He was colonel in Indian Army that served on East Africa front in First World War and in Afghan war of 1919. In 1921, Chopra was appointed as first professor of Pharmacology at newly established Calcutta School Of Tropical Medicine while simultaneously heading department of Pharmacology at Calcutta Medical College. During his tenure at these institutes he nurtured a pool of talented pharmacolog...

OBJECTIVE: To examine how knowledge about the Texas top 10% law influences college enrollment decisions of high achieving students minority and nonminority students. DATA AND METHODS: Using a representative survey of graduates from Texas public high schools in 2002, we compare self-reported and transcript-verified class rank and estimate probit models to assess the likelihood that top-ranked m...

RETHINKING INTELLIGENCE 2 2 When describing a simple yet effective method for colleges to ensure student success, Kuh, Kinzie, Schuh, and Whitt (2005) suggest that " the surest way to increase the number of 'successful' students…is to admit only well-prepared, academically talented students " (pp. 7-8). The problem with such an approach, they admit, is that limiting admission to only the best a...

We analyze some characteristics of the higher education system in Argentina regarding equity and efficiency. Individuals attending the university belong to the top deciles of the income distribution and to relatively highly educated families. Almost 90% of the students in tuition-free public universities have higher than median per capita family income and almost 50% attended tuition-financed p...

The development of emotional intelligence is formed as a result various aspects and one them through social interaction among the family. This study aims to see trend or parenting style that can influence attitudes emotions clever students. focus this identify problems students, well styles affect was carried out following hypothesis there no correlation between students style, attitude with st...