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American Medical Association - Physicians, Medical Students & Patients (AMA) Report child sexual abuse content to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) EDUCOAS. Asociación Mexicana para la Educación Internacional, A.C. U.S. Department of Education. The Free Education Network. What is EDUCAUSE?

Learner.org. Go ENC. International Leads. Accredited Online Schools: 2014's Best Online Programs. 10 Countries Facing the Biggest Brain Drain. Here we’ve compiled a list of some of the nations that have been hardest hit by brain drain in that past few years.

10 Countries Facing the Biggest Brain Drain

While some are making progress in reversing the process, others are seeing numbers rise and citizens migrating in larger numbers every year. Third World Network (TWN) Right to Research Coalition. NESDIS Education & Outreach. Vegetation Health Though most of the Earth is covered by water, 25 percent of the planet’s surface is a dynamic green.

NESDIS Education & Outreach

NOAA scientists use satellite observations of vegetation greenness to develop vegetation health products that can be used as proxy data for monitoring drought, soil saturation, moisture and thermal conditions, fire risk, greenness of vegetation cover, vegetation fraction, leaf area index, start and end of the growing season, crop and pasture productivity, El Niño-Southern Oscillation climate anomalies, desertification, mosquito-borne diseases, invasive species, ecological resources, land degradation and more.

Use the slider to follow a weekly “greenup” for 2007. The darkest green areas are the lushest in vegetation, while the pale colors are sparse in vegetation cover either due to snow, drought, rock or urban areas. Ocean Depth Source: National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Ice Cover Source: Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Higher Education for Development (HED) Home Page. Enabling Open Scholarship - EOS - Home. The Educator's Best Friend.

Documentary Educational Resources. The Benefits of the Seal of Biliteracy. The Seal of Biliteracy is a special recognition that promotes and validates bilingualism and biliteracy in English and another language.

The Benefits of the Seal of Biliteracy

The Seal of Biliteracy has been implemented by many school districts in California and is currently spreading to other districts throughout the nation. EUN European Schoolnet. Eduscol. Royal Society journal archive made permanently free to access. 26 October 2011 Around 60,000 historical scientific papers are accessible via a fully searchable online archive, with papers published more than 70 years ago now becoming freely available.

Royal Society journal archive made permanently free to access

The Royal Society is the world’s oldest scientific publisher, with the first edition of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society appearing in 1665. Henry Oldenburg – Secretary of the Royal Society and first Editor of the publication – ensured that it was “licensed by the council of the society, being first reviewed by some of the members of the same”, thus making it the first ever peer-reviewed journal. Philosophical Transactions had to overcome early setbacks including plague, the Great Fire of London and even the imprisonment of Oldenburg, but against the odds the publication survived to the present day. Its foundation would eventually be recognised as one of the most pivotal moments of the scientific revolution.

Search the journal archive here. SLOAN-C. 25 Awesome Virtual Learning Experiences Online - Virtual Education Websites. Just because you’re online doesn’t mean that you can’t experience the world first-hand — or as close to first-hand as possible.

25 Awesome Virtual Learning Experiences Online - Virtual Education Websites

Here are websites that feature virtual learning experiences, exposing online visitors to everything from history to geography, astronomy to anatomy, literature to government. 7 Wonders Panoramas – 360-degree views of the Seven Wonders of the World. Arounder Virtual Tour of the Moon – 360-degree panoramic views of the moon, courtesy of the Apollo 11, 12 and 17 missions. (Many other Earth locations also available on arounder.com.) Frissiras Museum – A virtual art gallery from Athens, Greece that allows you to explore paintings by clicking through their entire collection.

Google Earth – Explore the geography of both land and sea (free download). Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Vital Signs: Understanding Cardiovascular Diseases – A virtual gallery teaching about heart disease. EduHound.com: Your Educational Technology Resource.

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UNI. FGDLA.org: Your Source For Student Loans, College Scholarships & College Grants. CareerZone. Web U.S. Higher Education. Accreditation by one of these bodies is the basis for recognition of degrees and acceptance of transfer credit at UT Austin, and for inclusion in the Web U.S.

Web U.S. Higher Education

Higher Education lists. Stem Career. Biologie et Multimedia Université Pierre et Marie Curie. Comunidad MBA, Posgrados, Becas, Trabajar y Estudiar en el Extranjero, Empleo y Networking. GestioPolis.com. GradHacker. The Collaboration Network for Academia. Masters. Computer Science Teachers Association.