China Education Alliance, Inc. (OTCBB:CEDA - News; “CEDA”), one of the leading e-learning enterprises engaged in the online education business in China, today announced they have hired professor Liansheng Zhang as a consultant to Harbin Zhonghelida Education & Technology Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of China Education Alliance, Inc., and Hongmei Wang as principal [...]
If our experience at Harvard is any guide, nothing can replace the experience of attending college in person. But not everyone has that option, as some students are constrained by barriers, especially financial ones, that would make the cost of attending college prohibitive. That is why we welcome Congress’ recent decision to open federal financial [...]
Author, lecturer and business guru Brian Tracy has joined with Andrew Jackson University to provide online courses and degree programs that emphasize entrepreneurial principles. In a joint statement, Tracy and university chief executive Joseph Schmoke announced the launch of the Brian Tracy College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Andrew Jackson University. The college’s mission is [...]
The Education Department bent the rules to award grants worth millions of dollars to hand-picked applicants in 2001 and 2002, congressional investigators have found. The moves were not characterized as illegal and no corrective action was required.
In a review released by a top House Democrat, the Government Accountability Office detailed three cases in which the [...]
The ISU Foreign Language Department and the Study Abroad program have new reasons to cheer - 114-million reasons, thanks to President Bush and Congress. Elyse Peterson explains.
Julie Small got more than she bargained for when she studied abroad in Morocco.
“I feel more for the people that actually come to America and they look like they [...]
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 [...]
A new bachelor’s degree program in early childhood education at the University of Hawai’i-West O’ahu could greatly expand the pool of potential employees for Head Start and preschool programs across the state. It will also mean a higher quality of education for Hawai’i’s keiki, early childhood education advocates say.
“Research shows that a professional with a [...]
Programs like the Peace Corps are immersing students in fieldwork to help the environment.
In an attempt to address global environmental concerns, some University students are going above and beyond just having solar-paneled roofs.
During college and after, many students participate in learning abroad programs and even join the Peace Corps with an encompassing goal of [...]
The American College of Surgeons offers International Guest Scholarships to competent young surgeons from countries other than the United States or Canada who have demonstrated strong interests in teaching and research. The scholarships, in the amount of $8,000 each, provide the Scholars with an opportunity to visit clinical, teaching, and research activities in North America [...]
BY STEVE IVEY
Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON - Giving more American college students an international education is key to addressing the United States’ increasing security and diplomacy challenges in the Middle East and economic challenges from China and India, according to a report to be released Monday.
The Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Program, first proposed by [...]