An anthropologist friend of mine has worked on many assignments over the years, but his most interesting project qualified test pilots for the Air Force.

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The key: He'd put a science agency, such as the National Science Foundation, in charge of deciding whether a given project qualified, and leave IRS auditors to track paper, making sure, for example, the salaries and expenses supposedly devoted to research really were.

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Starting in early 2013, the four-year initiative will focus on enhancing teacher education systems in eight countries so as to train an adequate number of qualified teachers to achieve EFA. Project activities will boost national capacity in ministries and key teacher training institutions, staff skills and competencies and supporting resources such as a knowledge base, with ICT as a major component.

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Today, the masons train apprentices, and the project has resulted in hundreds of dwellings that have been built by a qualified, local labor force.

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Leblanc and the BTMM think one way of opening up greater Montreal to potential economic spinoffs from the Plan Nord project is to build a strong networking connection between contractors, suppliers and qualified labor from the area.

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The required 30-40 page senior project allows students to develop time-management skills, research a topic of choice with a qualified mentor, and utilize a university library.

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