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My Jakarta: Inanda Tiaka, Founder of Child Can Lead Organization Sanny Djohan | July 25, 2011 ‘I Made a Pledge to Give My Best So Less Fortunate Kids Can Become Their Best’ ‘I Made a Pledge to Give My Best So Less Fortunate Kids Can Become Their Best’ Share This Page 1 4 0 0 Post a comment Please login to post comment Comments Be the first to write your opinion! While many children dream of becoming firefighters or ballerinas, Inanda Tiaka was dreaming of helping less fortunate children obtain a good education that would help them achieve their future goals. Her dream never faded. Together with a friend, she founded the organization Child Can Lead in Jakarta. Not even a year old, CCL has already made great strides. Thanks to the generous support of donors, CCL was able to build a library, which also doubles as an office, where almost 90 children can come to read and participate in writing workshops. And the best part? Inanda never really has to grow up — she gets to play with children ...

"Native Life in the Americas" at Harvard's Tozzer Library has spirit Zoom Photos scan21.jpg Contributed photo Art by Carlos Merida (1891-1984) scan21.jpg scan26.jpg scan20.jpg scan2.jpg By Chris Bergeron/Daily News staff GHS Posted Jul 24, 2011 @ 04:29 PM Print Comment CAMBRIDGE — Don't expect to find Geronimo or Pocahontas among the prints and paintings displayed in "Native Life in the Americas" at the Tozzer Library Gallery at Harvard University. Thoughtful and informative, this exhibit provides a rarely seen glimpse of Native American life and culture through richly varied work by artists who deserve to be better known. Visitors will see long-haired Navajo cowboys resting on the trail, painted by an Apache artist. Stepping into the library, they'll find portraits of costumed Haida, Iroquois and Kaw men from the "People of the South Wind," done by Sioux artist Oscar Howe. Or they can follow the adventures of sly Coyote, a familiar characte...

Jumat, 08 Juli 2011 21:28 WIB Komentar: 2 0 Like Dislike 0 JAKARTA--MICOM: Asosiasi Perguruan Tinggi Swasta Indonesia (Aptisi) menghimbau kalangan perguruan tinggi agar mewaspadai kemungkinan masuknya perguruan tinggi asing dalam Rancangan Undang Undang Perguruan Tinggi (RUU-PT) yang masih dibahas di DPR. Hal tersebut diungkapkan Ketua Umum Aptisi Eddy Suandi Hamid di Jakarta, Kamis (7/7) lalu. Eddy mewanti wanti, peran PT dalam negeri akan lemah atau inferior jika RUU PT disahkan. Eddy Suandi Hamid yang juga Rektor Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII) Yogyakarta mengingatkan Indonesia mesti mewaspadai masuknya lembaga pendidikan asing karena dalam era globalisasi semuanya serba terbuka. Hemat dia,sewajarnya semua hal tidak boleh terbuka seluas-luasnya, apalagi dalam bidang pendidikan. Eddy mencontohkan , pengaruh neoliberal tersirat dalam RUU Perguruan Tinggi Bab V tentang Perguruan Tinggi Asing dan Kerja Sama Internasional. Pasal 73 ayat 1 menyebutkan bahwa perguruan tinggi asing d...

Vocational Schools Face Deep Funding Cuts by Amelia T. July 10, 2011 7:15 pm 4 comments Vocational Schools Face Deep Funding Cuts Facebook Reddit StumbleUpon Digg E-Mail Text Size: A | A | A | A In a time of financial uncertainty, it seems illogical to cut funding for technical and vocational schools, which teach students concrete, practical skills. But that’s precisely what the Obama administration aims to do, according to a recent article in the New York Times. In an effort to channel more money toward improving students’ mastery of broad subjects math, reading and history, the administration has proposed a 20 percent reduction in funding for career and technical funding, even as it seeks to raise the amount of funding devoted to education overall. This, according to White House officials, will help students better prepare for four-year colleges, and keep minority and low-income students from being automatically funneled into vocational training...

Harian Berita | Hiburan | Unik content top delete 100 Daftar Universitas Terbaik di Asia Tenggara on Feb 5, 2011 in Berita Dunia, Berita Pendidikan | 55 comments 100 Daftar Universitas Terbaik di Asia Tenggara – Berita Terbaru, Pada akhir Januari 2011 lalu, telah dicatat sebanyak 100 universitas terbaik di seluruh wilayah Asia Tenggara oleh Webometrics. Webometrics adalah sebuah lembaga afiliasi dengan Dewan Riset Nasional Spanyol. Penilaian peringkat diukur dalam empat indikator, yaitu size (jumlah halaman publikasi elektronik yang terdapat dalam domain perguruan tinggi), visibility (jumlah halaman lain yang mencantumkan alamat domain perguruan tinggi yang dinilai), rich files (relevansi sumber elektronik dengan kegiatan akademik dan publikasi perguruan tinggi tersebut), dan scholar (jumlah publikasi dan sitasi bermutu pada domain perguruan tinggi). Dalam urutan daftar tersebut, sebanyak 29 perguruan tinggi di Indonesia telah masuk dalam 100 daftar itu. Apa saja? Salah satunya adalah...