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29/03/2013

Post Reads

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Dear Readers, Thank you for your continuous and growing support. Here are my top 5 blog reads for the last month: No Witch Hunt a...

Open Source Software in Higher Education in Developing Countries

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In developing countries, generally the slow speed of internet connections, and slower computers, make the use of Microsoft software utt...
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28/03/2013

Are edutech startups plugging an innovation gap in our universities? | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional

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Are edutech startups plugging an innovation gap in our universities? | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional To be fair, there...
27/03/2013

Has Change Finally come to Universities in Developing Countries?

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At the best of times, universities are organizations particularly resistant to change. For over 9 centuries, Universities have been doi...
24/03/2013

Redefining Sustainable Development by David Griggs - Project Syndicate

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Redefining Sustainable Development by David Griggs - Project Syndicate We call it the "green economy".
22/03/2013

Bring in the Harry Potters!

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It is 4.06 pm now, the end of the business day in PNG, and as I announced my patience has officially run out. "Big Men" visit U...

Feeding Kangaroos

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Getting a bit tired here with nothing to do but feeding kangaroos. Heard nothing from PNG officials yet, but hope to be home in Lae for E...
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Albert Schram, Ph.D.
Albert Schram is an economic historian from Italy and the Netherlands, and former Vice-Chancellor of the Papua New Guinea University of Technology. He now teaches business management, marketing, economics, social sciences, humanities, and entrepreneurship at both secondary and university level. Over a career spanning 11 countries across Latin America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific — including more than 19 years outside Europe — Albert has worked as a teacher, executive, coach, consultant, and trainer. He and his wife lived for six years in Papua New Guinea, a beautiful country north of Australia, and a year in Singapore. He holds a master's degree from the University of Utrecht and a PhD in European economic history from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. His doctoral thesis on the origins of the Italian railways was published as a book by Cambridge University Press. He has also studied international relations at the Clingendael Institute in the Netherlands. Albert is dedicated to educational leadership and management, and is a Fellow of the Executive Leadership Academy at UC Berkeley's Center for Studies in Higher Education.
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