Grantham University, specializing in educating working adults, today announced it is offering Military Severely Injured Scholarships in 2006 to U.S. service members from any branch of the United States Military. In order to qualify, scholarship applicants must have received a 60 percent or higher disability rating from the Veterans Administration as a result of being [...]

While looking for ways to pay for college, Hulbert High School senior Sydney Dunning has found the Real Thing — a scholarship from Coca-Cola that could pay up to $20,000.
Dunning is one of 200 students from across the United States competing for one of 50 $20,000 scholarships through the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.
As a regional finalist, [...]

The Saline County Single Parent Scholarship Fund will be accepting applications from now until June 30, 2006.
The scholarship fund is sponsored by Central Arkansas Development Council, a United Way agency. The fund reportedly has awarded 278 scholarships totaling more than $140,000 since 1990.
Each scholarship recipient is provided with counseling, information, referrals in the program, and [...]

HAGATNA, Guam-Pacific Islanders in Communications, the non-profit organization seeking to raise the profile of Pacific Islanders in national broadcast programming, will be awarding scholarships of up to $5,000 to students pursuing college degrees in media and/or communications.
Applicants must be pursuing certificates or degrees in media and/or communications from accredited two-or four-year schools, colleges, or universities, [...]

The U.S. Department of the Interior is encouraging top high school student leaders, grades 10-11, to apply for one of three full scholarships being offered by Department of the Interior to attend a Junior Statesmen Summer School session in the States.
The scholarships cover all tuition costs and round trip transportation to the Summer School of [...]

The federal Education Department has agreed to review requests from 20 states to alter significantly the way they measure student progress under the No Child Left Behind Act. The move comes as the number of schools across the country deemed substandard under that law grows by the thousands.
The requests, which Education Secretary Margaret Spellings invited [...]

The Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America has announced a new division of the popular QubicaAMF International Family Tournament.
The inaugural North Pointe Insurance $100,000 High School Open Singles Championship will run concurrently with the QubicaAMF IFT at Cedarvale Lanes in Eagan, Minn., July 20 – 22, 2006.
Both tournaments will offer a combined total of $170,000 in [...]

Mary Umbarger carried her autoharp onto the stage at Broad Street United Methodist Church like it was her baby.
Cradling the stringed instrument in her arms, she began softly picking the strings as she recited a poem about the places that music can take a person to an audience of about 50 people.
“Music just kind of [...]

Aim to Expand the Use of Java Technology and Provide Tools to Enable Students and Teachers to Broaden Their Knowledge of Computer Technology
Sun Microsystems, Inc. the creator and leading advocate of Java (TM) technology, today announced that the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), in collaboration with the Java Italian Association (JIA), have [...]

The dominance of English as the world’s top language — until recently an advantage to both Britain and the United States — is now beginning to undermine the competitiveness of both nations, according to a major research report.
The report commissioned by the British Council says monolingual English graduates “face a bleak economic future” as multilingual [...]