But the demand for Ashoka U also represents the need for an educational experience that is not only affordable, but also transfers real-world skills.
There's something primal in the male mind that craves competency in concrete, tactile, real-world skills like we used to get from changing the oil or mending the fences.
If you have a kid that is intrigued by puzzles and you want to teach him real-world skills in thinking logically while having fun at the same time, you might want to consider buying him or her one or more puzzle boxes as a gift.
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We live in a dynamic world where skills, and not degrees, are our access, not our assets.
In addition, even the most basic job can teach real world life skills that can help them get a job afterwards.
Now, police recruits spend more of their time outside the classroom with intensive hands-on training in anti-terrorism operations and real-world survival skills.
On his odyssey, Tisquantum learned Old World languages that, combined with his New World survival skills, would contribute to his rendezvous with destiny.
These offerings provide the opportunity for students and young alumni to explore potential career paths, sharpen networking and other "real world" skills and land interviews with employers interested in hiring alumni of their school.
Recently, it has been marked by structural tensions, as the writers struggle to contain an overgrowth of subplots an unfortunate side effect of their remarkable world-building skills.
The Condition of Education 2006, a report published by the NCES, had our fourth graders scoring twelfth in the world in math skills, after such nations as Singapore, Latvia, and Hungary.
And I was able to discuss learning with TED curator Chris Anderson, who has described how the Internet is encouraging people around the world to develop skills, such as the ability to learn to play musical instruments, that might have previously been out of reach.
Given my professional experiences starting a young entrepreneurial venture in my twenties, and finishing my career as the President of a multi-billion dollar e-commerce company, I felt that I could bring a disciplined, real world set of skills to focus on the issue of youth employment.
To believe otherwise is to believe that someone (the college professor) who for the most part lacks any background in the real-world application of finance could transfer skills to those who desire that real-world knowledge.
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It said its "technologically advanced" helicopters would be operated by experienced crews with "world-class" skills.
Within six years he was commentating on TV and his skills became world renowned.
"We hope to support millions of teachers around the world in expanding their skills, networks and knowledge, by opening up access to some of the best resources out there, free of cost, " said co-founder Daphne Koller.
"We are paying people from all around the world to come here and hone their skills, leaving their own domestic leagues around the world free to bring on the next generation of talent, while our own players here can't get into starting line-ups, " he commented.
This is vital if England aspires to have a world-class education and skills system.
The importance of intercultural competences and skills in a world changing quickly was underlined.
Only a handful of hospitals in the world have the resources and skills needed to attempt separation.
And we need to train our workers for those jobs with new skills and a world-class education.
Another match that needs to be made is the one between skills and the world of work.
Only the very best make it through to Brazil's starting 11 to display their extravagant skills on the world's stage.
While personal success is always appealing, these power women, especially Brooke, have managed to impact the world by also leveraging their skills for those around them.
Abbott has some of the finest skating skills in the world he should be certified as a master craftsman for his edgework and his step sequences alone are worth the price of admission.
The business acumen of investors and executives are valuable skills in the world of philanthropy the Home Depot co-founder said, noting that he first felt wealthy after writing a massive check to a charity foundation.
Volunteers are given the opportunity to make a difference in the poorest parts of the world, develop their own skills and experience, and gain an understanding of how development projects and volunteering can help improve the lives of others.
Entire virtual economies have emerged, assigning real-world monetary value to items or skills in games.
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However, what are good conversational skills in the real world can DESTROY you in the media world.
Americans top the world in confidence about their entrepreneurial skills and their ability to succeed as entrepreneurs.
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