Two Brunei students have both been awarded a month-long scholarship to study at a French university beginning early July 2007. The two French language students of Universiti Brunei Darussalam are Dyg Haziyah bte Hj Awang and Awg Mohammad Salehin bin Hj Basir. The French Embassy and Mr Samuel Gandin – the French lecturer at UBD […]
Maria College has received a $7,500 grant from the New York State Higher Education Services Corp. to implement an online course to teach students about their finances.
The course is designed to educate students at the Albany, N.Y., college, and others, about student loans and repayment practices, as well as to equip them with practical financial […]
Talladega College has received a $90,000 grant to restore the historic campus.
Four buildings will be restored, all on the national historic register of historic places.
Plans are also in the works to restore other structures on the 140-year-old campus.
Talladega College was among 15 other colleges and universities to receive the grant from the Getty Foundation.
Highlighting a statewide nursing shortage that some say decreases the quality of care at hospitals and other facilities, Villa Julie College could receive up to $750,000 for upgrading its distance learning program for nurses.
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski said last week the funds were included in a Senate spending bill, along with $2.5 million for the […]
After a decade of success in the work-family arena, the Sloan Work and Family Research Network at Boston College received an additional $1.4 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Created in 1997, the Network is the leading web destination for free credible, current information on work-family issues. The Network is a highly valued […]
A bill before Congress would cut billions in federal subsidies for the student loan industry and increase the amount of money available for needy students – with funding coming from the pockets of lenders. The industry is under assault after reports of unethical financial relationships between universities and private lenders.
Loan industry defenders say the […]
Some red tape has been cut. Come July 1 and there’s good news for those wishing to go abroad for education or employment. They don’t have to come all the way to New Delhi to get their academic certificates “authenticated” by babus at the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry. They can go to their respective […]
The Alberta government is using some of its energy revenue windfall to add $227 million to the province’s largest scholarship fund.
Premier Ed Stelmach has announced a 35% increase to the Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund, bringing its total value to $851 million.
The program provides annual scholarships to high school students as well as undergraduate and graduate […]
Three college-bound students, one from each of the counties of Waldo, Knox, and Lincoln, have received scholarship awards from the Midcoast Maine Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW).
In addition to managing her small family farm near Belfast, Skye Lawrence commuted to school on Islesboro each day as part of a magnet […]
The Pinckneyville Community High School board of education heard from parents at their Monday meeting who questioned objectivity in the awarding of a scholarship provided by the Southern Illinois Coaches Association and the Egyptian Officials Association.
Wade Graskewicz and Casey Hawkins told the board that awarding the scholarship during the past school year to Bryant Hale, […]
‘Education New Zealand is delighted with the success of the New Zealand International Doctoral Research Scholarships (NZIDRS) scheme, which has become an integral part of the way New Zealand positions itself globally as an educator of choice’ says Robert Stevens, Chief Executive of Education New Zealand. ‘The variety of recipients both geographically and by study […]
Twenty-five students from rural Arizona were recently awarded the Rose Mofford Scholarship. The Governor Rose Mofford Scholarship Fund was established in 1997 to help students of high ability in rural Arizona start their college careers as well as memorialize the name and reputation of one of Arizona’s most prominent citizens. The fund was established at […]