Jeffrey Elder and Anthony Fraley became automotive detectives Tuesday.
The Michigan 18-year-olds had to figure out which deliberately placed malfunctions lurked in a shiny new 2006 Ford Mustang.
Elder, who lives in Ft. Gratiot, leaned over the fender of the cobalt blue Mustang convertible and carefully examined the car’s computer. His teammate, Fraley, of Yale checked the […]
The Faculty of Arts at the University of Helsinki is popular among exchange students.
University students eager to study abroad According to new statistics by the Centre for International Mobility CIMO, nearly 8,500 Finnish students went abroad last year for student exchange or practical training.
The number increased by a couple of hundred since 2004. The overall […]
PRESIDENT Mwai Kibaki has challenged local universities to expand their admission capacities to enable the Government save Sh 20 billion the country loses annually on university study abroad.
Kibaki asked the universities to diversify programmes and expand admission through open and distant learning. He was speaking at the launch of the Kenya Methodist University’s (KEMU) charter […]
College students and recent graduates with outstanding student loans have until Saturday to consolidate those debts before interest rates rise.
U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Niles, D-17th, was at Youngstown State University on Monday urging that those eligible to refinance their debt do so immediately.
Loans have been at variable rates that are reset every July, but […]
JOHOR has agreed to accept financial aid from the Federal Government to develop public religious schools, said Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman.
He added that although the state had been providing fund to such schools over the years, the additional funds from the Federal Govern- ment was much needed.
Speaking to some 2,000 […]
In the last legislative session, lawmakers tried to bolster the state’s lagging student financial aid options with several bills, including one that pegged scholarships to a commitment to live in Idaho after graduation.
Another offered financial aid to students who reject alcohol and drugs. The only thing the proposals had in common: none passed.
Next year, the […]
Interactive recruiting firm TargetX today launched the first online planning tool to help colleges keep up with the dizzying array of communications and events necessary to recruit today’s students.
eXpressPlan is the first web-based planner designed exclusively for college admissions officers, said TargetX CEO Brian Wm. Niles. “It enables schools to schedule, track and manage all […]
Capella University, an accredited online university that is a leader in online education, announced today that it has launched a new podcast series titled “Inside Online Education.” These regular podcasts will feature interviews with Capella students, faculty and staff who will share the experience of online education from a first-person point of view. The first […]
Midnight Friday is your deadline if you’re one of the millions of people with a student loan.
The latest government reports show the amount of student loan debt has sky rocketed to more than $50 billion. Now, students, parents and graduates have just a few days to save money.
Getting accepted to the college of your choice […]
The state Senate approved a $30 million emergency loan Monday to keep the financially strapped Compton Community College District afloat.
Sen. Jack Scott, D-Pasadena, said the district would not be able to pay its employees after the end of this month without the state’s help.
“I’m not merely crying wolf,” he said.
The district has had financial problems […]
John Gonzales has been hired by the University of Hawaii Sea Grant Program to fill a vacant American Samoa extension agent position at the American Samoa Community College.
Gonzales recently received a master’s degree from Purdue University where he studied the suitability of Nile tilapia as a possible source of nutrition for astronauts on long space […]
College students have until Friday, June 30, to consolidate their education loans and lock in their variable-rate borrowings at a fixed rate, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, said Monday.
With the financial aid office at Youngstown State University as a backdrop, Ryan, D-17, urged reporters to get the word out to college students that if they fail […]