College foresees big careers in small devices (The New River Valley Current)

College foresees big careers in small devices (The New River Valley Current)
Virginia Western Community College will offer a program in handheld-device programming. Computer programmers who want to make it big should think small. Diane Wolff, an associate professor of information systems technology at Virginia Western Community College, plans to make that argument in schools around the region this fall while recruiting for new classes on programming cellphones, …

China’s cadres abusing ideology schools to push careers: report (TODAYonline)

China’s cadres abusing ideology schools to push careers: report (TODAYonline)
File photo shows cadres attending a class at the Central Communist Party School in Beijing. China’s Communist Party schools, formed decades ago to instil socialist ideas in top cadres, have become unseemly networking hubs for promotion-minded officials, state media said Monday.

China’s cadres abusing ideology schools to push careers (AFP via Yahoo! News)

China’s cadres abusing ideology schools to push careers (AFP via Yahoo! News)
China’s Communist Party schools, formed decades ago to instil socialist ideas in top cadres, have become unseemly networking hubs for promotion-minded officials, state media said Monday.