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Articles, interviews and features covering various educational options and people’s experiences in universities, higher education, and training programs in Russia and abroad

Which Way for your MBA?
The Pros—and Cons—of Russian and Western Business Schools

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
– Chinese Proverb

Interviewed by Elizaveta Levina (www.jobr.ru)
English language editing by Urgent Edits Limited. www.urgentedits.com (October 2006)

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Distance Learning:
Benefits, Drawbacks and the Questions You Need to Ask

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
– Mahatma Gandhi

By Elizaveta K. Levina
English language editing by Urgent Edits Limited. www.urgentedits.com (June 2006)

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One Lawyer’s Comparison of Education and Employment in Germany and Russia

LAWYER, n. Someone who prepares a 10,000-word document and calls it a brief.
– Lawyer joke

Interviewed by Elizaveta K. Levina (December 2005)

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MBA verses PhD:
The Relevance of Higher Degrees in Today’s Business Climate

Dmitry Gvozdev is General Deputy Director of RuCom, a marketing and communications agency. While pursuing a higher degree from the Lomonosov School of Philosophy in political science, he changed course to earn an MBA from the Russian Federation’s International Business Academy of the National Economy, specializing in political management. He discusses his reasons for making this decision and the relevance of particular degrees to business success in Moscow.

Interviewed by Marina Efremova (October 2005)

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Russians Teaching English
Unique Success at Denis’ School

Irene Gomzyakova is the head of the account department for Denis’ School, an international foreign language school. In contrast to most modern language classes, which rely on Western programs, the teaching system at Denis’ School is based on techniques developed by Russian scholars. Denis’ School has offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Omsk, Samara, Kiev, and 15 additional cities

Interviewed by Julia Idlis (October 2005)

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