The Minnesota Department of Education says an Islamic culture charter school needs to make some changes to better separate religious and school activities.
are obligations owed to some subset of persons, in contrast to natural duties that are owed to all persons simply qua persons. Common sense morality seems to understand us as having special obligations to those to whom we stand in
Rotterdam, Netherlands,10-12 December 2008The Biomedicine Convention is the first international document formulating guiding principles on: equitable access to healthcare; informed consent; organ transplanting and the use of substances of human origin; medical research on human beings; the protection of the
NASA senior managers completed a review Monday of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight and selected May 31 as the official launch date for the STS-124 mission.
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service) Largely unexplored deep-sea coral reefs, some perhaps hundreds of thousands of years old, off the coast of the southeastern US are not only larger than expected but also home to commercially valuable fish populations and
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science) Dr. Joseph M. Prospero, professor at UM's Rosenstiel School, has pioneered studies in the worldwide measurement of aerosols suspended in the atmosphere and carried by winds. His unique data collected
Graduate-level engineering and technology programmes are designed to meet the requirements of the local business, industry, utilities and the general demand. In Trinidad and Tobago, the demand for technologists is high. To meet this demand, two Engineering Technology degree programmes
The explosive growth of the internet and information technology has redefined the concept of distance learning. Today, colleges and universities around the world are offering online courses and degrees in an attempt to reach more students, reduce the cost of
Understanding customer requirements have become an indispensable tool to remain competitive in the world nowadays. This holds true in educational institutes, too. The quality of the academic programme largely depends on the curriculum design of the various courses, because the
The objective of this work was to design an intelligent web portal to serve as a service provider for predicting which students of the Hellenic Open University (HOU) are dropout-prone students; i.e., such students indirectly generate 'Student Dropout Statements' (SDSs).
Using transformational leadership dimensions (Leithwood et al., 1997; Leithwood et al., 1999) to examine the influence of the teacher leaders in rural schools, the author makes the argument that the focus on the principal as the primary source of transformational
With the progress of technology, the paper-based portfolios have been taken to another level. Electronic portfolios, also know as e-portfolios or digital portfolios, are not new ideas. However, many higher level institutions and businesses struggle with how to best use
The marketing performance of International Joint Ventures (IJVs), particularly those in the South East Asian economies, has not received adequate attention from international business researchers. IJVs have become an important means of market entry for many firms, particularly those seeking
Education has long been one of the most important exporting services to Australia. Australia has developed its higher education resources and significantly increased its role in the international education market. The Australian government data for 2006 lists 317 909 foreign
This study examines whether investors can still profit from successive financial analysts' recommendations announced within the same business week. Using a dataset sample of 230 stocks dated from January 1998 till August 2000, our findings indicate that successive upgrades (downgrades)
Using cross-sectional data from 120 Malaysian manufacturing firms, this study empirically examines the alignment, by way of systems approach, between business strategy and the use of balanced scorecard (BSC) measures. This alignment is proposed to provide a positive impact on
This study has two objectives: first, to examine the relationship between the bases of power and amount of influence in a group buying decision, and second, to test the moderating effects of three contingency variables (viscidity, time constraint, and perceived
International human trade is a dark side of international business that has largely been ignored by international business researchers. With a rapid globalisation, these activities have intensified to become a global phenomenon in the past two decades. The intent of
This study examines the influence of organisational structure (formalisation and centralisation) and culture (participative decision making, support and collaboration, and learning and development) on innovation (technological and process, administrative, and product) among firms operating in Malaysia. In addition, the differences
