India's trip creates push for collaboration.Upon returning from her trip to India, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings said the Asian country Noun 1. Asian country - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent Asian nation country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" has fire that America lacks. "There is absolutely a hunger in their system and a strong and high degree of value for education and, in particular ... in math and science," she stated in a recent teleconference. "[There's a] kind of lack of fire in the belly belly /bel·ly/ (bel´e) 1. abdomen. 2. venter (1). bel·ly n. 1. See abdomen. 2. The stomach. 3. The womb; the uterus. here that you see very strongly over there," Spellings added. She proposed in part that there be a collaborative effort whereby a delegation of presidents of U.S. land grant institutions meet with Indian government officials, in education, in agriculture or in higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. . The U.S. institutions were founded around the idea that through extension services, water and food would be available for everyone. And India's needs are so acute in agriculture. "I think they think this is an enviable en·vi·a·ble adj. So desirable as to arouse envy: "the enviable English quality of being able to be mute without unrest" Henry James. model and maybe a first place to go to engender en·gen·der v. en·gen·dered, en·gen·der·ing, en·gen·ders v.tr. 1. To bring into existence; give rise to: "Every cloud engenders not a storm" a higher ed institutional partnership between us and them that would be a winner on both sides," she stated. |
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