Desired Things

Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. 

As far as possible, be on good terms with all persons. 

Speak your truth quietly and clearly and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. 

Avoid loud and aggressive persons for they are vexations to the spirit. 

Do not compare yourself with others for you will become vain or bitter, for always there will be lesser and greater persons than yourself. 

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans, keep interested in your own career however humble, it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. 

Exercise caution in your business affairs for the world is full of trickery, but do not let this blind you to what virtue there is. 

Many people strive for high ideals and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. 

Neither be cynical about love for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is perennial as the grass. 

Take kindly the council of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. 

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune but do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness, be gentle with yourself. 

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars, you have a right to be here and no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore, be at peace with god, whatever you conceive him to be and whatever your aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul. 

For all its sham drugery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. 

Be careful, strive to be happy.

Desiderata (Latin: "desired things") is a 1927 prose poem by American writer Max Ehrmann (1872–1945). Largely unknown in the author's lifetime, the text became widely known after its use in a devotional, after subsequently being found at Adlai Stevenson's deathbed in 1965, and after spoken-word recordings in 1971 and 1972.


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Enrollment Growth Projected to (Continue to) Slow Through 2021

Enrollment Growth Projected to (Continue to) Slow Through 2021

January 10, 2013 - 3:00am

Postsecondary enrollments will grow by 15 percent between 2010 and 2021, far less than the 46 percent increase that occurred between 1996 and 2010, the U.S. Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics said in an annual report released Wednesday. The report, "Projections of Education Statistics Through 2021," provides a slew of data that anticipate how key K-12 and higher education indicators (enrollments, degrees conferred, etc.) will change over the next decade. By comparison, last year's report projected a 13 percent increase in college enrollments between 2009 and 2020; whether the uptick is a sign that the "completion agenda" is having an effect will be a subject for debate.

This year's report also projects a 21 percent increase in the number of associate degrees awarded by 2021-22, a 21 percent increase in the number of bachelor's degrees, a 34 percent rise in the number of master's degrees, and a 24 percent upturn in the number of doctoral degrees. In all cases those numbers are roughly half the number awarded in the 1996-97 to 2009-2010 period.

Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/01/10/enrollment-growth-projected-continue-slow-through-2021#ixzz2HgTg93K9
Inside Higher Ed 

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