of the University of Ilorin, John Paul Usman accidentally drowned over the weekend at virginia’s Cascade Falls in the United States. The youth achiever and president of the UNESCO Clubs in Nigeria will be missed by many friends and colleagues who are still in shock over his sudden demise. Tributes and messages of condolence have flooded his Facebook and Twitter pages. The 23 year-old was selected for the 2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, a flagship programme of President Obama, among a thousand young Africans who have established records of accomplishment in promoting innovation and positive change in their organisations, institutions, communities, and countries. He joined 25 other fellows from 21 countries early this month in the United States by the virginia Polytechnic University for a six-week intensive civic leadership training course at the university’s Language and Culture Institute. According to local media reports: “On Saturday, John Paul Usman went on a hike among 18 fellows accompanied by two university staff members towards the 66-foot waterfall near the university. “He fell into the water and after he was retrieved, bystanders performed CPR on him for about 30 minutes before his death.” Don Back, the director of the Institute where Usman was studying said in a statement released by the University: “Our thoughts are with John Paul’s family in this difficult time. We are devastated by this tragic event.” The United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria as well as the fellowship programme released statements mourning his death and extending condolences to his family. The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders said on their Facebook page: “John Paul is remembered fondly by the other Mandela Washington Fellows from his native Nigeria and at virginia Tech, and he leaves behind a legacy of servant leadership and a strong commitment to community service.” 1 Share
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| Education / Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by happyday: 4:51pm On Jun 30, 2016 |
tensazangetsu: I need to ask: What informed your choice of those schools you picked? If it's the prestige, then you might be missing the whole point of going for a (post)graduate degree. They call it graduate school in the US. Here's why. "If you only want to go to a top graduate school, then you're going to graduate school for the wrong reason, and the chances of you getting in are low. You should go to graduate school, because you want to do research, and you don't need to go to a 'top' school for that." 1 Like |
| Education / Re: With An HND Degree, Where In The USA Or Canada Can One Study Msc Accounting/mba? by travelxpat(m): 6:56pm On Jun 19, 2016 |
Kirusky4life: yes and am sure as long as you have second class upper, more so try stratford university , ensure you take your exams like GRE to boost your pointers... |
| Education / Re: With An HND Degree, Where In The USA Or Canada Can One Study Msc Accounting/mba? by Kirusky4life(f): 1:47pm On Jun 19, 2016 |
pls Is virginia University still able to take on hnd holders for masters program? |
| Education / Re: An Igbo Man Becomes The First African To Be Named King James The IV Professor by tyhgfrdeswscbhf(f): 10:08am On Jun 19, 2016 |
Wen you talk of blacks DAT make things happen in USA u will kW that majority if dem are Igbo's... Go to states like virginia, maryland , new jersy, north carolina .Texas etc na igbo people full dia 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Education / Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Nobody: 9:32pm On Jun 16, 2016 |
tensazangetsu:If you are ready for the test, it is okay you go ahead with it. For those schools you listed, be warned that you need to score very high. Also, spread your risks too. Bon chance  |
| Education / Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Nobody: 4:12pm On Jun 16, 2016 |
Hey guys, am an undergraduate and am presently going to my final year I intend writing the GRE in august am on holidays now and have started preparing. I wanna do my masters as soon as I graduate and I wanna apply to MIT, umich, virginia tech and university of new orleans am thinking of doing a masters program in naval architecture. I wanna know if writing the GRE now is a good idea. |
| Education / Re: Is It Fair For Non-indigenes Of A State To Pay Higher School Fees? by Rayhutar(m): 1:08pm On May 16, 2016 |
EgunMogaji:At least they are talking about residency and paying of tax as a yardstick, in Nigeria if your parents is residing in a state he is also paying tax, so the children should not pay higher fees because of not been indigenous to that particular state. 5 Likes |
| Education / Re: Is It Fair For Non-indigenes Of A State To Pay Higher School Fees? by Nobody: 12:54pm On May 16, 2016 |
Rayhutar: Yes, there is as such as higher out of state school fees in the US until the student meets the states residency requirements. Please do not argue this simple fact like a typical Nigerian unless like me you've paid these fees first hand. "What is an in-state resident and out-of-state resident? The education system in the United States is controlled by individual states, rather than by the federal government. Each state has its own “public” institutions that are run and funded by the state. Funding for these schools comes from the state residents in the form of taxes. As a result, these state residents are able to attend the public institutions at a lower cost than people who are not residents of the state. This cost to the state residents is referred to as in-state tuition. The cost to residents from other states is known as out-of-state tuition." " What is the cost difference on average between in-state and out-of-state tuition? As discussed earlier, each state controls its own public colleges and institutions. Within each state there are many different public universities and colleges, and each institution of higher education can have a different tuition rate. Due to the challenges of varying tuition rates, it is impossible to give a one-size fits all answer regarding tuition rates. However, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) does offer data to allow you to compare in-state and out-of-stated tuition. For the 2010–2011 academic year, the average tuition for an in-state student at a four year public school for an undergraduate student was $6,752. The average tuition for an out-of-state student at a four year public school for an undergraduate student was $15,742. This means that, on average, it cost $8,990 more for students to attend a college or university in a state where they are not a resident. The following tables show the cost differences for in-state and out-of-state students at the public colleges and universities in Maryland, virginia, and District of Columbia for the 2012-2013 academic year." https://heath.gwu.edu/state-vs-out-state-tuition 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Education / Nigerians Selected For 2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship by Super1Star: 7:20pm On May 07, 2016 |
Yesterday, the U.S. Embassy recognized over 100 young Nigerians selected to participate in the 2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship. The Mandela Washington Fellowship is the flagship program of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) and a key component of President Barack Obama’s commitment to invest in the future of Africa. The White House developed this initiative in recognition of the critical and increasing role that young Africans are playing in strengthening democratic institutions, spurring economic growth, and enhancing peace and security in Africa. Speaking at a special gathering in Abuja, U.S. Ambassador James F. Entwistle congratulated the new fellows on their competitive selection amongst 10,000 Nigerian applicants and tens of thousands of others throughout Africa. Ambassador Entwistle congratulates the Nigerian cohort of the 2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship. Ambassador Entwistle congratulates the Nigerian cohort of the 2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship. “Our goal was to select a diverse group, both geographically and socio-economically, representing all Nigeria has to offer,” said Ambassador Entwistle. “You represent the best of Nigeria’s youth and the future of the country. Your selection says a lot about who you are as young leaders and the level of impact you are having on your communities as entrepreneurs, civic leaders, public servants, and champions of renewable energy,” he added. On the list were over 90 outstanding young Nigerians including former beauty queen/MBGN 2000 Dr. Matilda Kerry, she has worked consistently to improve the lives of underprivileged children via the George Kerry Life Foundation; Adebola Williams, co-founder of Red Media who has set an indelible standard in the world of media and PR via the Future Awards, YNaija and more; Otto Orondaam who founded Slum2School which is now one of the largest volunteer driven non-profits in Nigeria. Congrats to everyone selected! Since 2014, 86 Nigerians have participated in the Mandela Washington Fellowship. Fellows participate in an intensive, six-week program on academic excellence and leadership focused on business and entrepreneurship, civic leadership, public management, and renewable energy at U.S. colleges and universities. S/N First Name Last Name State Of Origin Track Fellowship Institution 1. Adams Adeiza Kogi Business & Entrepreneurship Northwestern University 2. Adamu Ishiyaku Gombe Civic Leadership Indiana University Bloomington 3. Adaora Uche-Ugwonna Enugu State Business & Entrepreneurship University of Iowa 4. Adebola Williams Lagos Business & Entrepreneurship Clark Atlanta University 5. Adebukola Shonibare Osun Civic Leadership Presidential Precinct 6. Adedayo Adeniyi Osun Civic Leadership Kansas State University 7. Adeniyi Adedokun Oyo State Public Management Bridgewater State University 8. Ahmed Ogunlaja Ogun Civic Leadership University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 9. Andidiong Okon Akwa Ibom Business & Entrepreneurship virginia Commonwealth University 10. Anita Tele-Oduloye Delta Business & Entrepreneurship Clark Atlanta University 11. Anthonia Abayomi-Ojo Osun Civic Leadership Duquesne University 12. Apolmida Tsammani Bauchi Public Management University of Wisconsin-Madison 13. Arinze Ekwem Anambra Business & Entrepreneurship Rutgers University 14. Ayodele Odeogbola Ogun State Public Management Bridgewater State University 15. Babafemi Adebola Ekiti Public Management University of Wisconsin-Madison 16. Balarabe Ismail Kano Public Management Ohio State University 17. Ballason Gloria Kaduna Business & Entrepreneurship Bridgewater State University 18. Charity Isa Borno State Civic Leadership Purdue University 19. Chidinma Mbanasor Abia Civic Leadership Wagner College 20. Chinelo Uchendu Anambra Civic Leadership University of California, Berkeley 21. Chinenye Ezeakor Enugu Civic Leadership Arizona State University 22. Chukwudi Anyanaso Imo State Public Management Appalachian State University 23. Chukwuemeka Ubaka Imo Public Management Ohio State University 24. Cosmos Anweh Benue Business & Entrepreneurship Ohio State University 25. Danladi Saleh Idrisa Borno Public Management virginia Commonwealth University 26. Dauda Sanusi Ogun Civic Leadership Purdue University 27. Ebunoluwa Farinde Lagos Business & Entrepreneurship Dartmouth College 38. Edemawan Ossai Cross River Civic Leadership Arizona State University 39. Egbuna Obianuju Maureen Anambra Public Management Cambridge College 40. Ehigie Imarhiagbe Edo State Public Management Ohio State University 41. Emana Imona Cross River Business & Entrepreneurship University of Maine 42. Emeka Ossai Delta Business & Entrepreneurship University of Texas at Austin 43. Emmanuel Obioha Imo Civic Leadership Drake University In Des Moines, Iowa 44. Ese Ovabor Edo Energy Duquesne University 45. Fadekunayo Adeniyi Lagos Public Management University of California, Davis 46. Fatima Mohammed Yobe Energy University of Illinois 47. Fatima Oyiza Ademoh Kogi Public Management University of California, Davis 48. Feyisara Ogunranti Oyo State Public Management University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 49. Folahanmi Aina Oyo Business & Entrepreneurship Syracuse University 50. Gbenga Oni Ekiti Public Management Lincoln University (Missouri ) 51. Grace Ihejiamaizu Abia Civic Leadership Kansas State University 52. Hadiza Kasimu Plateau Civic Leadership Presidential Precinct 53. Hauwa Liman Katsina Business & Entrepreneurship University of Texas at Austin 54. Hussaini Saraki Bauchi Civic Leadership University of Delaware 55. Ibrahim Sawab Borno Civic Leadership Wagner College 56. Ibrahim Audu Salisu Yobe Business & Entrepreneurship Duquesne University 57. Ifeoluwa Oluwole Ondo State Business & Entrepreneurship Dartmouth College 58. Immanuel Charles Akhimien Edo Civic Leadership University of Notre Dame 59. Ishaku Haruna Gombe State Civic Leadership Kansas State University 60. Jamila Bashir Kano Civic Leadership virginia Tech 61. Jocelyne Agbo Enugu State Business & Entrepreneurship University of Wisconsin-Stout 62. John Paul Usman Kogi Civic Leadership virginia Tech 63. Jude Onwujei Delta State Civic Leadership Howard University 64. Juliana Owolabi Osun State Business & Entrepreneurship Indiana University Bloomington 65. Kenneth Ati Benue Business & Entrepreneurship Appalachian State University 66. Kyela Gadi Kaduna Civic Leadership University of Maine 67. Lukman Lawal Zamfara Public Management University of Iowa 68. Maalum Nadine North West Province Business & Entrepreneurship University of Notre Dame 69. Matilda Kerry Delta State Business & Entrepreneurship Georgia State University 70. Miriam Odabe Ebonyi Public Management University of Texas at Austin 71. Mohammed Kabir Ibrahim Adamawa Business & Entrepreneurship University of Minnesota 72. Mojisola Ojebode Osun Public Management University of Wisconsin 73. Mubarak Tiamiyu Oyo Business & Entrepreneurship Arizona State University 74. Muhammad Abdullahi Bauchi Business & Entrepreneurship Rutgers University 75. Muhibbat Abdullahi Bauchi Business & Entrepreneurship Purdue University 76. Nana Samuel Borno State Business & Entrepreneurship Lincoln University (Missouri ) 77. Nari Welye Adamawa Public Management Syracuse University 78. Nkechi Okwuone Delta State Public Management Arizona State University 79. Nneoma Albert-Benson Imo State Business & Entrepreneurship Arizona State University 80. Obiefule Iroabueke Abia State Public Management Georgia State University 81. Obinna Ebirim Imo Civic Leadership University of Wisconsin-Madison 82. Olajide Kabir Oluwatosin Kwara Business & Entrepreneurship University of Nevada, Reno 83. Olakunle Owoeye Ekiti Public Management University of California, Davis 84. Olanrewaju Suleiman Kwara State Public Management Drake University 85. Olorunfunmi Adebajo Ogun Energy Rutgers University 86. Olufunto OpeoluwaAkinterinwa Ondo State Business & Entrepreneurship Howard University 87. Olumide Mukaila Lawal Lagos Civic Leadership virginia Commonwealth University 88. Oluwabusola Majekodunmi Lagos Public Management University of Minnesota 89. Oluwaseun Olaseinde Ondo State Public Management University of Maine 90. Oluwaseun Sangoleye Oyo Public Management Clark Atlanta University 91. 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