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Hvala i vama. Trudimo se da procedura skolovanja u inostranstvu ne bude toliko bolna - informacije ne smeju da budu tajna.
Vase sugestije ce nam dobro doci na putu stvaranja najbolje baze podataka.
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Medjunarodni akademski centar zeli da cuje Vase misljenje o mogucim buducim dogadjajima u prostorijama Centra. Zelimo da znamo da li bi Vam koristilo, da li bi vam bilo interesantno da odslusate tudja iskustva u SAD, kako su se pripremali, sta ih je docekalo i kako tece studentski zivot u Americi.
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Through ATA's regional private sector development programme, 10 paid internship positions are made available each year for advanced Economics students from South East Europe. Students interested to follow an internship in SEE or the Netherlands, please visit www.academictraining.org to check the internship positions that are currently available.
In order to participate in ATA's internship programme, you have to be:
1. In an advanced stage of your studies (BA or MA);
2. Interested in an internship in another country than your own;
3. A student of the Faculty of Economics in Tuzla, Belgrade, Prilep, Pristina or FEFA Belgrade;
4. You have excellent language skills for the country you apply for
(English for the Netherlands).
Why an internship?
An internship is a short-term work placement in a company or organization that provides you with a valuable work experience in an area that matches your studies and interest. Doing an internship during your studies gives you the opportunity to train on the job and thereby increase your chances for a job after graduation. During your internship, you will put academic knowledge into practice and develop new skills. Moreover, an internship is an excellent way to find out how a company works and to establish professional contacts that might lead to a recommendation for your first 'real' job. Students selected for ATA's internship programme receive 1.300 Euro (for a placement in South East Europe) or 3.500 Euro (for a placement in the Netherlands) to cover all expenses related to their three month scholarship.
If you are interested and match the above-mentioned criteria, visit www.academictraining.org and apply for an internship today!
Your ATA Staff
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Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies
Center for Civil Society Studies
International Philanthropy Fellows Program
Call for Applications - - - Academic Year 2006-2007
The Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, Center for Civil Society Studies is pleased to announce a call for applications for the International Fellows in Philanthropy Program for the 2006-2007 academic year. This program based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, affords an opportunity for advanced study, research, and training for up to eight participants each year who are involved in studying or managing private nonprofit, or philanthropic organizations outside of the United States, or working as NGO liaisons in the public or commercial sectors. Fellowships, are available for either an academic year or one semester. Special funding is available for Fellows from East Africa. Application deadline is February 25, 2006.
Eligibility:
We are soliciting candidates who:
1) have demonstrated a high degree of interest, experience, and professional competence in research, management, or general leadership related to the voluntary, nongovernmental, nonprofit, or philanthropic sector; or
2) nonprofit liaison officers established by governments and multinational organizations who play a role in linking with nonprofit organizations through project partnerships, legal reform initiatives, and a variety of other activities.
Candidates are expected to have attained a university diploma equivalent to the American Bachelors of Arts or Science degree and be capable of carrying out independent research and inquiry. A high degree of English fluency is required as demonstrated by a score of 600 or higher on the TOEFL exam.
There are no restrictions as to nationality (except that US citizens are excluded from eligibility). Fellows are required to attend the annual International Fellows in Philanthropy Conference prior to their fellowship year and are strongly encouraged to participate in subsequent annual conferences. The 2006 conference will be held in Romania.
For more information, or to download an application, visit: www.jhu.edu/philfellow or contact Carol Wessner (cwessner@jhu.edu).
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http://www.ingeniosystems.com/ipf/
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
INTERNATIONAL POLICY FELLOWSHIPS, 2006-2007
New Frontiers for Open Society
The International Policy Fellowships (IPF) program is calling for applications for 2006-2007 fellowships. Launched in 1998 and affiliated with the Open Society Institute and the Center for Policy Studies (CPS) of the Central European University in Budapest, these fellowships support analytical policy research in pursuance of open society goals such as the rule of law, democratic elections, diverse and vigorous civil societies, and respect for minorities. Each year the IPF program invites research proposals that address critical issues in the development of open societies. Successful applicants will demonstrate originality, sound project design and the strong likelihood that their project may lead to significant impact on policy.
The IPF program seeks to enhance the quality of policy research in the countries where the Soros Network operates. It places strong emphasis on independent research that is both rigorous and appreciative of practical implications. Analysis and evaluation of existing policy contexts should be based on explicit criteria and fellows should be able to communicate their ideas and findings in a variety of professional and public settings.
IPF projects are expected to complement and enhance existing OSI activities. OSI programs will have already shown interest in some fellowship topic areas, such as Roma Exclusion, while OSI interest in other topics may be more recent and under development, for instance Combating the Resource Curse. IPF projects should not duplicate existing work, and through effective coordination and communication, IPF projects can strengthen existing OSI fields and contribute to the development of new ones.
Fellows carry out individual research projects within small research teams of between 3-5 fellows. Under the guidance of a senior policy analyst, fellows will collaborate and share findings and where possible, create individual websites, and organize joint meetings to promote and disseminate their work. Each fellow will be expected to produce a substantive policy study and at least two policy briefing papers during the course of their fellowship. All papers will be published electronically with the Policy Documentation Center (http://pdc.ceu.hu), while outstanding papers will be published in hardcopy and translated into other languages.
Fellowships will begin April 1st 2006 and finish March 31st 2007.
General Framework: New Frontiers for Open Society
The increasingly global nature of international politics and society raises several fundamental questions with respect to democratic reform. What is the reach of democratic ideas and what is the possibility of meaningful policy change across borders? How might the process of European enlargement promote a more expansive open society? Which are the principal actors and forces spearheading changes? Reconceptualizing international integration and governance issues as they confront social, cultural and political barriers represents a key challenge to establishing new frontiers of democratic politics. These “new frontiers” are not only geographical. To be sure, we seek the expansion of democracy to regions and countries where it does not yet exist. But we also seek its advance where it is as yet only formal or nominal. Through the investigations carried out in the following topic areas, IPF hopes to generate new policy ideas that will offer innovative ways forward.
(1) The Challenge of Wider Europe
With the last enlargement of the European Union, the borders have been redrawn toward the East and South. A host of new neighboring countries stand to gain from the institution’s expansion of democratic norms and practices. Bulgaria and Romania are already on track for EU membership in 2007, negotiations on Turkey’s long-term prospects for EU accession are due to begin soon, and the future integration of states in the Western Balkans is the object of intense debates. The “orange revolution” in Ukraine posed the problem of a long-term European perspective for that country and also raised questions about transition in neighboring states. Research and policy studies are sought that would examine questions such as the following:
What could be, given the new circumstances, a broader multilateral EU policy with respect to its new neighbors?
What kinds of conditions and incentives can be placed on new neighbors to encourage reform in areas of governance, human rights, information policy, etc.?
To what extent should cultural factors (e.g. Islam) be considered in the design of a new neighborhood policy?
How active and engaged can and should new member states be in the Wider Europe process?
What kinds of challenges are faced by new member states within the larger Union?
Is the idea of a European political project diluted by means of a Wider Europe policy?
What impact can the atmosphere in some countries of the Union of fear of globalization and further EU enlargement have on future enlargement policy and the Wider Europe process?
(2) Open Society Promotion in Predominantly Muslim Societies
The cultural, intellectual and religious struggle around the promotion of open societies is one of the major challenges facing predominantly Muslim societies. These societies are undergoing fundamental challenges in seeking to balance the often-conflicting objectives of modernization, such as open societies, economic development, and cultural identities. This struggle should not be confused with the notion of a “clash of civilizations” between the West and the Islamic world. In seeking to contribute to these debates within predominantly Muslim societies—both Arab and non-Arab—we seek to support policy-relevant research proposals. Examples of some of the questions that can be addressed by the proposals are as follows:
What are the key public policy challenges and in what ways do they exacerbate or challenge non-democratic trends?
In what ways are religious and open society values influencing each other? How could the contradictions between religion and democratic values be mitigated?
How can elites societies be mobilized and how might they contribute to the modernization process?
How can marginalized actors struggling for change be supported?
How could women’s rights issues be best addressed at national and international policy levels?
How are issues such as governance (accountability, transparency) or poverty being addressed in effective ways with local or international support?
Should large-scale western programming be organized that could contribute to the above-mentioned objectives, and/or should centers of excellence integrated in the local cultural context be created (with input from outside)?
(3) Combating Open Society Threats
The recent wave of democratization in countries of the former Soviet Union has reopened an examination about the effective role of civil society in such transitions. With increasing authoritarian trends in some environments (Russia, Kazakhstan) and reinforced despotism in others (Belarus, Uzbekistan), policy level consideration on the contributing factors influencing open society is of great importance. Creatively framing a policy research agenda that focuses on a specific variant of social change will be key. Research and policy studies are sought that would examine questions such as the following:
What factors were of primary importance in influencing the dramatic events in Ukraine and Georgia? What was the role of media, non-governmental, and business (and other) sectors in these larger changes?
What opportunities exist for positive change in neighboring highly authoritarian polities such as Belarus and Uzbekistan, as well as in non-democratic environments such as Russia and Kazakhstan?
What are the key challenges and obstacles to consolidating open societies in these countries? What is the connection between liberal vs. illiberal economics and liberal vs. illiberal regimes?
(4) Combating the Resource Curse
Good governance includes the capability of citizens to hold the government accountable for its actions and inaction. Revenues generated from natural resource extraction, collection of customs duties and other taxes, and public procurement awards are all areas particularly susceptible to exploitation by government officials seeking personal enrichment or seeking to line political party coffers, transforming the blessing of natural resources into a curse. Transparency, access to information, and civic involvement applying domestic and international public pressure represent part of the available international tool-kit for promoting government accountability. The hope is that existing and future natural resource revenues will be invested and expended in programs for the benefit of the public such as poverty reduction, education and public health. Research and policy studies are sought that would examine questions such as the following:
What new mechanisms can be piloted that aim to improve transparency and accountability?
How effective are existing accountability mechanisms?
Are existing country-specific mechanisms applicable to other countries?
How can the capacities of civil society actors seeking to promote greater transparency and accountability be improved?
What are the linkages between state corruption and organized crime activities such as money laundering, smuggling, human trafficking, and other unlawful activities that erode public trust and human security?
Could certain monitoring and transparency mechanisms that have met with some success in curtailing state corruption also be useful in combating organized crime?
(5) Roma Exclusion
The Decade of Roma Inclusion represents one of the touchstone recent documents in Europe aimed at ending discrimination against the continent’s largest minority. Nine countries have signed the agreement from 2005-15 to guarantee demonstrable progress in four principal areas: education, health, housing and employment. While different institutions, including OSI, are engaged in developing and monitoring policies in these principal areas, there is nonetheless a need for systematic analysis and oversight as to how these goals are (or are not) being achieved, and how the Decade could tackle policy challenges beyond purely sectoral issues. Research and policy studies are sought that would critically examine the Decade’s efforts in the following areas:
How innovative is the Decade’s agenda in connecting policy issues of ethnicity (race), class and gender in the life of Roma communities?
What concepts of inclusive policy making does the Decade rely on and how efficiently is it translating those to practice?
How are Roma communities involved in planning and implementing various mechanisms of inclusion that the Roma Decade seeks to achieve?
How does the Decade consider the impediments to building credible leadership for Roma communities? How might such future elites have an effective voice in the domestic and international political and policy making arenas?
What innovative methods could be designed and used to measure medium and long-term social integration effects of the Decade?
Is the Decade generating new avenues in public communication that can create positive images of Roma communities and which can reduce the social distance between Roma and non-Roma communities?
How has desegregation in education at the legislative level and on the ground moved forward? What is foreseen in the coming years? How has the involvement of Roma communities and parents with schools improved?
(6) Open Information Policy
Advanced by the internet, alternatives to long-standing intellectual property regimes have created an environment to re-assess the relationship between democracy, open society and new information technologies. The promise of open source technology with respect to civil society and the incalculable leaps in information production by means of open content and weblogs present a new platform for civic participation. Whether and in what form such promises can be realized lies at the basis of the research questions below.
Weblogs & Civic Discourse. How does the rapid expansion of weblogs alter news production and civic discourse? Can it counter ever-increasing concentration of ownership in the traditional mass media? How do traditional notions of editorial standards and journalistic professionalism apply to this new medium? Is the “blogosphere” an enhancement of the public sphere, or does it threaten its disintegration?
Open Content & Sustainability. Open Access publishing is revolutionizing scientific publishing. New alternative licensing systems like Creative Commons support decentralized information production, by making it easier for creators to share and permit re-use and modification of their work, while retaining certain rights. What are the business models that are developing around these commons-based models of sharing freely online? These cases are by and large un-documented and seem to contrast starkly with well-established economic and legal norms that rest on notions of scarcity, exclusivity and controlled access.
Open Content & Standards. Wikipedia, a freely available encyclopedia, is a visible and widely cited example of collaborative, distributed knowledge production enabled by the Internet. Such models seem to have great promise for more equitable access to knowledge; yet they also run the risk of dispensing with editorial standards. How can quality standards emerge in a distributed environment? Are they robust enough to be relied upon?
Open Source: Ownership and Control of Communications Technology. Communications technology (both hardware and software, and the standards on which most communications networks are based) is a key part of today’s infrastructure for civil society engagement. How do the different models of ownership and control of the knowledge underlying this infrastructure (expressed in technology standards and software, either open or proprietary) affect access and participation by civil society, in particular, civil society in developing countries?
Intellectual Property & Access to Knowledge: The case of Free Trade Agreements. Intellectual property laws are a powerful instrument for controlling access to knowledge, and in some cases to restrict free speech. New standards shaped by rich-country interests are now being globalized and imposed on poorer countries. In recent years, bilateral Free Trade Agreements have become an important part of this process. How do those free trade agreements undermine the rule of law and basic principles of democratic lawmaking in countries around the world that are signing these agreements?
Eligibility
Applicants should be permanent residents of a country in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, Africa or Asia*.
Applicants must be affiliated with a recognized policy-making body, non-governmental organization, university, or research institution.
The program does NOT fund student scholarships although, in exceptional cases, proposals connected to the final stages of a PhD dissertation may be considered
Former holders of IPF awards are not eligible to apply
Selection Criteria
Applicants must be able to demonstrate excellent written and spoken English-language skills.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate that they can devote the majority of their working time to the project and that other commitments are both complementary to their project and occupy a minority of their time.
An independent panel of internationally recognized experts will evaluate proposals on the basis of their aims and objectives, research questions, project conceptualization, proposed methodology, contribution to OSI goals, clarity of expression, and qualifications of the applicant.
Proposals may be country specific or comparative but all should be feasible and justified. Evaluators are looking for innovative proposals that have potential significant impact.
Candidates who are short-listed will be asked to submit further detailed information including a work schedule, detailed budget proposal, and certified translations of relevant education qualifications.
The final selection of fellows will be carried out following telephone interviews, which will be held at the expense of IPF, and successful finalists will be notified by January 30, 2006.
Main terms of the Award
Fellows receive supervision and support from a senior policy analyst
Fellows are invited to Budapest in April 2006 for initial orientation to the program
Optional, specialized policy research and advocacy training courses are offered in Budapest
Monthly stipends commensurate with local salaries
Budget for reasonable research, communications, travel, publication and advocacy costs
Discretionary funding for conference participation
How to Apply
Applicants should carefully complete the online application form, which includes a project summary, research proposal (maximum 4 pages), and a resume/CV including a list of publications. Applicants may also include a letter of reference from an affiliated organization and a writing sample on the chosen topic.
Once initial information has been entered applicants receive an ID number, which will allow them to make any additions and revisions to the form. This number should be quoted in any correspondence. Applications sent by mail, fax or e-mail will not be considered unless given prior approval from IPF staff*. Applications must be submitted online by September 20, 2005. IPF does not consider late applications.
Special Awards
1. The Leslie Carol Eliason Memorial Fellowship Award
In memory of IPF veteran professor, mentor and trainer Leslie Eliason, the program will select one project to receive the Leslie Carol Eliason Memorial Fellowship Award. This will be a project that is deemed by the selection committee to have the potential to make an especially significant contribution. The chosen recipient will be entitled to write up their project at one of the institutions Dr. Eliason was affiliated with in the US or at the Center for Policy Studies at the Central European University.
2. International Junior Public Policy Scholar Fellowship with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Each fellowship year, the East European Studies program of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. hosts 1-2 outstanding IP Fellows from Eastern Europe. The Woodrow Wilson Center provides access to research facilities such as the Library of Congress, university libraries, the National Archives and relevant faculty. The Center can help arrange introductory visits to relevant actors and organizations in Washington, D.C. including the U.S. Congress and Senate.
The Center provides an excellent setting for writing up IPF research. Incoming scholars receive a $9,000 stipend, administrative assistance regarding affordable housing, health care, and processing of required documentation. Housing and visa arrangements are the ultimate responsibility of the selected scholars.
Fellows are selected by the Center’s East European Studies Program. Topics of particular interest include international governance (regionalization, decentralization); the rule of law; public administration; civil society and institution-building and the role of non-governmental organizations; media; minority rights; economic reform and management; Southeast Europe Stability Pact projects; organized crime; and north-south tier development issues including strategies for closing the gap.
The fellowship is limited to scholars from countries in the former communist bloc including the Baltic states and former Yugoslavia but not the NIS states, Ukraine or Germany. Those wishing to be considered for this award should include with their IPF application a one-page description of why their proposed topic should be considered for such an award. For more details see www.wilsoncenter.org.
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http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants...ional.cfm#apply
2006- 07 Academic Year
Master's/Professional Fellowship $18,000
Doctorate Fellowship $20,000
Postdoctoral Fellowship $30,000
Applications available* Aug. 1-Dec. 1, 2005
Application POSTMARK deadline* Dec. 1, 2005
Fellowship year July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007
* If an application postmark deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, applications may be postmarked the next business day.
International Fellowships are awarded for full-time study or research to women who are not United States citizens or permanent residents. Both graduate and postgraduate study at accredited institutions are supported. (For support at the undergraduate level, visit www.isep.org.)
The Foundation will award 57 fellowships for the 2006-07 academic year. Six of these awards are available to members of International Federation of University Women affiliate organizations. These fellowship recipients may study in any country other than their own.
The Foundation also awards several annual Home Country Project Grants ($5,000 to $7,000 each) to women who received AAUW Educational Foundation International Fellowships between 2001 and 2005. These grants support community-based projects designed to improve the lives of women and girls in the fellow's home country.
Application Process
The completed application and supporting papers must be postmarked or shipped no later than Dec. 1, 2005, to the appropriate Iowa City address below. Please note that materials sent to the Washington, D.C., office will be disqualified and will not be reviewed.
Full application instructions are found in the application packet. Packets are available in PDF or fillable MS Word forms.
Mailing Address
AAUW Educational Foundation
International Fellowships
PO Box 4030
Iowa City, IA 52243-4030
Shipping Address
(overnight courier, such as FedEx or UPS)
AAUW Educational Foundation
International Fellowships
301 ACT Drive
Iowa City, IA 52245
If a telephone number is required,
please use 319-337-1716.
If you cannot download the application or would prefer to have a hard copy mailed to you request one online, call 319/337-1716 ext. 60, e-mail aauw@act.org, or write to the customer service center at
AAUW Educational Foundation
Dept. 60
301 ACT Drive
Iowa City, IA 52243-4030
Questions about applications must be directed to the Iowa City office.
Please do not contact the AAUW Educational Foundation office in Washington, D.C., or local branches for application information.
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Draga Ana,
Pitanje ti je isuvise uopsteno da bi odgovor mogao da bude koristan. Daj nam malo vise detalja o svojoj situaciji kako bi savetnici mogli da ti pomognu sto je vise moguce. Naravno, ne moras da otkrivas licne podatke, ali bi nam barem situacija u kojoj si mogla da pomogne.
Ukoliko ne zelis da otkrivas blize podatke preko foruma, uvek nam mozes poslati e-mail.
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Thank you, administrator.
I sent you an email 2 days ago, but I still didn't get reply. Please check your mailbox and answer asap. The email was sent from: manca [at] panline.net
Thanks again,
Manca.
I can see your e-mail, but it's not me who's supposed to reply. Our advisors were stretched thin these couple of days because of the enormous interest in group advising sessions. Don't worry, I'll remind them tomorrow to respond to your e-mail.
And another thing - all those in IAC who respond to e-mail messages understand the huge responsibility and do not desire to reply before they double check all the facts&figures involved in the response. We consider it pretty important to send the most correct information possible.
Thanks for your interest!
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Hello there,
I've just registered here and I think this is great place for young people from Serbia to get very useful informations about studying in the US.
I have one question connected with this thread. Do you get any books for SAT preparing for sale, or even better for free
. I mostly mean about e-books, but paper versions are cool also.I would like to know will there be some SAT seminar soon ?
Thank you,
Nenad.
Unfortunately, we don't sell books - we need them for our seminars. As much as we know, there are no official SAT prep books published as e-books. If you're looking for the material to prepare from, be sure to have the edition of the "New SAT", valid from March 2005.
SAT seminar is being prepared, call us at 011/3341 645 and find out details about it.
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Prema najnovijim informacijama sa zvanicnog sajta organizatora ispita - www.collegeboard.com - rok za prijavu oktobarskog ispita je pomeren na 9. septembar.
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Podsecamo sve zainteresovane za polaganje oktobarskog TOEFL ispita da rok za prijavu istice 12. septembra. Ako je suditi prema prethodnim rokovima, slobodnih mesta na ispitu u Beogradu moze biti i posle tog datuma, ali je dostupan samo ogranicen broj, do popune lokacije za polaganje. Prijave i placanje se vrse preko Internet stranice www.toefl.org.
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Hocu da se prijavim online za GRE subject u Beogradu 12. Novembra. Prilikom prijave mogu da se navedu cetiri skole ili institucije kojima ce rezultati biti poslati besplatno. Da li je moguce te cetiri skole navesti na samom testiranju, s obzirom da sada jos nisam siguran koje cu? (Sada bih preskocio taj deo u prijavi)
Unapred hvala,
Zoran
Ne morate da se zurite kada je taj deo u pitanju. Cetiri akademske institucije mozete da navedete na kraju samog ispita. Naravno, mozete da navedete i manje, ali nemojte da zaboravite da popunite ta polja - dodatni troskovi za slanje rezultata nisu zanemarljivi.
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Podsećamo sve zainteresovane za oktobarski SAT da je rok za prijavu ispita 7. septembar. Posle tog datuma više neće biti moguće upisati se u bazu podataka na sajtu www.collegeboard.com, već će potencijalni kandidati morati da nabave formular za standby kandidate, koji se nalazi u biltenu za SAT i da na dan ispita sačekaju da vide hoće li biti slobodnih mesta na određenoj lokaciji za polaganje.
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ETS je od 1. septembra promenio izgled svoje Internet lokacije www.ets.org, a istovremeno je promenjen i www.toefl.org. Linkovi koji su se i ranije nalazili na pocetnoj strani su i dalje tu - pre svega onaj koji vas vodi ka strani za prijavu ispita.
PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 2005--ETS today launched a redesigned Web site that dramatically improves the information and services available to the more than 26,000 people who visit ets.org each day, including teachers, parents, test takers and policymakers. Though the look and feel of the site are new, the Internet address remains the same, http://www.ets.org.
"The redesigned ets.org is an online platform that users throughout the world can tap into to advance their learning, prepare themselves or their students for an upcoming test, or broaden their understanding of educational assessments generally," says Scott Weaver, ETS's Chief Information Officer. "Our new Web site gives people the tools to get the information, products or services they need as efficiently, effectively and productively as possible."
The redesign affects everything from the site's graphic design and content mapping to its search-engine capabilities, which provide superior functionality to accommodate visitors' information needs.
Visitors can get information on such well-known assessments as the Graduate Record Examinations® (GRE®); The Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers®; the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL®); and the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC®). Links are also provided to The College Board's popular SAT® and AP® programs.
Products featured on the home page of the new ets.org include the Criterion(SM) Online Writing Evaluation; the Pathwise® series of professional development programs for school leaders and teachers; and ScoreItNow!(SM), an online writing practice tool that can help individuals sharpen their writing skills and prepare for the writing section of the TOEFL® test.
"The new ets.org certainly improves our customers' online experience," says Weaver. "We've been listening to those who use the site and who have asked for an even better way of getting information about our products and services. With this redesign, if we've got it at ETS, you'll be able to get it on ets.org."
About ETS: ETS is a nonprofit institution with the mission to advance quality and equity in education by providing fair and valid assessments, research and related services for all people worldwide. In serving individuals, educational institutions and government agencies around the world, ETS customizes solutions to meet the need for teacher professional development products and services, classroom and end-of-course assessments, and research-based teaching and learning tools. Founded in 1947, ETS today develops, administers and scores more than 24 million tests annually, in more than 180 countries, at over 9,000 locations worldwide. Additional information is available at www.ets.org.
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The People Speak Essay Competition
IDEA is pleased to announce its first ever The People Speak essay competition!
The People Speak aims to bring thoughtful discussion and debate about foreign policy to people in their schools, churches, universities, clubs, homes, and civic organizations. From September 1 through November 30th, The People Speak events will feature thought-provoking discussions, from grass-roots meetings to expert-led panels, on the theme of Building a Safer World: Can the US and UN work together? Working together to answer questions about UN-US relations in four areas - the "Environment", "Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism", "War and Conflict", and "Poverty, Hunger and Health"- participants in The People Speak, both in the United States and elsewhere, will learn about some of the most pressing foreign policy issues of the 21st Century, all the while learning about each other.
As part of encouraging lively engagement with The People Speak themes, IDEA is issuing a call for essays, written by youth, which are relevant to these topics. All youth 24 years of age and under - whether affiliated with debate programs or not - are eligible to submit analytical essays treating US-UN relations on any of the four The People Speak themes. Essays can deal with overviews of these issues or with specific topics within them, and must be a minimum of a 1,000 words and can be as long as 10,000. In evaluation by the awards panel, preference will be shown to essays that show originality and insight, and that demonstrate research and the use of evidence. Sources should be identified for reference by panelists and increase the credibility of an essay's argument; a good guide on how to cite sources is available at http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/everyday_w...csource/4b.html.
All essays will be evaluated by an awards panel. The writer of one grand prize essay will receive 500$ US, and will have their essay published by IDEA. Up to ten additional awards of 250$ US each will be awarded to the writers of ten other winning essays. Winning contestants affiliated with any IDEA-recognized debate organizations will also have awards of 100$ made in their honor to their organization. An IDEA-affiliated Grand Prize winner will have 250$ donated to their organization.
To assist writers in getting initial ideas for possible essays, IDEA has created extensive online The People Speak resources. By going to www.thepeoplespeak.org, websurfers can access statistics, and links to further readings relevant to The People Speak topics. IDEA has also expanded its online Debatabase to include dozens of summaries of the key issues on all sides of contentious debates in the US-UN relationship.
Contestants must identify themselves and submit their essays online by logging into IDEA's Online Application System (OAS) at http://oas.idebate.org/idea. Contestants should create an individual account within OAS and select the 'TPS Essay Competition 2005' link in order to upload their essays. Questions regarding OAS or the TPS Essay Competition should be sent to TPSapps@idebate.org. Essays must be in English, and uploaded in either Microsoft Word, Rich Text, or OpenOffice text formats.
The deadline for submissions is November 30, 2005. Current employees of IDEA and their immediate families are not eligible for this contest. By submitting an essay, each contestant acknowledges and agrees that all essay entries become the sole and exclusive property of IDEA. Competition judges' decisions are final and non-appealable.
This year's The People Speak brings up fascinating and important issues, and by writing an essay in IDEA's competition, you can tackle them directly and have your voice heard! Good luck!
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Middlebury takes seriously its role as a marketplace of ideas. Each year, students from more than 70 other countries, as well as all 50 states in the U.S., come together to share the diverse backgrounds and experiences that make learning here so rewarding, and life here so rich. We invite you to consider what you might gain from coming to Middlebury, and what you might contribute to others who, like yourself, seek the lessons that can be offered by a truly international community.
Financial Aid
Middlebury's comprehensive fee for 2005-06 is $42,120. The comprehensive fee includes a student's room, board, and tuition for the full academic year (September through May). Students should plan on an additional $2,750 to cover the cost of books and a reasonable amount of spending money and $200 for a student activities fee. Therefore, about $45,070 is usually required to maintain a student on campus during the school year.
In addition to the above expenses, all students must pay for their transportation to the United States and once in the United States to Middlebury, VT. They must also have funds to feed and shelter themselves during the Thanksgiving, December, and spring vacation periods and to return home for the long summer vacation.
Financial assistance at Middlebury is based entirely on established need and, to the degree resources permit, is offered to international students on the same basis as it is to U.S. citizens. Each student is expected to contribute a minimum of $1,100 toward first-year expenses, and a minimum of $1,450 each year as sophomores, juniors and seniors. Additional information and links to the appropriate forms are provided by the Financial Aid Office.
The Application
Middlebury requires all applicants to file our Pre-Application Supplement and the Common Application. International candidates are not required to file any additional forms, but should take care to fully document their academic and personal profiles. The Transcript Request and Mid-Year Report forms provided with our application package may not pertain to all international educational systems, so candidates should ask their secondary school administrators to forward all appropriate transcripts, standardized tests and recommendations to the Admissions Office. The fee for applying to Middlebury College is US $55. Payment may be made by MasterCard, Visa, check, money order or may be wired to: The National Bank of Middlebury, Account No:1-000-218-3, Account Name: President and Fellows of Middlebury College, Routing or ABA Number: 011601087.
Ask your sending bank to include student name or ID number as identifying information on the wire.
Standardized Tests
If possible, please submit one of the following:
-- ACT
-- SAT I administered on or after March 12, 2005
-- Or three exams in different areas of study which may be selected,mixed and matched from either the SAT IIs, APs or International Baccalaureate exams.
Applicants for whom English is not their first language are required to demonstrate their proficiency in English. Middlebury will consider either the TOEFL or the results from other standardized assessments, including the SAT I Verbal, SAT II Writing, ACT, IELTS, CPE, MELAB, and ELPT. Predicted grades in IBA1 or A2 English or in A-level English will also be considered. No minimum "cut-off" scores are used.
The average TOEFL scores for an entering class are 274, computer based, and 631, paper based. For more information, please check out our section of most Frequently Asked Questions.
School Visits: Representatives of the Admissions Office travel the globe. Check our schedule to see if we'll be visiting a school near you.
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Training Seminar on International Project Management
Date: Wednesday, 9 November 2005 until Saturday, 12 November 2005
Venue: Ljubljana, Slovenia
The training Seminar is organized within the framework of UNESCO?s Strategy for Enhancing Scientific Cooperation in South East Europe. Through this initiative, the organizers, UNESCO Office in Venice - ROSTE (www.unesco.org/venice) and the Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Ljubljana? Centre for Social Innovation, Vienna (http://www.aso.zsi.at), aim to contribute to the continuing professional fulfilment of those responsible for science and technology in the countries of South Eastern European Region. The international participation in the Seminar will contribute towards enhancing cooperation and networking among SEE researchers with their respective counterparts on regional (SEE), European and global level.
Who can apply
Research Managers and Research Administrators, from both governmental and academic levels, from the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, and Serbia and Montenegro. Applications from Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey will also be considered.
Applications for participation of female research managers is highly encouraged. Early stage career researchers who have not yet administered research projects but intend to do it as part of their career development plan can also apply.
Training Content
The participants in the Seminar will receive methodological and practical training and a very systematic and goal orientated view on international project management. They will have the opportunity to enhance their project management skills with a special emphasis on aspects of European and international co-operation. The Seminar will provide the participants with relevant concepts and tools and with information on concrete science and technology related funding programmes of European and other international organisations.
The Seminar will be led by an international team of highly experienced trainers from Austria, Slovenia and members of the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA, www.earma.org).
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME:
Module 1: Implementation of Project Strategies through Research Projects Logical Framework Approach
Module 2: Project Planning
Module 3: Organisation of the Research Project
Module 4: Project Control & Financial Issues & Project Leadership
Module 5: Funding schemes for International Research Projects relevant for SEE countries
Module 6: Communication/Dissemination of research results
Language: English
Organisational and contact details
There is no tuition fee! Economy class travel expenses and local accommodation will be covered by the organizers. We kindly ask you to fill in the registration form until 12 September 2005. (Registration form and other information available on www.aso.zsi.at) and send it to ASO Ljubljana, Dunajska 104, SI-1000 Slovenia (aso-ljubljana@zsi.at; tel. 00 386-1-568 41 68/ fax: 00 386-1-568 41 69).
The organisers will inform you about the outcome of selection procedure by 30 September 2005.
For information concerning the workshop programme please contact Miroslav Polzer, Director ASO Ljubljana (polzer@zsi.at) or Iulia Nechifor, Programme Officer, UNESCO-ROSTE (i.nechifor@unesco.org).
For organisational details (venue, hotel accommodation, travel, etc.) contact Gorazd Weiss (weiss@zsi.at), 00 386-1-568 41 68 or 00 386-31-637424.
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The tradition of a "Liberal Arts Education" can be quite different and confusing to students from other countries. Many universities including those in Serbia and Montenegro concentrate very heavily throughout the program in the vocational side of the education or, to put it another way, the actual professional knowledge that the student is seeking within his or her field.
In contrast, one key aspect of the American university experience, is the development of general skills that are not necessarily within the scope of the field of study. These general skills consist of learning the art of oral and written communication, interpersonal skills, problem solving, and critical thinking.
While certainly not intended to replace the major, the GPA, or the institution a student elects to attend, the knowledge in this area of liberal arts is certainly intended to enhance the personal and professional growth of the student.
One particularly enriching aspect of this education is the preparation that it can provide an international student for working in a world that is becoming ever more globalized.
Students who set out to receive a liberal arts education enter on a journey of intellectual curiousity desgined to broaden their experience and prepare them to enter a competitive job market. These students are instilled with the skills necessary to research and problem solve, no matter where their careers may take them.
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Nominations for The Richard C. DiPrima Prize
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - The Richard C. DiPrima Prize
The Richard C. DiPrima Prize is awarded every two years to a young scientist, based on an outstanding doctoral dissertation in applied mathematics.
SIAM will present the DiPrima Prize at the 2006 SIAM Annual Meeting to be held July 10-14, 2006, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Eligibility
Candidates for the prize must have completed their doctoral dissertations and all other requirements for their doctorates during the period running from three years prior to the award date to one year prior to the award date (July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2005). The doctorate must have been awarded at least eight months prior to the award date.
The requirements for the doctorate must have been equivalent to those for an American doctorate.
Selection is based on the dissertations of the candidates. The dissertations must represent topics of applied mathematics (defined as those topics covered by the SIAM journals). They must be submitted in English. An English translation is acceptable.
Description of the Award
The award consists of a hand-calligraphed certificate and a cash prize of $1,000. Travel expenses to the award ceremony will be provided by SIAM.
Nominations
Nominations, along with a copy of the dissertation, should be sent to the address below. Nominations must be received in the SIAM office by October 15, 2005.
DiPrima Prize Selection Committee
Professor Marshall Slemrod, Chair
c/o J. M. Littleton
SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688
U.S.A.
E-mail: littleton@siam.org
Telephone: +1-215-382-9800 ext. 303
Fax: +1-215-386-7999
Selection Committee
Members of the selection committee are: Marshall Slemrod (chair), University of Wisconsin; Yuriko Renardy, Virginia Tech; Daniel Szyld, Temple University.
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Conference in Copenhagen on Computational Methods in Water Resources
CALL FOR PAPERS
CMWR XVI - Computational Methods in Water Resources
XVI International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 19-22 2006
* The conference continues the tradition of the 15 previous biennial meetings, alternating between North America and Europe. The conference aims at the dissemination of the latest ideas in the development and applications of computational techniques to surface and subsurface hydrology. The organizers welcome submissions that either directly involve computations for water resources or present concepts relevant to such computations.
* Deadline for abstracts: October 17, 2005
* Web-page: http://www.cmwr-xvi.org/
* Keynote Speakers
Martin Blunt - From pore-space images to multiphase transport predictions
Shiyi Chen - Multiscale simulation for fluid flows in porous media: upscaling molecular dynamics to the pore scale
Graham Fogg - If Heterogeneity Is So Important, Why Do We Still Ignore It?
Gabriel Katul - Turbulent Transport Processes Near the Canopy-Atmosphere Interface: Theory, Experiments, and Simulations
Hans Petter Langtangen - Building Problem Solving Environments for Porous Media Flow
Mario Putti - Modeling surface-subsurface water interactions at the catchment scale
Karsten Pruess - Numerical Modeling of CO2 Sequestration in Geologic Formations - Recent Results and Open Challenges
Lars Petter R?d - Circulation in the Skagerrak/Northern North Sea: Insight into local response (eddies) to large scale forcing using a numerical model
* Organising committee
Philip Binning (DTU)
Peter Engesgaard (The University of Copenhagen)
Helge Dahle (The University of Bergen)
George Pinder (The University of Vermont)
William G. Gray (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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Medjunarodni akademski centar je zapoceo organizovano obavestavanje putem e-poste o obrazovnim mogucnostima u SAD. Za sada je obavestavanje ograniceno na one koji su u nasim prostorijama popunili formulare o obrazovnim interesovanjima i ostavili odgovarajuce podatke.
Da bi ste postali clan neke od nasih mailing grupa, potrebno je samo da dodjete do nas na grupno savetovanje (sredom u 15h za postdiplomce, cetvrtkom u 15h za osnovne studije) i popunite odgovarajuce formulare. Ukoliko niste iz Beograda, posaljite nam e-mail na office@iacbg.org.
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Evo i nasih odgovora, po brojevima
1. Prema onome sto moze da se pronadje na www.toefl.org, nema kompjuterskog TOEFL testa u Austriji. Moguce je polagati samo Paper based test na dve lokacije, u Becu i Gracu. Stavise, nema ni polaganja u oktobru. Jedino resenje je pronaci neku lokaciju u blizini, ili u Nemackoj ili u Budimpesti i polagati Computer based test. U Budimpesti postoji CBT centar i radi punom parom, cetiri dana nedeljno.
2. Sto se bodovanja tice, to nekad ume da bude mana onima koji slabije pisu esej. Oni koji mogu da napisu barem prosecan esej, to ne bi trebalo da predstavlja problem.
3. Sto se tice rezultata sa CBT, oni stizu za tri nedelje ukoliko se esej otkuca na racunaru. Ukoliko ga pisete olovkom na papiru, za sta vam je ponudjena mogucnost, konacan rezultat stize za sest nedelja, isto kao za PBT. Prema nasoj proceni, da bi rezultati stigli na americki univerzitet do 29. novembra, potrebno je da CBT polazete barem mesec dana ranije. Potrebno je ipak dodati barem nedelju dana na moguce probleme u posti. Za univerzitete van SAD potrebno je polagati i vise od mesec dana unapred.
4. Na kraju TOEFL ispita, bez obzira da li se radi na kompjuteru ili na papiru, postoji mogucnost da se upisu cetiri univerziteta kojima zelite da posaljete rezultate. Kodove univerziteta i nacin na koji se oni upisuju uvek mozete da pronadjete na sajtu toefl.org, ali mozete da pitate i Medjunarodni akademski centar. Na sajtu TOEFL-a se nalazi i sifarnik univerziteta, isti onaj koji i mi imamo u nasim prostorijama. Sto se tice naknadnog slanja rezultata, ne preporucujemo da to radite jer su cene visoke - slanje rezultata na jedan univerzitet kosta 17 dolara, a naplacuje se i osnovna usluga, bez obzira da li se zahtev upucuje telefonom ili pismom.
5. Sto se provere eseja tice, javite nam se e-mail-om ili telefonom. Ne verujem da ce vam biti potreban ceo kurs da bi se proverilo gde ste u pisanju eseja.
Mozete nam se obratiti i za sva drugo sto vas muci u vezi sa TOEFL ispitom.
Oficijalni SAT practice test
in Archive 2005
Posted
Tvorci testa nisu naivni - mozda se ponovi neki zadatak, u istom obliku ili malo promenjen, ali ceo blok zadataka ne moze ponovo da se pojavi na zvanicnom testu. Test koji ste pronasli na sajtu Collegeboard-a je najbolji pokazatelj kako ce testovi izgledati.
Svima koji se spremaju za SAT savetujemo da prokrstare uzduz i popreko zvanicnim sajtom www.collegeboard.com i procitaju sva objasnjenja koja su ponudjena.