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When you pursue a degree at an online university, you take all of the classes required to get a degree entirely online. In online learning, sometimes referred to as E-learning, teachers mostly use computer-based technologies such as video streaming, e-mail, or other technologies over the Internet to teach material to their students. Online college students rarely attend school campuses because almost all, if not 100%, of their studying is done online. Keep in mind that online universities may or may not have a local campus, but that should not deter you from believing the college is a reputable university; just make sure that the university is accredited by an outside accrediting agency such as Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, New England Association of Schools and Colleges, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and Western Association of Schools and Colleges. A great way to check accreditation is to visit the U.S. Department of Education Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs.
What To Expect From Online Universities
As mentioned above, when you attend an online university, you will be taught over the Internet via e-mail, video streaming, or other online technologies. While some perceive this teaching method to be impersonal, it is quite the contrary. The quality level of online teaching is equivalent to the quality level of face-to-face teaching methods on campus. Some would even argue that the quality level of online teaching instruction is higher because an online student would have constant personal interaction with the through e-mail or online chat rooms whereas students that attend college classes at a campus-based university may be in a class with 300 other students.
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A Wide Array of Degree Options From Online Universities
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With the economic downturn, more and more students are expected to attend an online university. Though rising fuel costs may no longer be a factor, students have realized the benefits of attending an online university. With the convenience, flexibility, and wide range of degree programs, student enrollment at online universities continue to excel. Don’t get left behind!
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There are nine South American universities in the Word’s Top-500 universities (2008). Six are located in Brazil, two in Chile and one in Argentina. The Top-5 universities located in South America are: University of Sao Paulo (ranked 101-151 in the world), University of Beunos Aires (ranked 152-200), University Estadual Campinas (ranked 201-302) University Fed Rio de Janeiro and the University Federal Minas Gerais (jointly ranked 303-401).
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The University of São Paulo (USP) is the largest higher education and research institution in Brazil. It is a public and free university, with open access for students selected by the vestibular (the Brazilian entrance exam for universities). USP was established in 1934 (it started with some already existing schools, the earliest of which was established in 1827). USP has seven campuses (four of which are located in the City of Sao Paulo), five hospitals and five museums. The total number of students is 86,187 (53.5% male): 54,361 undergraduates and 31,826 postgraduates (graduate students). USP has a faculty of 5,434 and employs 15,221 persons. For more details about the USP.
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A high percentage of students enrolled at universities and colleges around the world is coming from a foreign country and this percentage is rapidly increasing. Colleges are turning into international melting pots, occasions for absolutely interesting cultural and personal exchange. For this same reason programs to study abroad are considerably increasing and it is easier nowadays to satisfy the constant demand.
In order to satisfy the needs of people who are searching for Universities and Colleges abroad, new tools have been created on the internet during these last years, tips and useful information to address students to find the best course in their favourite country, to start a new, long and exciting life experience in a foreign country.
Among them, University World is a very interesting one, an easy and complete tool conceived to help students to find the university they are looking for. It’s really easy to use it by just selecting the destination continent and browsing for desired region / district / state. All available universities will be immediately displayed. Otherwise, people who already and exactly know the university they would like to enrol at, just have to search it by typing into University World search engine.
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Lots of young students every year are choosing to spend their university or college studies abroad in a different country or even in a different continent, and the number of students who decide to graduate abroad is constantly increasing.
Considering that we are living a time controlled by speed and multiculturality, it is more and more important to travel around the world in order to get in touch with different cultures, discover new habits and increase personal skills and behaviour towards different ethnic groups, this is valid especially for young students who, more than others have to shape their attitude towards life.
To spend some years abroad to attend university in a foreign country is definitely the best way to get to be independent, tolerant and open minded, and education abroad is undoubtedly the basis for growing up in the best way.
A high percentage of students enrolled at universities and colleges around the world is coming from a foreign country and this percentage is rapidly increasing. Colleges are turning into international melting pots, occasions for absolutely interesting cultural and personal exchange. For this same reason programs to study abroad are considerably increasing and it is easier nowadays to satisfy the constant demand.
In order to satisfy the needs of people who are searching for Universities and Colleges abroad, new tools have been created on the internet during these last years, tips and useful information to address students to find the best course in their favourite country, to start a new, long and exciting life experience in a foreign country.
Among them, University World is a very interesting one, an easy and complete tool conceived to help students to find the university they are looking for. It’s really easy to use it by just selecting the destination continent and browsing for desired region / district / state. All available universities will be immediately displayed. Otherwise, people who already and exactly know the university they would like to enrol at, just have to search it by typing into University World search engine.
The huge amount of universities and colleges collected on the website represents an essential instrument for international undergraduates. University World in fact, contains thousands of universities located in three different continents which are Europe, Canada and United States and the data is situated throughout the web and regularly updated.
Do not lose any more time! Browse our directory and choose a destination: you will easily find all available universities.
It is very much relevant to state that, the phenomena of different harassment of the authority and the teachers towards the student are not uncommon. Due to get the uncontrolled opportunity of autonomy, the universities, which were founded to practice knowledge, turned to the safe heaven of the rude, autocratic, behavior of some dishonest teachers. Observing the conditions, it seems that the said vice-chancellors have been acting as the secretaries of the universities’ proctorial committee and their relatives, like brother-in-laws, father-in-laws, etc. It is mandatory to remove the autonomy of the universities in order to free the country from that malicious ghosts, called ‘teachers’, suited with gentlemen’s cloth and in their outlook very smart.
Though apparently they do not seem to be professional politician, they provide the concept of non-Islamic cultural, political, diplomatic behavior to the leaders and workers of different political parties and their outlets in this country, as they have gained these while they were abroad due to obtain a higher degree. Basically those teachers are intended to scholarship providing countries, we should inform the countrymen regarding the cruel and wild behavior of the different species, which contradict with the follower of Islamic ideology in this country. To protect the nation from their hostility and anger it is necessary to establish a strong ‘chain of command’ every level of the public universities.
The autonomy was given to the universities with the point of view ease the education and research. Thereafter the teachers have got a safe haven and by utilizing this scope many of them have been cheating, steeling the intellectual properties and cons pirating against the patriot politicians. They have turned the position of the ‘Head of the Department, into ‘Chairman of the Department”, and therefore ignore the system of responsibility, degrade the reasonable demands of the students, and give employment and certificates in lieu of money. Everybody of them think themselves as ‘autonomous body’. Then to keep their autocratic activities free from thorn, they squeezed the admission opportunity of the students coming from the family of businessmen, lawyers, highly educated guardians and government officers. Instead they grasp a large portion of seats by providing additional quotas to the children of the teachers, officers, other staffs and former students of the universities, local people and the less-educated and non-respondent farmers.
The teachers residing inside the universities have been conducting notorious diplomatic activities outside the campus and in other districts by garrulity and hiding their actual identity. To remain above the periphery of law, they have been motivating the law-makers in favor of them. At the same time they influence the law makers to create necessary laws against the government officers, lawyers and opposition politicians. Beside these, violating the rules and regulations, they have been influencing continuously different organizations of the Government to work in favor of them. So, the members of the academic council may be given the partial independence, in order to producing the syllabi of academic curricular. But, with this excuse, to continue the autonomy of the university will be the same thing as to retain the different organs of living body paralyzed.
If the different organs of a living body are cut-up from the nervous system while retaining the flow of the blood uninterrupted, the whole body seems to be alive for a while -this is true; but that discrete living organs, disobeying the command of the brain, vibrate randomly, whose resultant progress is zero. At a certain time that organs become motionless, and the active and excessive lively brain can not precede the body to the destination by trying vivaciously.
It is needed to review and analyze in detail the matter of giving the power to the teachers for directing police operation and trial to keep the law and order of the massive population of the universities whereas they are devoid of overall knowledge and any certificate of law. Law is regarded as one of the prior subjects among the subjects learned in the traditional general education. Law encourages every people to stay at the society and in the state in a peaceful, usual and regulated manner. A person ignorant in law but specialized in other subject is like a blind armed person, who is only eager to keep his own benefits. To see the persons in the proctor committee the much prevalent proverb is recalled to us: “Where the learned hesitate, the ignorant runs faster”.
It should be mentioned that the students coming to the universities for higher education, especially those who are not a son or daughter of any teacher, officer, or supporting staff, usually remain away from their guardians and relations. And the cadre force of the universities under the name of the ‘Proctor Committee” utilize this weak point of the students to the full extent. The university authorities is enjoying extra facilities, showing the excuse of autonomy, so that their proctor committees encounter themselves beyond any accountability and they conduct uncontrolled and autocratic trial upon a large part of the total population in parallel to the existing courts in the country. But the juries of the higher courts of the government are independent to conduct the trials (Constitution- 116A). So, in this existing situation, it is contradictory with the constitution of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh to provide that power to the proctor committees of the universities. The university authorities often practice very prejudiced custom by including only the teachers one-sidedly in the proctor committees. (Any teacher of the Department of Law is rarely present there). Such decisions and activities bring a lot of misery to the students residing at the universities for studies and their guardians.
To control the police force appointed in the campuses to maintain their comprehensive security and calmness, to observe and inspect the legal condition and discipline, and to conduct sudden trial (which the members of the proctor committee often do) magistrates should be appointed and controlled by the government in the universities so that the justice is re-established by impartial consideration. I draw the attention of the conscious, educated citizens, experts, policy makers, higher court and the government itself.
To protect the repetitions of the injustice events taking place in the campuses, the proctor committees should be abolished; and an independent magistracy activity separated from the university administration should be initiated. Moreover the motionless and inactive disciplinary committees should be run again. To escape the students from the harassment in the newly appeared colonies with the name “university’, and to prevent the flourish and dispersal of the attacker and autocrats brought up here and working at different levels the respective ordinance must be refined.
Mainly the presence of the prevalent proctor committees, i.e. the enjoyment of autonomy by the universities, is the clear expression of parallel governance. So its sooner abolition should be confirmed. At the same time, in context of the laws and disciplinary matter within the universities, it is necessary to establish the control of the higher court of the country. It is because the learned, conscious, and civil society of the country should not expect any raise of undesired and competitor parallel evil power with the power equal to that of the court upon the well and scoured politics and the sovereignty of the country.
" } ["wfw"]=> array(1) { ["commentrss"]=> string(104) "http://www.metrouniversities.org/the-autonomy-of-the-universities-is-the-refutation-of-our-freedom/feed/" } ["summary"]=> string(356) "It is very much relevant to state that, the phenomena of different harassment of the authority and the teachers towards the student are not uncommon. Due to get the uncontrolled opportunity of autonomy, the universities, which were founded to practice knowledge, turned to the safe heaven of the rude, autocratic, behavior of some dishonest teachers. [...]" ["atom_content"]=> string(8298) "It is very much relevant to state that, the phenomena of different harassment of the authority and the teachers towards the student are not uncommon. Due to get the uncontrolled opportunity of autonomy, the universities, which were founded to practice knowledge, turned to the safe heaven of the rude, autocratic, behavior of some dishonest teachers. Observing the conditions, it seems that the said vice-chancellors have been acting as the secretaries of the universities’ proctorial committee and their relatives, like brother-in-laws, father-in-laws, etc. It is mandatory to remove the autonomy of the universities in order to free the country from that malicious ghosts, called ‘teachers’, suited with gentlemen’s cloth and in their outlook very smart.
Though apparently they do not seem to be professional politician, they provide the concept of non-Islamic cultural, political, diplomatic behavior to the leaders and workers of different political parties and their outlets in this country, as they have gained these while they were abroad due to obtain a higher degree. Basically those teachers are intended to scholarship providing countries, we should inform the countrymen regarding the cruel and wild behavior of the different species, which contradict with the follower of Islamic ideology in this country. To protect the nation from their hostility and anger it is necessary to establish a strong ‘chain of command’ every level of the public universities.
The autonomy was given to the universities with the point of view ease the education and research. Thereafter the teachers have got a safe haven and by utilizing this scope many of them have been cheating, steeling the intellectual properties and cons pirating against the patriot politicians. They have turned the position of the ‘Head of the Department, into ‘Chairman of the Department”, and therefore ignore the system of responsibility, degrade the reasonable demands of the students, and give employment and certificates in lieu of money. Everybody of them think themselves as ‘autonomous body’. Then to keep their autocratic activities free from thorn, they squeezed the admission opportunity of the students coming from the family of businessmen, lawyers, highly educated guardians and government officers. Instead they grasp a large portion of seats by providing additional quotas to the children of the teachers, officers, other staffs and former students of the universities, local people and the less-educated and non-respondent farmers.
The teachers residing inside the universities have been conducting notorious diplomatic activities outside the campus and in other districts by garrulity and hiding their actual identity. To remain above the periphery of law, they have been motivating the law-makers in favor of them. At the same time they influence the law makers to create necessary laws against the government officers, lawyers and opposition politicians. Beside these, violating the rules and regulations, they have been influencing continuously different organizations of the Government to work in favor of them. So, the members of the academic council may be given the partial independence, in order to producing the syllabi of academic curricular. But, with this excuse, to continue the autonomy of the university will be the same thing as to retain the different organs of living body paralyzed.
If the different organs of a living body are cut-up from the nervous system while retaining the flow of the blood uninterrupted, the whole body seems to be alive for a while -this is true; but that discrete living organs, disobeying the command of the brain, vibrate randomly, whose resultant progress is zero. At a certain time that organs become motionless, and the active and excessive lively brain can not precede the body to the destination by trying vivaciously.
It is needed to review and analyze in detail the matter of giving the power to the teachers for directing police operation and trial to keep the law and order of the massive population of the universities whereas they are devoid of overall knowledge and any certificate of law. Law is regarded as one of the prior subjects among the subjects learned in the traditional general education. Law encourages every people to stay at the society and in the state in a peaceful, usual and regulated manner. A person ignorant in law but specialized in other subject is like a blind armed person, who is only eager to keep his own benefits. To see the persons in the proctor committee the much prevalent proverb is recalled to us: “Where the learned hesitate, the ignorant runs faster”.
It should be mentioned that the students coming to the universities for higher education, especially those who are not a son or daughter of any teacher, officer, or supporting staff, usually remain away from their guardians and relations. And the cadre force of the universities under the name of the ‘Proctor Committee” utilize this weak point of the students to the full extent. The university authorities is enjoying extra facilities, showing the excuse of autonomy, so that their proctor committees encounter themselves beyond any accountability and they conduct uncontrolled and autocratic trial upon a large part of the total population in parallel to the existing courts in the country. But the juries of the higher courts of the government are independent to conduct the trials (Constitution- 116A). So, in this existing situation, it is contradictory with the constitution of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh to provide that power to the proctor committees of the universities. The university authorities often practice very prejudiced custom by including only the teachers one-sidedly in the proctor committees. (Any teacher of the Department of Law is rarely present there). Such decisions and activities bring a lot of misery to the students residing at the universities for studies and their guardians.
To control the police force appointed in the campuses to maintain their comprehensive security and calmness, to observe and inspect the legal condition and discipline, and to conduct sudden trial (which the members of the proctor committee often do) magistrates should be appointed and controlled by the government in the universities so that the justice is re-established by impartial consideration. I draw the attention of the conscious, educated citizens, experts, policy makers, higher court and the government itself.
To protect the repetitions of the injustice events taking place in the campuses, the proctor committees should be abolished; and an independent magistracy activity separated from the university administration should be initiated. Moreover the motionless and inactive disciplinary committees should be run again. To escape the students from the harassment in the newly appeared colonies with the name “university’, and to prevent the flourish and dispersal of the attacker and autocrats brought up here and working at different levels the respective ordinance must be refined.
Mainly the presence of the prevalent proctor committees, i.e. the enjoyment of autonomy by the universities, is the clear expression of parallel governance. So its sooner abolition should be confirmed. At the same time, in context of the laws and disciplinary matter within the universities, it is necessary to establish the control of the higher court of the country. It is because the learned, conscious, and civil society of the country should not expect any raise of undesired and competitor parallel evil power with the power equal to that of the court upon the well and scoured politics and the sovereignty of the country.
" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1250085039) } [6]=> array(13) { ["title"]=> string(88) "University in Rajasthan - Get Details About Education in Rajasthan, Singhania University" ["link"]=> string(119) "http://www.metrouniversities.org/university-in-rajasthan-get-details-about-education-in-rajasthan-singhania-university/" ["comments"]=> string(128) "http://www.metrouniversities.org/university-in-rajasthan-get-details-about-education-in-rajasthan-singhania-university/#comments" ["pubdate"]=> string(31) "Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:38:56 +0000" ["dc"]=> array(1) { ["creator"]=> string(5) "admin" } ["category"]=> string(94) "University ResourceBirla Institute Of Technology And ScienceIndian School Of BusinessSinghania" ["guid"]=> string(39) "http://www.metrouniversities.org/?p=678" ["description"]=> string(347) "The University of Rajasthan is considered one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in Rajasthan. . It was established on 8th January, 1947, in the name of ‘University of Rajputana’ with the main objective of distributing knowledge and catering to the needs of the students of whole Rajasthan. It had jurisdiction over the entire [...]" ["content"]=> array(1) { ["encoded"]=> string(4689) "In the year 1956, the Rajputana University was renamed as the University of Rajasthan, keeping in one piece its enveloping jurisdiction. With the successive creation of other universities, its affiliating jurisdiction has come down but it is regarded as the hub of Higher Education in Rajasthan paving the way for the other universities. It attracts students from all over Rajasthan and other parts of India and abroad.
‘University of Rajasthan’ is a multi-faculty University and is recognized under 2F and 12B of University Grant Commission (U.G.C) .
It contains 36 Post Graduate Departments, 15 recognized Research Centers, 6 Constituent Colleges and 500 Affiliated Colleges spanning 6 districts.
Not a single Indian university was in the top 300 of Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2006. However, six Indian Institutes of Technology and Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Pilani, were listed among the top 20 science and technology schools in Asia by Asiaweek.[The Indian School of Business was ranked number 15 in global MBA rankings by the Financial Times of London in 2009 while the All India Institute of Medical Sciences has been recognized as a global leader in medical research and treatment.Similarly, the National Law School of India University situated in Bangalore is often considered to be the best law school in South Asia and a pioneer in legal education in India.
The University has been established by the Singhania University, Pacheri Bari, Distt. Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan) Ordinance 2007. It is a fully recognized university as per Sec. 2f of the UGC Act 1956.
Singhania University is situated at Pacheri Bari, Distt. Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan) on the Delhi-Narnaul Singhana - Pilani Road. It is about 160 kms. west of Delhi and about 165 kms. north of Jaipur. The University can be reached either by rail or by road. The nearest railway stations are Narnaul (19 kms.) and Chirawa (45 kms.)
Singhania University offers world-class infrastructure, highly qualified and dedicated faculties and excellent environment for academic and intellectual growth.
The Institute focuses on comprehensive growth of the students, working on their hearts and minds by addressing to their academic, cultural, physical and social needs in an environment of continuous interaction and growth, conducive for the enrichment of mind and body. The faculty is fully committed to impart quality education by investing all its skills and knowledge. The University endeavours not only to produce excellent academic results but also to produce excellent and successful professionals. Singhania University is top university in the list of universities of Rajasthan, located at Pacheri Bari Jhunjhunu.Rajasthan India. It offers all bachelor and master degree courses in Science and Technology, for more information call +91-1494513030, +91-9251604020 or +91-9416903103.
In the year 1956, the Rajputana University was renamed as the University of Rajasthan, keeping in one piece its enveloping jurisdiction. With the successive creation of other universities, its affiliating jurisdiction has come down but it is regarded as the hub of Higher Education in Rajasthan paving the way for the other universities. It attracts students from all over Rajasthan and other parts of India and abroad.
‘University of Rajasthan’ is a multi-faculty University and is recognized under 2F and 12B of University Grant Commission (U.G.C) .
It contains 36 Post Graduate Departments, 15 recognized Research Centers, 6 Constituent Colleges and 500 Affiliated Colleges spanning 6 districts.
Not a single Indian university was in the top 300 of Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2006. However, six Indian Institutes of Technology and Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Pilani, were listed among the top 20 science and technology schools in Asia by Asiaweek.[The Indian School of Business was ranked number 15 in global MBA rankings by the Financial Times of London in 2009 while the All India Institute of Medical Sciences has been recognized as a global leader in medical research and treatment.Similarly, the National Law School of India University situated in Bangalore is often considered to be the best law school in South Asia and a pioneer in legal education in India.
The University has been established by the Singhania University, Pacheri Bari, Distt. Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan) Ordinance 2007. It is a fully recognized university as per Sec. 2f of the UGC Act 1956.
Singhania University is situated at Pacheri Bari, Distt. Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan) on the Delhi-Narnaul Singhana - Pilani Road. It is about 160 kms. west of Delhi and about 165 kms. north of Jaipur. The University can be reached either by rail or by road. The nearest railway stations are Narnaul (19 kms.) and Chirawa (45 kms.)
Singhania University offers world-class infrastructure, highly qualified and dedicated faculties and excellent environment for academic and intellectual growth.
The Institute focuses on comprehensive growth of the students, working on their hearts and minds by addressing to their academic, cultural, physical and social needs in an environment of continuous interaction and growth, conducive for the enrichment of mind and body. The faculty is fully committed to impart quality education by investing all its skills and knowledge. The University endeavours not only to produce excellent academic results but also to produce excellent and successful professionals. Singhania University is top university in the list of universities of Rajasthan, located at Pacheri Bari Jhunjhunu.Rajasthan India. It offers all bachelor and master degree courses in Science and Technology, for more information call +91-1494513030, +91-9251604020 or +91-9416903103.
If you are like the vast majority of American’s in our sagging economy, your family will be looking for additional funds to help cover the cost of a college education. The largest share of this need-based supplemental money comes from the federal government through its financial aid system.
But the government also assumes that you are able to participate in the expense of educating your child prior to considering how and to what level they will participate in funding your child’s education. Therefore, in order to determine your initial level of participation, families are required to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA form.
The FAFSA captures the required financial information used to calculate how much your family is expected to pay via a formula known as the Federal Methodology (FM). Your initial or beginning monetary participation level is known as your Expected Family Contribution (EFC).
The data used to generate the initial EFC calculation is collected beginning in January of your child’s junior year in high school and ends on December 31 of that same year, which would be his or her senior year in high school. This time frame is referred to as your “base year.”
In essence, if you’re in your base year, you are now under the financial aid microscope and any financial moves being considered (including the sale of real estate or stocks, withdrawals from IRAs, contributions to retirement plans, receiving monetary gifts, etc.) must be weighed not only from a federal tax standpoint but also in relation to the financial aid system. The catch is that what makes sense from a 1040 point of view may have adverse consequences on your chances of receiving financial aid.
Case in point: Consider contributions made to your 401(K) plan at work during your child’s base year or any year prior to financial aid application. In order to encourage individuals saving for retirement, the federal government does not tax contributions made to 401(K) plans up to a specified annual limit. This money enters the retirement plan on a pre-tax basis with taxes being accounted for as money is withdrawn to supplement retirement.
The Federal Methodology used to calculate your EFC treats these contributions from an entirely different prospective. The financial aid system believes that you can stop contributing towards retirement and apply these contributions to college expenses. They anticipate you playing “catch up” with these contributions after your child is out of school.
Accordingly, your pre-tax retirement contributions, which are not considered taxable 1040 income, are considered “untaxed income” by the financial aid system and are added back into the EFC calculation and assessed at the applicable rate.
Understanding the pros and cons of any financial moves made during your base year - or any year in which financial aid is applied for - from both a tax and financial aid standpoint goes a long way toward determining what you pay for college. The process is complicated and should only be done in consultation with a qualified professional.
If you are like the vast majority of American’s in our sagging economy, your family will be looking for additional funds to help cover the cost of a college education. The largest share of this need-based supplemental money comes from the federal government through its financial aid system.
But the government also assumes that you are able to participate in the expense of educating your child prior to considering how and to what level they will participate in funding your child’s education. Therefore, in order to determine your initial level of participation, families are required to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA form.
The FAFSA captures the required financial information used to calculate how much your family is expected to pay via a formula known as the Federal Methodology (FM). Your initial or beginning monetary participation level is known as your Expected Family Contribution (EFC).
The data used to generate the initial EFC calculation is collected beginning in January of your child’s junior year in high school and ends on December 31 of that same year, which would be his or her senior year in high school. This time frame is referred to as your “base year.”
In essence, if you’re in your base year, you are now under the financial aid microscope and any financial moves being considered (including the sale of real estate or stocks, withdrawals from IRAs, contributions to retirement plans, receiving monetary gifts, etc.) must be weighed not only from a federal tax standpoint but also in relation to the financial aid system. The catch is that what makes sense from a 1040 point of view may have adverse consequences on your chances of receiving financial aid.
Case in point: Consider contributions made to your 401(K) plan at work during your child’s base year or any year prior to financial aid application. In order to encourage individuals saving for retirement, the federal government does not tax contributions made to 401(K) plans up to a specified annual limit. This money enters the retirement plan on a pre-tax basis with taxes being accounted for as money is withdrawn to supplement retirement.
The Federal Methodology used to calculate your EFC treats these contributions from an entirely different prospective. The financial aid system believes that you can stop contributing towards retirement and apply these contributions to college expenses. They anticipate you playing “catch up” with these contributions after your child is out of school.
Accordingly, your pre-tax retirement contributions, which are not considered taxable 1040 income, are considered “untaxed income” by the financial aid system and are added back into the EFC calculation and assessed at the applicable rate.
Understanding the pros and cons of any financial moves made during your base year - or any year in which financial aid is applied for - from both a tax and financial aid standpoint goes a long way toward determining what you pay for college. The process is complicated and should only be done in consultation with a qualified professional.
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is produced by the Institute of Higher Education at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Several indicators of academic or research performance are used to establish the ranking, these include highly cited researchers, articles indexed in major citation indices and staff winning Nobel Prizes.
The World’s Top-500 universities (2008) are mainly located in Europe (n=210; 40%), the Americas (n=190; 40%) and the Asian/Pacific region (n=100; 20%). There are nine universities located in Spain, representing 2% of the World’s Top-500 universities and 4% of the European universities in the ARWU ranking.
The Top-6 universities in Spain are: 1. University of Barcelona (ranked 152-200 in the world); 2. University Autonoma of Madrid (201-302), 2. University Complutense - Madrid; 4. University Autonoma Barcelona (303-401), 4. University Polytechnic Valencia (303-401) and 4. University of Valencia (303-401). This means that the top universities are located in three largest urban centres of Spain (Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia) and the top university is not located in the capital city.
All six universities are public institutions and the total number of students per university is relatively large compared to other countries (e.g. United States, United Kingdom and the Netherlands). The average number of students for the Top-6 universities is 55,416, with a range from 33,118 at the University Autonoma of Madrid to 91,251 at the University Complutense - Madrid.
In order to make inter-country comparisons, AllAboutUni calculates the number of universities in the World’s Top-500 per million inhabitants. The overall number of universities per million inhabitants is 0.5 for industrialized countries. An earlier assessment found that small countries in Western Europe (Sweden (1.2), Finland (1.1) and Switzerland (1.0)) and New Zealand (1.2) has the highest number of universities per million inhabitants.
The number of universities in the World’s Top-500 universities that are located in Spain is 0.2 per million inhabitants. Other large industrialized countries have the following figures: Australia (0.7), the Netherlands (0.7), United Kingdom (0.7), Canada (0.6), United States (0.5), Germany (0.5), France (0.4), Italy (0.4), Japan (0.2) and South Korea (0.2). This means that the performance of Spain is very low compared to other industrialized countries. For example, Sweden has six times more universities in the ARWU ranking (per million inhabitants) than Spain.
In conclusion, Spain performs poorly when its universities are compared to other industrialized countries in the world. It does not have a university in the World’s Top-100, its best university (the University of Barcelona) is only ranked 152-200 and it has a very low density of top universities per million inhabitants compared to other industrialized countries.
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is produced by the Institute of Higher Education at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Several indicators of academic or research performance are used to establish the ranking, these include highly cited researchers, articles indexed in major citation indices and staff winning Nobel Prizes.
The World’s Top-500 universities (2008) are mainly located in Europe (n=210; 40%), the Americas (n=190; 40%) and the Asian/Pacific region (n=100; 20%). There are nine universities located in Spain, representing 2% of the World’s Top-500 universities and 4% of the European universities in the ARWU ranking.
The Top-6 universities in Spain are: 1. University of Barcelona (ranked 152-200 in the world); 2. University Autonoma of Madrid (201-302), 2. University Complutense - Madrid; 4. University Autonoma Barcelona (303-401), 4. University Polytechnic Valencia (303-401) and 4. University of Valencia (303-401). This means that the top universities are located in three largest urban centres of Spain (Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia) and the top university is not located in the capital city.
All six universities are public institutions and the total number of students per university is relatively large compared to other countries (e.g. United States, United Kingdom and the Netherlands). The average number of students for the Top-6 universities is 55,416, with a range from 33,118 at the University Autonoma of Madrid to 91,251 at the University Complutense - Madrid.
In order to make inter-country comparisons, AllAboutUni calculates the number of universities in the World’s Top-500 per million inhabitants. The overall number of universities per million inhabitants is 0.5 for industrialized countries. An earlier assessment found that small countries in Western Europe (Sweden (1.2), Finland (1.1) and Switzerland (1.0)) and New Zealand (1.2) has the highest number of universities per million inhabitants.
The number of universities in the World’s Top-500 universities that are located in Spain is 0.2 per million inhabitants. Other large industrialized countries have the following figures: Australia (0.7), the Netherlands (0.7), United Kingdom (0.7), Canada (0.6), United States (0.5), Germany (0.5), France (0.4), Italy (0.4), Japan (0.2) and South Korea (0.2). This means that the performance of Spain is very low compared to other industrialized countries. For example, Sweden has six times more universities in the ARWU ranking (per million inhabitants) than Spain.
In conclusion, Spain performs poorly when its universities are compared to other industrialized countries in the world. It does not have a university in the World’s Top-100, its best university (the University of Barcelona) is only ranked 152-200 and it has a very low density of top universities per million inhabitants compared to other industrialized countries.
An assessment carried out by AllAboutUni reveals that France has a relatively low density of the World’s Top universities compared to other countries in the world. AllAboutUni is an independent, global and interactive websites where visitors can obtain information about universities (global rankings, student reviews, university news and campus pictures).
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is produced by the Institute of Higher Education at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Several indicators of academic or research performance are used to establish the ranking, these include highly cited researchers, articles indexed in major citation indices and staff winning Nobel Prizes.
The World’s Top-500 universities (2008) are mainly located in Europe (n=210; 40%), the Americas (n=190; 40%) and the Asian/Pacific region (n=100; 20%) There are 23 universities located in France, representing 11% of the European universities in the ARWU ranking.
France has a population of 64 million inhabitants and the eighth largest economy in the world and fourth third in Western Europe (in terms of Gross Domestic Product), after USA, China, Japan, India, Germany, United Kingdom and Russia.
Universities in France are predominantly public institutions. Interestingly, the best students attend the ‘Grandes Ecoles’ ['Grand Schools'] (a higher education establishment outside the mainstream framework of the public universities system). Whilst the universities are open to all students who finish their high school education (with a ‘Baccalauréat’), the ‘Grandes Ecoles’ require an additional entrance exam which is highly competitive.
In comparison to French universities, the ‘Grandes Ecoles’ are relatively small institutions. For example, the University of Paris 06 (ranked 42rd in the world) has 30,000 students and the Ecole Normale Superieure Paris (ranked 73rd in the world) has 2,000 students.
The Top-5 universities in France are: 1. University of Paris 06 (ranked 42nd in the world), 2. University of Paris 11 (49th), 3. Ecole Normale Superieure Paris (73rd), 4. University of Paris 07 (101-151) and University of Strasbourg (101-151). Overall, the ‘Grandes Ecoles’ only represent 5 of the top-23 universities in France and there is a very high representation of universities located in Paris (9 out of 23).
In order to make inter-country comparisons, AllAboutUni.com calculates the number of universities in the World’s Top-500 per million inhabitants. The overall number of universities per million inhabitants is 0.5 for industrialised countries. An earlier assessment found that small countries in Western Europe (Sweden (1.2), Finland (1.1) and Switzerland (1.0)) and New Zealand (1.2) have the highest number of universities per million inhabitants.
The number of universities in the World’s Top-500 universities that are located in France is 0.4 per million inhabitants. Other large industrialized countries have the following figures: Australia (0.7), the Netherlands (0.7), United Kingdom (0.7), Canada (0.6), United States (0.5), Germany (0.5), France (0.4), Italy (0.4), Japan (0.2), South Korea (0.2) and Spain (0.2). This means that France performance is relatively low compared to other industrialised countries.
At the top of the ARWU ranking, there are only three French universities in the World’s Top-100 universities. This compares to 54 for the US, 11 for the UK, 6 for Germany, 4 each for Canada, Japan and Sweden, and 3 for Australia and Switzerland. All other countries have fewer than 3 universities in the World’s Top-100 universities.
In conclusion, France performs poorly when its universities are compared to other industrialised countries in the world. Its best university is only ranked 42nd in the world and there are only three universities in the World’s Top-100 universities. Looking at the density of top universities per million inhabitants also reveals a poor performance compared to other industrialised countries.
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The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is produced by the Institute of Higher Education at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Several indicators of academic or research performance are used to establish the ranking, these include highly cited researchers, articles indexed in major citation indices and staff winning Nobel Prizes.
The World’s Top-500 universities (2008) are mainly located in Europe (n=210; 40%), the Americas (n=190; 40%) and the Asian/Pacific region (n=100; 20%) There are 23 universities located in France, representing 11% of the European universities in the ARWU ranking.
France has a population of 64 million inhabitants and the eighth largest economy in the world and fourth third in Western Europe (in terms of Gross Domestic Product), after USA, China, Japan, India, Germany, United Kingdom and Russia.
Universities in France are predominantly public institutions. Interestingly, the best students attend the ‘Grandes Ecoles’ ['Grand Schools'] (a higher education establishment outside the mainstream framework of the public universities system). Whilst the universities are open to all students who finish their high school education (with a ‘Baccalauréat’), the ‘Grandes Ecoles’ require an additional entrance exam which is highly competitive.
In comparison to French universities, the ‘Grandes Ecoles’ are relatively small institutions. For example, the University of Paris 06 (ranked 42rd in the world) has 30,000 students and the Ecole Normale Superieure Paris (ranked 73rd in the world) has 2,000 students.
The Top-5 universities in France are: 1. University of Paris 06 (ranked 42nd in the world), 2. University of Paris 11 (49th), 3. Ecole Normale Superieure Paris (73rd), 4. University of Paris 07 (101-151) and University of Strasbourg (101-151). Overall, the ‘Grandes Ecoles’ only represent 5 of the top-23 universities in France and there is a very high representation of universities located in Paris (9 out of 23).
In order to make inter-country comparisons, AllAboutUni.com calculates the number of universities in the World’s Top-500 per million inhabitants. The overall number of universities per million inhabitants is 0.5 for industrialised countries. An earlier assessment found that small countries in Western Europe (Sweden (1.2), Finland (1.1) and Switzerland (1.0)) and New Zealand (1.2) have the highest number of universities per million inhabitants.
The number of universities in the World’s Top-500 universities that are located in France is 0.4 per million inhabitants. Other large industrialized countries have the following figures: Australia (0.7), the Netherlands (0.7), United Kingdom (0.7), Canada (0.6), United States (0.5), Germany (0.5), France (0.4), Italy (0.4), Japan (0.2), South Korea (0.2) and Spain (0.2). This means that France performance is relatively low compared to other industrialised countries.
At the top of the ARWU ranking, there are only three French universities in the World’s Top-100 universities. This compares to 54 for the US, 11 for the UK, 6 for Germany, 4 each for Canada, Japan and Sweden, and 3 for Australia and Switzerland. All other countries have fewer than 3 universities in the World’s Top-100 universities.
In conclusion, France performs poorly when its universities are compared to other industrialised countries in the world. Its best university is only ranked 42nd in the world and there are only three universities in the World’s Top-100 universities. Looking at the density of top universities per million inhabitants also reveals a poor performance compared to other industrialised countries.
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