Scaling the US Economy
Economists are considering past elections as the recent debt problem of the United States seemed to have gotten people thinking about what would really happen if a default occurred. For further insight about the challenges, read a physicist’s opinion on scaling the economy through 2100.
Posted: August 2nd, 2011
at 8:13am by mnp
Categories: green,business,science,development,education,trade,entrepreneurship,jobs,innovation,real estate
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College
16 year old earns college degree online…
Heard started reading before age 2, graduated from high school at 10, earned her associate of arts degree at 13 and now a bachelor’s. The teenager has already passed her law-school admissions test and plans to earn a law degree online.
"My parents felt that it would not be a good idea to send me to campus at such a young age," Heard said. "I appreciate their decision, mainly because online studying has given me quite a bit of flexibility in my study schedule." (Source)
Posted: July 29th, 2011
at 6:01pm by mnp
Categories: myninjaplease,mnp is for the children,education
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The Education of Bill Gates
Bill Gates on 20 new schools that he made:
"But the overall impact of the intervention, particularly the measure we care most about—whether you go to college—it didn’t move the needle much," he says. "Maybe 10% more kids, but it wasn’t dramatic. . . . We didn’t see a path to having a big impact, so we did a mea culpa on that." Still, he adds, "we think small schools were a better deal for the kids who went to them."
The Woman Who Fell to Earth
Posted: July 19th, 2011
at 3:35pm by mnp
Categories: life,fo' real?,science,education
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The Psychological Man
Posted: July 15th, 2011
at 1:35pm by mnp
Categories: myninjaplease,"ninja",education
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Farming Classes
With the rising market demand for locally grown foods, there are plenty of choices and options; determining where best to focus can be the biggest challenge, especially for those looking to expand into new crops or those new to farming. (Take the class here)
The Moral Sense Test
The Moral Sense Test is a Web-based study into the nature of human moral judgment. How do human beings decide what is right and wrong? To answer this question, we have designed a series of moral dilemmas to probe the psychological mechanisms underlying our moral judgments.