Some lending companies with access to a national database that contains confidential information on 60 million student borrowers have repeatedly searched it in ways that violate federal rules, raising alarms about data mining and abuse of privacy, government and university officials said.
The improper searching has grown so pervasive that officials said the Education Department is [...]
CARSON CITY-The deadline to apply for an Artist Fellowship from the Nevada Arts Council is Friday, April 6.
Each year the Nevada Arts Council, through the Artist Fellowship program, encourages the pursuit of artistic excellence and provides financial support to Nevada artists of merit. Nine fellowships of $5,000 each are awarded annually with three each in [...]
LearningPoint, a provider of e-learning technology solutions, announced today that it has received a $175,000 Transformation Fellowship from Idea Foundry. The Fellowship consists of $100,000 in cash and $75,000 worth of consulting support. The award will be used to accelerate the launch of the company’s new rapid e-learning development solution called CollaborateTM.
Collaborate puts the [...]
USBA (Uniformed Services Benefit Association), today, sent out its call for applications for its annual William A. Dietrich Memorial Scholarship Fund. The scholarship awards a non-renewable $2,000 grant to selected individuals who are children of USBA’s members. Applications must be received at USBA headquarters no later than March 31, 2007.
“Chief among the eligibility rules is [...]
1) The Commonwealth Good Citizen Scholarship is for students who are full-time and show extraordinary commitment to community service and volunteer activities. The application can be downloaded at www.aicup.org. The deadline is April 23, 2007.
2) McClean Scholarship for Nursing and Physican Assistant Majors is for students who are majoring in nursing, are full-time and are [...]
Applicants can be from any country, but must be liable to pay the full international tuition fee.
Applicants must hold an offer for a Taught Postgraduate programme at the University of Bristol.
Applicants must have firmly accepted the offer made by the University of Bristol before submitting an application.
Conditional offer holders may apply for the scholarship but [...]
The publicity for the Discovery Channel documentary “The Lost Tomb of Jesus†has a disturbingly familiar ring. Over the past five years, we have been hearing this kind of thing on a schedule that is almost as regular as the network sweeps and the new fall programs.
First came the James Ossuary; then The DaVinci Code, [...]
For years, as college costs have climbed to back-breaking levels, more families have begun socking money in tax-advantaged 529 savings plans. Now, as these 529 plans mark their 10th anniversary this year, they are fast becoming the principal way for parents and grandparents to save for college.
Why? Costs associated with the plans have dropped. Investment [...]
BANGKOK: Like many young Thais, Issariya Virajsilp knew she had to leave Thailand if she wanted to learn fashion. To study locally meant becoming essentially a dressmaker, or even worse, a kind of photocopier, reproducing someone else’s commercial ideas.
Unlike most of her friends, she could take flight, and in 2000 she headed to the Parsons [...]
Melissa Golden and Kathryn Adams of Toledo, and Rebecca Bostwick-Terry and Kindra Freedom of Newport, spent January studying abroad through a special study program at Linfield College.
Golden, a senior majoring in history, is the daughter of James and Candace Golden of Toledo. She participates in German Club and Wildcat Productions, the Linfield television station. She [...]