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Georgia: How to Paint an Enemy

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Posted on 09 March 2010 by Eka Chitanava and Temo Bardzimashvili

In words and pictures, Georgian students express their feelings about Russia and the 2008 war. A TOL/Liberali multimedia production.

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Russia: Student Government with a Capital G

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Posted on 13 August 2009 by Natalia Lazareva

A Moscow program allows university students to shadow city officials and come up with their own solutions to urban problems.

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Russia: Higher Education vs. The Economic Crisis

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Posted on 17 July 2009 by Natalia Lazareva

An overview of the Russian government’s attempts to support higher education during the economic crisis.

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Russia: Winds of Change from the North

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Posted on 01 June 2009 by Natalia Lazareva

A new research institute aims to preserve national cultures and develop education resources for the small-numbered indigenous peoples of the North.

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Russia: Will the USE be useful?

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Posted on 01 May 2009 by Natalia Lazareva

Russian soon-to-be-graduates are anxiously preparing for the new standardized Unified State Examination (USE).

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Russia: A History in Dispute

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Posted on 16 May 2005 by Sergei Borisov

Most agree too little is taught about World War II in Russian classrooms. But should more patriotism be put back into the Great Patriotic War?

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Russia: Gagarin Had Free Education

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Posted on 18 April 2005 by Sergei Borisov

Russian students take to the streets to protest against an end to free university education.

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Call for Papers

As part of the Advancing Educational Inclusion and Quality in South East Europe Initiative the Education Support Program of the Open Society Institute (OSI) announces a competition open to individuals on the elaboration of research papers using the statistical data collected as part of the 2009 Cross-National Survey of Parents in South East Europe (SEE) countries. Proposals are invited primarily from graduate students and early career researchers.

Application deadline: February 20th 2010.