Scholarships and Financial Aid : SIT Asia Fund

SIT Study Abroad offers a merit-based award to undergraduate students with a background and demonstrated interest in Asian Studies. The SIT Asia Fund will contribute a portion of the cost for North and Southeast Asia programs, based on student need.
SIT has received funding from the Freeman Foundation for the purpose of educating undergraduates about […]

October 23rd, 2005

Bigger education budget ‘not feasible’

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Lawmakers have turned a cold shoulder to the Constitutional Court’s ruling that obliges the government to increase the education budget, citing financial constraints as their rationale.
Emir Moeis, who heads the House of Representative’s state budgetary committee, said the issue had to be viewed pragmatically as the funds simply were not there.
“We still […]

October 23rd, 2005

20% budget allocation for schools? ‘Not likely’

While welcoming the Constitutional Court’s ruling that obliges the government to increase the education budget, education observers raised doubts that the ruling would take effect in 2006, while the chief economics minister hinted at the likelihood of an even more bloated budget deficit if the ruling were implemented.
The Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday in its […]

October 22nd, 2005

OAK HUMAN RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP SEARCH FOR 2006

OAK HUMAN RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP SEARCH FOR 2006: HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. For the fall of 2006, the Oak Institute seeks a human rights practitioner working on environmental issues that affect the rights of individuals and communities. Possible areas of expertise include, but are not limited to: exposing or mobilizing against environmental dangers to human […]

October 22nd, 2005

Scholarships for Master of Science (MSc) degrees in Gender and Development Studies

The Gender & Development Studies (GDS) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) invites applications for scholarships for Master of Science (MSc) degrees in Gender and Development Studies with specialization in ‘Gender, Environment and Development.’
Eligible applicants should have an educational background in the social sciences or human geography or any of the natural science disciplines […]

October 22nd, 2005

Study the culture of the country you plan to visit

Learn as much as you can about your adopted country before you leave the country. ‘You will be less likely to embarrass yourself or offend somebody else by doing something that’s not appropriate,’ says Colleen Graf, an administrative assistant at Willamette University’s Off-Campus Studies Department.
Take classes that will enrich your understanding of your experience […]

October 22nd, 2005

How to get the Cheapest Student Airfares

Buy a Regular Fare
Regular fares are available to all of our customers, regardless of age or status. When our student fares are not available on a particular flight, regular fares are a great alternative.
Fly Midweek
Airlines often add a weekend surcharge of $25-40 (each way) for flights on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Try Several Dates
If your schedule […]

October 22nd, 2005

Alcoa Foundation’s Conservation and Sustainability Fellowship Program

Alcoa Foundation’s Conservation and Sustainability Fellowship Program is a unique, international fellowship program created to advance the knowledge and support for exemplary work in the field of conservation and sustainability through fellowships to outstanding academics and practitioners from non-governmental organizations (NGO). By bringing together the academic, NGO and business communities, Alcoa Foundation’s program will be […]

October 22nd, 2005

SECOND SEASON OF REALITY SHOW BLOG AIMS TO PROMOTE STUDY ABROAD

Four college students have landed their own interactive educational reality show called BlogAbroad.com.
As they study abroad in Egypt, New Zealand, New York and on a voyage to 10 South American, Asian and African countries during their Fall semesters, they will have a potential audience of hundreds of thousands of reality show fans tracking their experiences. […]

October 22nd, 2005

The Fujitsu Asia Pacific Scholarship Program

Study for your MBA or graduate diploma in Hawaii on a full-tuition scholarship.
Fujitsu, a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace, established the Fujitsu Asia Pacific Scholarship Program in1985. Fujitsu is committed to helping promote development of both technology and human resources at the global level. […]

October 21st, 2005

Application for Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) 2006-2007 is now open

Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) has been implemented in the Republic of Indonesia with the assistance of the Government of Japan since Japanese fiscal year 2002.
The objective of the JDS is to provide Indonesian citizens with the opportunity to study in Japan at Master level, for systematic and planned human resource […]

October 21st, 2005

“Dharmasiswa” Scholarship Program, Academic Year 2005-2006

Introduction
The Government of the Republic of Indonesia through the
Department of National Education is offering "Darmasiswa"
scholarships to foreign nationals from countries which
Indonesia has friendly relations, including Canada, to study
Indonesian languages arts, music and crafts in universities and
[…]

October 21st, 2005