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• I. Coast minister gets new post after campus clash
• 3 Steps for Minimizing the Cost of Graduate School Prerequisites
• England brings in Chinese teachers to boost maths grades

I. Coast minister gets new post after campus clash Posted: 12 Mar 2014 10:23 AM PDT ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has transferred his higher education minister after violent clashes between students and campus police officers at the country's largest university.

3 Steps for Minimizing the Cost of Graduate School Prerequisites Posted: 12 Mar 2014 07:53 AM PDT For students pursuing a master's degree in a different field than their undergraduate degree, prerequisite courses -- those required for entering students by a program -- can increase their graduate school cost. If a semester's worth of undergraduate business courses are required before a student can begin master's level course work, an MBA will take a few months longer and cost at least a few thousand dollars more. However, sometimes prerequisite courses are more about proving a student has mastered the required knowledge base than just completing course work. Christine Park has an undergraduate degree in piano performance with a minor in business.

England brings in Chinese teachers to boost maths grades Posted: 11 Mar 2014 05:09 PM PDT England, the home of some of the world's elite schools and universities, is calling in maths teachers from China to help boost standards after scoring poorly in international rankings, officials announced Wednesday. Up to 60 English-speaking teachers from cities such as Shanghai will work in a number of specialist schools from September to demonstrate their teaching methods to local staff, the Department for Education said. Shanghai topped the PISA international league table published in December by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), while Britain languished in 26th place.

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