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Undergrad Origins of Ph.D.s

2012-01-27T11:49:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash What schools produce the most undergraduates who end up heading off to graduate school? The subject came up yesterday because a friend of mine was telling me about a brilliant teenager who wants to eventually get a PhD in physics. The student lives in California, but the mom wants him to apply to schools in the Midwest where she grew up. I asked my friend if the teenager had

M&M: An Evening of Music & Magic

2012-01-25T19:53:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash Jan 27, Friday: 6:00 p.m. to 21:15 "M & M: An Evening of Music & Magic". LIMITED SEATS at special event sponsored by the U.S. Embassy-Bangkok.No Charge for tickets, but seats are by reservation only.An Exciting Evening featuring...* Emily ElbertBerklee College of Music graduate Timberland’s eco-friendly Artist of the Month, January 2012. Glamour Mag’s Top 10 College Women 2010.

Hot New Jobs for Today's College Grads

2011-12-24T13:50:00.001+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash In a tough economy like this one, it's easy to get caught up in the negativity. It's true, the unemployment rate for recent graduates is high and the average amount of debt per student is growing. Despite these sobering statistics, there are several newly created career paths that just may be a perfect fit for you. Many of these jobs are so new that most colleges don't offer

Holiday Greetings from U.S. Colleges

2011-12-24T12:29:00.001+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash College of William & Mary American University, Washington D.C. Macalester College University of Mary Washington Frostburg State University created a digital holiday snowglobe that is serenaded by its chamber choir. University of Minnesota *** Ace! is a member of the EducationUSA global educational advising network affiliated with the

Happy Holidays to Friends of Team Ace in Class of 2015

2011-12-24T10:52:00.003+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash *** Ace! is a member of the EducationUSA global educational advising network affiliated with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State. We provide free EducationUSA counseling services to students in the northern provinces of Thailand; our faculty of U.S.-trained Test Prep Experts can help you with cost-effective

Holiday Greetings from Team Ace!

2011-12-21T17:21:00.000+07:00

Special Emergency Fund for Thai Students in U.S. Colleges

2011-11-29T16:53:00.001+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash Team Ace welcomes the opportunity to nominate Thai students for these funds before December 19th deadline. *** Ace! is a member of the EducationUSA global educational advising network affiliated with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State. We provide free EducationUSA counseling services to students in the northern provinces of Thailand; our

EducationUSA Ambassadors for Thailand: Apply Now!

2011-11-25T19:12:00.001+07:00

Tips for International Admissions to U.S. MBAs

2011-11-19T10:59:00.004+07:00

Ace! NewsFlashWith global interest in U.S. business schools up, make sure you have your bases covered.While a report released Sept. 13 shows falling interest in attending graduate business school, more international students are pursuing M.B.A.s in the United States this year than last. For the 2011-2012 school year, about two thirds of U.S. graduate business programs reported receiving fewer

U.S. College Admissions: Applying with a Learning Disability

2011-11-17T15:00:00.003+07:00

Ace! NewsFlashMs. Kravets, the former president of the National Association for College Admission Counseling, is the co-author of “The K & W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities Or Attention Deficit Disorder.” She is also chief education officer of the Chicago Scholars Foundation. Ms. Kravets answers questions on college options for those with autism and pervasive

Guide to Electronic College Apps

2011-11-08T23:10:00.001+07:00

Ace! NewsFlashJeff Morehead / APProject Leadership board member and volunteer Jacquie Dodyk, left, helps Tanner Williams and other seniors fill out college application forms Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, during College Go Week at Marion High School in Marion, Ind.By Lisa Bleich, Techlicious.comWhen I applied to college in the mid-1980s, I filled out my application on a typewriter, put in in an

Nov 12, 13, 19: U.S. College App Clinic @ Ace!

2011-11-07T11:50:00.003+07:00

Ace! NewsFlashIt's U.S. COLLEGE APP SEASON, so Team Ace continues its series of U.S. College App & Essay Clinics: Clinic #2 Saturday Nov 12 from 13.30 to 16.00 Clinic #3 Sunday Nov 13 from 13.30 to 16.00 (last chance before ED & EA Nov 15 deadline!)Clinic #4 Saturday Nov 19 from 13.30 to 16.00 Our EducationUSA advisers will be available during App Clinic Hours to answer questions, review

GOOD NEWS for Early Applicants: Extended Deadlines!

2011-11-03T16:09:00.003+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash November 1 Deadline Extended Due to the winter storm that has affected the northeastern United States, several institutions have extended their Early Decision deadlines to accommodate families without electricity or access to the Internet. Please note the list may not be a

Good Changes to TOEFL Reading Section!

2011-10-28T12:25:00.001+07:00

Ace! NewsFlashTOEFL UPDATE: Changes that are Very Welcome & Long Overdue In response to feedback about the length of the TOEFL iBT® Reading section, ETS is decreasing the maximum number of reading passages from five to four beginning November 1, 2011. You will have either 60 minutes to complete three reading passages and questions, or 80 minutes to complete four reading passages and questions.In

U.S. College App & Essay Clinic by Team Ace & EducationUSA!

2011-10-28T12:16:00.003+07:00

Ace! NewsFlashIt's U.S. COLLEGE APP SEASON, so Team Ace is pleased to offer U.S. College App & Essay Clinic hours: Sunday Oct 30 from 11.00 to 15.00 at our main advising center, 21 soi 9 Nimman, Chiang Mai.Make an appointment for our EducationUSA Advisers and Writing Coaches to guide you toward U.S. college app success, or just Drop In during App Clinic hours...Aim High, Meet the Deadlines!***

Crafting College App Essays That ‘Pop’

2011-10-25T20:49:00.001+07:00

Ace! NewsFlashStanford University’s application for admission includes a prompt directing students to write a letter to their future freshman roommates. The exercise is a good one for all applicants – regardless of their interest in Stanford – as a fun, fresh jumping-off point in the essay writing process, Rebecca Joseph, a professor of education at California State University, said on Friday.“It

POSTPONED: Michigan State University Info Session in Chiang Mai

2011-10-19T19:03:00.004+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash: As of Friday October 21, 2011, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED - Students interested in Undergrad & Graduate studies at MSU are invited to contact Team Ace 081.8212686 for info & free advice.Ace! The Academy for EducationUSA, affiliated with the U.S. State Department’s EducationUSA Global Network, is delighted to welcome the return of Michigan State University (Michigan) to Chiang

Exciting new FULL SCHOLARSHIP in Washington D.C.: AU EGLS

2011-09-25T11:47:00.005+07:00

Ace! NewsFlashThe 2012 AU Emerging Global Leader Scholarship for International Students (AU EGLS)AU EGLS promotes educational access and opportunity while enhancing international diversity. Bringing together the best of AU – academic excellence, leadership development, and global engagement – the AU Emerging Global Leader achieves, inspires, and serves with vision. The AU EGL is dedicated to

Jeffrey Sachs & Happiness Econ 101

2011-09-06T20:35:00.003+07:00

Ace! NewsFlashNEW YORK – We live in a time of high anxiety. Despite the world’s unprecedented total wealth, there is vast insecurity, unrest, and dissatisfaction. In the United States, a large majority of Americans believe that the country is “on the wrong track.” Pessimism has soared. The same is true in many other places.Against this backdrop, the time has come to reconsider the basic sources

US dominates world university rankings - again

2011-08-16T19:27:00.002+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash US universities continue to dominate the upper echelons of world rankings, taking 17 of the top 20 spots in the Shanghai Jiao Tong ranking. Harvard University tops the Shanghai Jiao Tong world rankings for the ninth successive year The 2011 top 500 table compiled by the Chinese institution, officially known as the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), was published

World's top 100 universities 2011: ranked by Times Higher Education

2011-08-16T19:18:00.004+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash The US has topped a reputation ranking of worldwide universities taking nearly half of the top 100 places, but how do other countries compare? Harvard University ranks highest in the world according to the Times Higher Education for reputation in teaching and research. The US boasts the most reputable universities in the world according to a new global

International Student Graduate Admissions Increase Significantly

2011-08-16T18:47:00.004+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash August 16, 2011 by CHE Offers of admission to international students by American graduate schools grew this year at the fastest clip in five years, climbing 11 percent over last year, according to a report released today by the Council of Graduate Schools. That's the steepest one-year increase since the fall of 2006, when foreign-student numbers were

Stanford's Education Dean: Change Approach to Teaching

2011-08-12T12:53:00.003+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash Source: Deborah Stipek is dean of the Stanford University School of Education, Stanford, CA 94305Many U.S. teachers must change their approach to teaching. Extensive research shows that students will become more emotionally engaged (and even passionate) if simple principles are followed: if the subject matter is connected to students' personal lives and interests; if students have

Duke at 15, Stanford at 19!

2011-08-11T10:44:00.002+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash KUALA LUMPUR: A dislike of wastage and inefficiency, and a motivation towards a greener world, pushed Ng Eng Seng to study mechanical engineering. But what’s different about Ng is that he started his degree programme when he was just 15 at Duke University, one of the best universities in the United States. Nineteen-year-old Ng, who graduated from the university with a

ASEAN student injured in London riot

2011-08-11T10:25:00.002+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash LONDON (AP): The video has become synonymous with London's riots: A young man, bleeding and dazed, is helped from the ground by a group of youths - who promptly unzip his backpack and callously make off with its contents. But who is he? And what happened next? The young man is 20-year-old Malaysian accounting student Mohammad Asyraf Haziq, who was cycling with a friend in east

UK riots: Trouble erupts in English cities

2011-08-10T12:53:00.005+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash Source: BBC.co.uk10 August 2011 Last updated at 04:27 GMT Sporadic violence has broken out in several cities around England, although London remained largely quiet with a heavy police presence on the streets. With 16,000 police officers deployed in London, the streets remained calm after three nights of rioting. But there was unrest in cities including

The Evolution of U.S. College Dorms

2011-08-07T15:03:00.003+07:00

Ace! NewsFlashStudent SeclusionBefore the information superhighway, schools were built around massive libraries, like the 400-year-old Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, above, in Britain. Early dorms were imposing, monastic structures meant to separate students from the outside world, providing more privacy for classes and introspection. This concept of the Ivory Tower lasted for

Facebooking for College Freshmen Roommates

2011-08-07T13:17:00.003+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash For generations, one of the first challenges of going off to college was meeting the stranger the school chose to be your roommate. Today, a growing number of students are bypassing that tradition and making the choice themselves through online social networking. Over the next several weeks, many freshmen will arrive at dormitories to move in with roommates they

10 Best Entrepreneurship Courses of 2011

2011-04-08T17:12:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash University courses in entrepreneurship are better—more useful, more real, more likely to produce actual companies—than they have ever been. Here are 10 we’d love to take.From the April 2011 issue of Inc. magazine Angels in Training The students in this class at Willamette University have $100,000 to spend financing new businesses. Stanford's new entrepreneurship class is not

Harvard University's 2 New Areas in Masters of Design Studies

2011-04-07T14:49:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash The Harvard University Graduate School of Design is launching two new areas within its Master in Design Studies program: Critical and Strategic Conservation and Anticipatory Spatial Practice. The Master in Design Studies is a one-and-a-half year, post professional, non-studio degree program (MDesS) designed to enable students with specialized interests to pursue advanced

Texas A&M Offers Merit Based Scholarships to International Students in Engineering

2011-04-07T14:47:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash Texas A&M University-Kingsville offers merit scholarships for qualified international students at its F.H. Dotterweich College of Engineering. The college offers BS & MS degrees in various engineering disciplines and a Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering. The Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering is a diverse body of students, faculty, and staff dedicated to: -

Palo Alto + Hollywood = James Franco?

2011-03-06T13:46:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash James Franco got stoned out of his mind in "Pineapple Express," played nude gay sex scenes in "Milk" and cut off his own arm in "127 Hours." Still, there is one script that actually made the 32-year-old movie star from Palo Alto uneasy: his mother's erotic poetry."In one poem, teenagers are talking about what it's like to have sex the first time," James told me. "When I

Yale + Hollywoood = James Franco

2011-03-05T16:10:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash On Sunday night he was in Hollywood, as co-host of the Oscar telecast in black tie. At 9 the next morning, he was in a Starbucks in New Haven, hunched over a book and barely recognizable in a gray sweatshirt, but still wearing his tuxedo pants. James Franco answered questions from Yale students in October after a screening of “Howl,” one of his movies. James

Tumblr, FB, Twitter Over Blogs

2011-02-21T17:47:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash Michael McDonald of San Francisco used to post his videos on a blog, but now he uses Facebook. SAN FRANCISCO — Like any aspiring filmmaker, Michael McDonald, a high school senior, used a blog to show off his videos. But discouraged by how few people bothered to visit, he instead started posting his clips on Facebook, where his friends were sure to see and comment on his editing

Increase Happiness By Sharing In Sorrow: says Stanford researcher

2011-02-19T12:19:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash Stanford researchers have found that people think their peers are happier than they really are, and this distortion of reality can make people lonely and dissatisfied with their lives. Scrolling through Facebook or mingling at a party, you might get the impression that other people’s lives are full of job promotions, exotic travel and successful relationships. We don’t often

Top Chinese Students Aim for Highly Selective U.S. Colleges

2011-02-16T19:56:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash GRINNELL, Iowa — The glossy color brochures, each crammed with photos depicting a Chinese student’s high-achieving life from birth to young adulthood, pile up in the admissions office at Grinnell College here. Jonathan C. Edwards, seated, and Seth Allen of Grinnell said the college was handling hundreds of applications from China. Interactive FeaturePackaging Chinese

CLII Log-In TT

2011-02-12T08:45:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash http://clii.careerliftoff.com/TestTaker/Th/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2ftesttaker%2fth%2fDefault.aspx *** Ace! is a member of the EducationUSA global educational advising network affiliated with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State. We provide free EducationUSA counseling services to students in the northern provinces of Thailand; our faculty of

The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship Offers up to $10,000

2011-02-04T18:14:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship Offers up to $10,000 Dr. Anita Borg devoted her adult life to revolutionizing the way we think about technology and dismantling barriers that keep women and minorities from entering computing and technology fields. Her combination of technical expertise a nd fearless vision continues to inspire and motivate countless women to become

Black? White? Asian? More Young Americans Choose All of the Above

2011-01-30T19:39:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash Black? White? Asian? More Young Americans Choose All of the Above Who Is Marrying WhomNearly 9 percent of all marriages in the United States in 2009 were interracial or interethnic, more than double the percentage in 1980. The rates of intermarriage vary widely depending on gender, race or ethnicity. Gender differences are most pronounced among blacks and Asians. Black men

Bard College Pushes Scientific Literacy

2011-01-23T19:46:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash An Infusion of Science Where the Arts Reign ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — Liza Batkin, a first-year student at Bard College, is a dancer whose academic interests run to philosophy and literature. But here she was in a laboratory on a snowy day in January — while many of her peers across the country were still on winter break — inserting a piece of DNA into bacteria with a

"Tiger Mom's Daughter" Tells Her Side of the Story

2011-01-23T18:10:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash The teenager at the center of NYC’s hottest controversy speaks out in defense of her mother Writer Amy Chua shocked the world with her provocative essay, “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior,” when it appeared in the Wall Street Journal earlier this month. The article, excerpted from her new book, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” described “how Chinese parents raise such

"Just a Headline: Why Chinese Mothers are Superior" - The Tiger Mother Responds to Questions

2011-01-23T18:00:00.001+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash Excerpted from Amy Chua’s new book “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” a WSJ article titled “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” attracted a lot of attention, generating more than 4,000 comments on wsj.com and around 100,000 comments on Facebook. Below, Ms. Chua answers questions from WSJ readers.Do you think that strict, “Eastern” parenting eventually helps children lead happy lives

"Chinese Mothers are Superior" --- Oh, Really?

2011-01-23T17:44:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash "Amy Chua Is a Wimp" Sometime early last week, a large slice of educated America decided that Amy Chua is a menace to society. Chua, as you probably know, is the Yale professor who has written a bracing critique of what she considers the weak, cuddling American parenting style. Chua didn’t let her own girls go out on play dates or sleepovers. She didn’t let them watch TV or

"Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior"

2011-01-23T17:35:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash Can a regimen of no playdates, no TV, no computer games and hours of music practice create happy kids? And what happens when they fight back? A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it's like inside the family, and whether they could do it

Be a Gamer, Save the World

2011-01-23T17:22:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash Videogames make players feel like their best selves. Why not give them real problems to solve? ZUMA PressCould games like 'Guitar Hero' help cure cancer and end poverty? We often think of immersive computer and videogames—like "FarmVille," "Guitar Hero" and "World of Warcraft"—as "escapist," a kind of passive retreat from reality. Many critics consider such games a

Financial Aid Without Loans: for Low Income U.S. Students

2011-01-23T16:53:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash A handful of schools have instituted policies that ensure that low income students have no loans in their financial aid packages. These are also referred to as "free tuition" programs for low income students.Typically low income is defined as the bottom quintile by family income, such as family incomes below about $40,000, by Pell Grant eligibility, or families with incomes below

U.S. Colleges with Financial Aid for International Undergraduate Students

2011-01-23T16:44:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash Financial Aid Available for International Undergraduate Students Some US schools are more likely than others to offer financial aid for international undergraduate students. The lists below indicate which schools offer aid (including grants, loans, and jobs) to the largest numbers of international students. To be included in the following lists, the schools must have an average

Financial Aid Answers for Dual Nationals & U.S. Nationals with Foreign Parents

2011-01-23T15:49:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash Q. I know that dual nationals living abroad who acquired their American citizenship through an American parent can apply for financial aid. But what about those students who happened to have been born in the US because their parents were there at the time? Even though they and their parents aren’t taxpayers, are they still eligible?What about if their parents worked in the United

Short Film & Video Clip Contest for High School Students in Chiang Mai

2011-01-21T13:49:00.000+07:00

Ace! NewsFlash Montfort College, The 80th Anniversary Academic Day for Better Relations and Academic Excellence.