To mark the tenth anniversary of the Bermuda Foundation For Insurance Studies (BFIS) a new scholarship has been named after founder Brian Hall.
“We have done what we set out to do – there was a need to build a strong Bermudian workforce in the insurance industry,” Mr. Hall said last week.
“The early BFIS scholarship graduates […]
Applications are now open for an exciting new environmental scholarship scheme that offers senior secondary school and undergraduate tertiary students the chance to work in their chosen areas of study during the summer holidays.
Known as BAYERBoost, the scholarship scheme is the result of a partnership between Bayer New Zealand Ltd and the Royal Society of […]
William Cook has been awarded the Cal Aggie Alumni Association Scholarship to attend UC Davis for Fall 2006. He plans to major in Environmental and Resource Science. William will graduate from Yreka High School in June. He is the son of Jim and Ann Cook from Montague.
The Cal Aggie Alumni Scholarship is one of the […]
Get your higher education online at the University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC), the only campus in the University of Minnesota system delivering undergraduate degrees via the Web.
Students can get an exceptional, affordable, name-brand education more conveniently than ever thanks to a recent recommendation allowing UMC to offer any traditionally provided degree program online. Currently UMC […]
Got a pile of student loans to pay off?
Borrowers with the common Stafford and Plus student loans are likely to see their interest rates jump by about 2 percentage points at the end of May, adding thousands to the cost of repaying a typical loan.
So put July 1 on your calendar. That’s the deadline for […]
College roommates Celeste Steenburgh and Jessica Dreier have different majors but a common concern, mounting student loans.
“I’m already looking for that job that’s going to pay me enough money to be able to pay my bills and pay for my loans,” Steenburgh said.
“I’m very worried about paying it off,” Dreier said.
The average debt for […]
A year ago, hundreds of thousands of students rushed to take advantage of a loophole allowing them to consolidate their student loans before they graduated and lock in the lowest interest rates in the history of the Federal Family Education Loan Program.
Now the loophole is closing, and while rates have moved higher, students and parents […]
International students in China exceeded 140,000 in 2005 and increased by 32% compared to the number in 1998, according to the press conference held by the Ministry of Education on Monday.
The reasons are that China is more and more influential internationally and the quality of Chinese higher education is improving.
During the last 10 years, the […]
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) grants 93 scholarships for Kazakhstan students, candidates for master’s degree, postgraduates and scientists for 2006/2007academic year, representatives of German Embassy told today in Almaty. The certificate-giving ceremony has taken place in Kazakh-German University.
DAAD unites all the German higher institutions and supports international academic exchange on the account of public funds […]
In a move designed to help its approved mortgage brokers enhance their professional skills and build their businesses, Argent Mortgage Company is launching a new online education program that is convenient, affordable and flexible enough to meet the needs of a busy broker.
Argent University, powered by CampusMBA, the educational arm of the Mortgage Bankers Association, […]
As one of the nation’s leading FFELP student loan consolidators, American Education Services (AES) encourages students, parents and graduates with either federal Stafford or PLUS loans to consider loan consolidation now, before interest rates increase on July 1, 2006.
The federal Stafford student loan interest rate will be increasing by almost two percent, costing borrowers thousands […]
Student loan interest rates will climb 1.84 percentage points this summer — one of the largest increases in the history of the federally guaranteed student loan program. Students, graduates and parents who have student loans can avoid the rate hike if they apply to consolidate their student loans by June 30.
“Student loan consolidation is the […]