Palawan State University Honored
Selected as Philippines Best Green University 2009

Palawan State University, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines, a highly valued EDS educational partner was awarded the greatest of honor in Philippines as the Top Green University 2010. A plaque of commendation sited PSU as the Regional and the National winner as the most sustainable and eco-friendly school in the Philippines for 2009.
To further the health and safety of the Palawan State University community, the school leadership has enforced a no smoking ban …

EDS Business School Honored
by World HRD Congress 2009-10, Mumbai, India
with Global HR Excellence Award 2009-10
for Outstanding Contribution to the Cause of Education

The World HRD Congress 2010 has honored the EDS Business School, Malaysia, with the Global Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Cause of Education. World HRD Congress is the largest gathering of HR Professionals from across the world. This Congress brings several global personalities under one roof and acknowledges the best HR Professionals at the Pride of HR Professional Award.

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On the Market in PR

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By Russell S. Powell
So you want to work at a college or university, in marketing or public relations? Perhaps you are an unemployed Ph.D. looking to move into campus administration. Perhaps you are fresh out of college, having majored in journalism, communications, or marketing, and are seeking your first job. Maybe you have been a print journalist until a recent round of layoffs at your newspaper, and find yourself unexpectedly …

Report: College Endowments Suffer Huge Declines
by ERIC GORSKI, AP Education Writer , January 29, 2010

College and university endowments suffered huge losses in the fiscal year that ended last June, a new report finds, but stronger investment returns in recent months point to a rebound.
The global economic crisis shrunk the ranks of billion-dollar endowments from 77 to 54 in a year’s time, according to a report Thursday that provides the fullest picture yet of endowment performance in the 2008-2009 fiscal year.
The value of …

Leader: Is survival all that matters?
28 January 2010

By Ann Mroz

The financial crisis will force universities to make difficult choices not just about how they operate but to what end
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Higher education is entering a hugely challenging era. A large cut in public funding (with, in all probability, more cuts to come) has been made after a very good spell under this Labour Government. Compound that with an increasingly competitive international environment and it becomes clear that institutions face some tough choices.
When higher …