Capella University, an accredited online university that has helped pioneer online education, is one of a select number of higher education institutions participating in a new initiative from the U.S. Army called GoArmyEd. This new tool provides a one-stop resource for active duty Army officers, enlisted soldiers, active Army National Guard, reserve, and mobilized reserve [...]

Stanford University will offer the first online high school for gifted students.
The high school, developed by Stanford’s Education Program for Gifted Youth, will begin accepting students this spring for classes in the fall. It’s a three-year, fully accredited high school that will grant diplomas.
Officials with Stanford’s gifted program expect the school will draw students from [...]

Moving forward in its efforts to enhance educational opportunities and advance technology in higher education, the University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) will design a model for delivering online courses to China via streaming audio and video, discussions, blogs, wikis and other creative educational techniques.
UMC was recently awarded a $10,000 Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) grant to [...]

Ukraine’s Education and Science Ministry and the World Bank’s representative office in Ukraine have launched a joint project to provide equal access to quality education in Ukraine.
The project aims to support efforts by the Ukrainian government to give citizens equal access to general secondary education and [...]

This Foundation was established by Mrs. Helen Horvat in loving memory of her late husband, Dr. Arthur J. Horvat, a physician who practiced general medicine and surgery in Duryea for 45 years. Mrs. Horvat also devoted her time to the practice as a registered nurse. The Horvat family has long shared a deep sense of [...]

The PacifiCare Foundation is offering 75 scholarships of $2,000 each for Spanish-speaking, bicultural high school students who want to pursue careers in the health care industry.
The two most qualified applicants will receive the $25,000 Freedom Award.
The scholarships are given on behalf of the UnitedHealthcare Latino Health Scholars program.
High school seniors with a minimum grade point [...]

The administration of Gov. Adolph Edward Plaza offers nursing and medicine scholarships to poor but deserving students in the province. The idea was hatched to address the migration of medical practitioners in the province to other countries in search for better opportunities abroad and to realize President Arroyo’s flagship program on job generation.
SP Santiago Cane, [...]

The International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) has three to five vacant student scholarships for master’s degree students who have completed their coursework and are in the process of writing theses. Scholarships will be granted for a period of six to twelve months, commencing in July 2006.
For successful applicants, PRIO offers a monthly stipend of [...]

In a town strapped for nurses and other health care professionals, Porterville students are being encouraged to apply for scholarships aimed at developing more.
UnitedHealthcare Latino Health Scholars program is offering 75 $2,000 scholarships and two $25,000 Freedom Awards, funded by the PacifiCare Foundation, as a means to encourage Hispanic and Latino students to pursue career [...]

The Siemens Foundation today announced the first winners of a major scholarship initiative aimed at encouraging minority students to pursue teaching careers in science and math. The announcement comes just two months after President Bush established math and science education as a national priority in his State of the Union address.
Thirty-nine students will receive scholarships [...]