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Jun 24

NanoAdventure Project from Unicamp awarded

NanoAventura: Prêmio Mercosul de Ciência e Tecnologia

Jun 23

The World View: Further Reflections on the Brazilian Mobility Program

Full article publised at the blog “The World View” from “Inside Higher Education”. See it HERE. A recent blog by Luciane Stallivieri about the ambitious Brazilian mobility program of college students (Brazil’s Science Without Borders Program, May 31, 2015) hit the nail on the head regarding several issues in this debate. Although the numbers are …

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Jun 16

U.S. For-Profits in Brazil

Elizabeth Redden wrote a very interesting article at Insider Higher Education: U.S. For-Profits in Brazil Business is booming in Brazil for DeVry Education Group, an Illinois-based, publicly traded for-profit education company. DeVry reports that it enrolls more than 58,000 degree-seeking students in Brazil, plus another 53,000 students in test preparatory programs there. According to the company’s …

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May 19

International Higher Education: How much is a Full Professor worth? The challenge of attracting the best talent

Article published at International Higher Education, No. 81, Summer 2015. See complete article HERE. There are many factors that motivate the pursuit of an academic career, including academic freedom, prestige, stability, curiosity, among others. However, salary is also key to the future career choices of young talent. In the State of São Paulo, in Brazil, …

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Apr 14

FAPESP Week and the importance of science collaborations

Sorry, this entry is only available in Português do Brasil.

Apr 14

University World News: Widening access without lowering quality

See complete article HERE. Higher education has experienced rapidly expanding enrolment worldwide for the past 40 years. This growth will probably continue for the next 20 years, with predictions of 400 million students in 2030, compared with 100 million in 2000. Is it possible to make this massification more equitable, while ensuring minimum standards of …

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Apr 14

FAPESP Agency: Knowledge about science in the society in Latin America is dramatic

See complete article HERE.(in portuguese).

Mar 31

International Higher Education: Sustaining Quality and Massification: Is It Possible?

Full article published at International Higher Education, No. 80, Spring 2015. Higher education has experienced rapid expanding enrollment worldwide for the last 40 years. This growth will probably continue for the next 20 years, with predictions of 400 million students in 2030 (compared with 100 million in 2000). Is it possible to make this massification more equitable, …

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Feb 25

The World View: Will Professors Teach Differently in 10 Years?

Unfortunately, my guess is that the answer to this question is a sound “NO”. Despite continuous claims of a revolution in classroom teaching strategies, the advent of massive on-line open courses, and the huge expansion in the use of technological devices (cell phone, computers, tablets, etc), in most higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world …

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Feb 24

RSC Advances: Unusual magnetic damping effect in a silver–cobalt ferrite hetero nano-system

The static and dynamic magnetic response of the newly synthesized CoFe2O4–Ag hetero nano-system showed significant enhancement in the effective energy barrier and reduction of the magnetic hardness of CoFe2O4 upon interaction with non-magnetic Ag as compared to neat CoFe2O4. The observed magnetic properties of CoFe2O4–Ag have been dissected in detail using the superparamagnetic Stoner–Wohlfarth and …

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