- survey several important computational problems for which the traditional worst-case analysis of algorithms is ill-suited
- study systematically alternatives to worst-case analysis
Lecture Recordings from my winter 2013/14 course on SLAM taught in Freiburg. Lecture material can be found here: http://ais.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/teachi...
Profit-making in higher education engages controversial issues and debates involving the proper bounds of market activity. While it is widely recognised that many non-profit institutions engage in profit-making, this article deals with those institutions that are legally allowed to distribute revenues among shareholders and specifically focuses on Brazil – one of the world’s largest higher education for-profit sub-sectors.
Although Article 53 of the general law of education (LGE), establishes that non-state universities are corporations with a private right, there have been many complaints that demonstrate how these institutions have violated the spirit of the law by making the private education system a highly profitable business.
En el marco de la tramitación del proyecto de ley que crea una Superintendencia de Educación Superior (boletín 8041-04), los senadores Patricio Walker y Camilo Escalona presentaron el proyecto de ley que tipifica como delito la infracción de las obligaciones, en caso de operaciones con personas relacionadas, por parte de los directores, gerentes y administradores de instituciones de educación superior.
Economic stagnation and high youth unemployment in developed countries have contributed to emerging concerns over whether traditional models of higher education are capable of producing employable graduates, the International Finance Corporation's 6th International Private Education Conference heard in San Francisco this month.
Demonstrators poured into the streets Thursday as tens of thousands of students and sympathizers, including several parliamentarians, rallied for the first march of 2014 and the new administration of President Michelle Bachelet.
Llega enero y los bachilleres de la gestión pasada comienzan a buscar dónde cursar una carrera universitaria y los costos van desde 2.160 hasta 8.000 bolivianos por semestre, sin incluir la matrícula. El Ministerio de Educación no regula los costos de estos estudios.
El presidente Evo Morales entregó el miércoles al representante de la Asociación de Universidades Privadas, Timoteo Sánchez, los reglamentos específicos para las actividades de este sector en el país.
El documento elaborado con la participación de los diferentes rectores de casas de estudios superiores públicas y privadas, señala entre otros puntos que se debe aumentar las horas académicas y uniformizar los reglamentos de cada una de ellas, documento que será aprobado por el Ministerio de Educación. Las autoridades señalan que la nueva norma beneficia a los estudiantes principalmente.
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