Ctrip.com, one of the largest online travel service providers in China, has announced the Sunshine Scholarship Fund in seven cities across China to finance poor college students.
The seven cities where Ctrip.com is going to establish the fund include Qingdao, Shenyang, Wuhan, Chengdu, Xiamen, Hanghzou and Nanjing.

International students in China exceeded 140,000 in 2005 and increased by 32% compared to the number in 1998, according to the press conference held by the Ministry of Education on Monday.
The reasons are that China is more and more influential internationally and the quality of Chinese higher education is improving.
During the last 10 years, the [...]

The Chinese government is to fund more scholars to study abroad to help meet the demand for skills in its social and economic development, the Ministry of Education said in Beijng Monday.
Cao Guoxing, director-general with the Ministry’s International Cooperation and Exchanges Department, said the central budget allocated 2.2 billion yuan (275 million U.S. dollars) to [...]

Ever since the Honors College was formed in July of 2005 it has been bringing the students of ETSU the chance to expand their college experience by offering research, creative education and international learning opportunities.
Rebecca Pyles, dean of the Honors College, believes that the composition of the College is “relatively unique.”
“Half of the college is [...]

Next year, at least 21 ASU students will be studying abroad on prestigious national scholarships, increasing the outreach and impact of the university. Ten students have won Fulbright Scholarships, and 11 undergraduates have won National Security Education Program (NSEP) awards to study overseas.
ASU ranks among the top public universities in the country for both awards, [...]

Fort Hays State University’s College of Business and Leadership recently held its annual ceremony to award scholarships for the 2006-2007 academic year. Over 200 scholarship donors, students, parents and faculty attended the event where the college awarded 87 scholarships totaling $62,400.
“I’m thrilled by the continued generosity of our College of Business and Leadership donors who [...]

The Saudi Ministry of Higher Education announced that it has rescheduled the date for accepting scholarship applications for the second time, Arab News reported.
The deputy minister of cultural relations in the Ministry of Higher Education clarified that the exact date of starting applications will be presented on the ministry’s website, www.mohe.gov.sa, next week when the [...]

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., rewarded 100 high school seniors with $1.12 million in college scholarships for their commitment to education and community service at an awards banquet on May 12.
The winners, who make up the 10th class of Toyota Community Scholars, were chosen from a pool of nearly 9,000 students nationwide nominated by their [...]

More than 11,000 high school students from around the world study abroad each year with AFS Intercultural Programs.
To help local students find out more about going abroad with AFS, local volunteers are holding four information nights, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., on Tuesday at Eureka High School, Room 120; Thursday at the McKinleyville High School [...]

Moving forward in its efforts to enhance educational opportunities and advance technology in higher education, the University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) will design a model for delivering online courses to China via streaming audio and video, discussions, blogs, wikis and other creative educational techniques.
UMC was recently awarded a $10,000 Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) grant to [...]