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The Chinese government’s recent sweeping educational reforms give it far greater control over who owns private schools in that country, who is teaching and what is being taught, and further reduces any unwanted foreign influence on students.
Starting Sept. 1, private schools in China must “adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China, adhere to the direction of socialist education, adhere to the public welfare nature of education, strengthen the education of socialist core values for the educated, and implement the fundamental task of establishing morality and cultivating people.”
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In his letters and poetry, Austrian writer Rainer Maria Rilke urged us to “love the questions” instead of searching for answers, and to “sing out” with pain solitude causes them. His writing seems tailor-made for our own era a dark interval of uncertainty, solitude, and grief.
Henry Reiser, Dean of Trades and Technology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, has been hired as President of the College of New Caledonia.
Henry Reiser will take over as the new president at the College of New Caledonia on June 1.
Reiser, who holds a Master of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from UBC, will bring more than 25 years of applied research experience to CNC when he takes the helm June 1.
“The future at CNC is very bright and I’m excited and eager to get started,” said Reiser, “With all of the resource-based projects planned in Northern B.C. in the near future, CNC is well positioned to provide skills and training across many disciplines, which will lead to good paying and long-term jobs for our graduates.”
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