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How Open Educational Resources are Changing Higher Education

Shai Reshef | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Hewlett Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, University of the People, Anya Kamenetz, Mit-Open-Courses, Open Educational Resources, Education News
Shai Reshef

Removing money from the equation, we will see in a very short time what universal affordable education will achieve in changing, brightening and modifying the world we live in.

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Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan: A Way Forward

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Pathfinder International, Afghanistan, Reproductive Rights, United Nations, Hewlett Foundation, Reproductive Health, Ngos, Women Deliver, International Women's Day, Sierra Leone, Sarah Brown, Dr. Helene Gayle, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World Health Organization, Ban Ki-Moon, Hillary Clinton, Aga Khan Foundation, Unicef, Aga Khan Development Network, Health Care, Maternal Mortality, Childbirth, World News
Rahim Kanani

Afghanistan is now ranked second worst in the world when it comes to maternal mortality. But there is hope on the horizon.

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Open Education Resources Get a Big Boost: Cathy Casserly Joins Creative Commons Board

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oer, Higher Education Reform, Creative Commons, Hewlett Foundation, Open Education Resources, Cathy Casserly, Higher Education, Education Reform, Carnegie Foundation, Cc, Politics News
Esther Wojcicki

Long time OER champion Dr. Catherine Casserly was just elected yesterday to the Board of Directors of Creative Commons to help provide further direction for the Open Education Resources movement worldwide.

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Activist Orgs Continue to Fund Top Post in Ritter Administration

Jessica Peck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denver Foundation, Center for American Progress, Climate Change, Alice Madden, Hewlett Foundation, Bill Ritter, Global Warming, Denver Post, Denver News
Jessica Peck

Three years into his tenure, Gov. Bill Ritter should write a guidebook on how to buy a top post in his administration. Think it couldn't happen? It already is in the Governor's Energy Office.

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