It was announced on the 26 April 2006 that Australia will double the number of educational scholarships it offers in the Asia-Pacific region. The new program, will be called Australian Scholarships, and will provide nearly $1.4 billion in funding over five years for more than 19,000 scholarships. (Note tables below) The program was announced as [...]
Salem High School Alumni Association Scholarship Chairwoman Connie Christofaris Cranmer (Class of 1965) would like to encourage qualified graduates of Salem High School entering their second, third or fourth year of a four-year college curriculum to apply for the J. Robert Sebo College Scholarship.
Applicants may pick up a copy of the application at the Salem [...]
The New York State Lottery says that some city schools are not going after the student scholarship money they’re entitled to receive from lottery proceeds.
A lottery spokesperson said about 10 percent of city schools failed to apply for the $4,000 scholarships which go to one senior in each school.
Some city schools say they never received [...]
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Nearly two of every three undergraduate students are going into debt to go to college, owing an average of more than $19,000, most often to the government.
Among a dozen states sampled, New York students averaged the largest loans, while those in Oregon and Minnesota were most likely to have borrowed.
About 65 percent of students who [...]
The Islamic Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Isesco) will grant scholarships and train Filipino Muslims for Arabic language teaching.
Mohamed Chtatou, representative from the Morocco-based Isesco who arrived here Sunday with another Isesco officer, Mohamed Aurarhi, formally asked the Mindanao Women’s League and Establishment Inc. to look for qualified male and female Arabic teachers to be [...]
For all those text-messaging teens with video-streaming personal Web pages, Missouri’s education department is trying to keep pace.
A state-managed virtual public school is coming to a cyberspace near you — pending the governor’s approval.
The Missouri House on Tuesday approved a bill that would direct the state to start offering online courses in July 2007. The [...]
It’s a federal lawsuit that affects every college student who applies for federal financial aid. In March, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education saying a rule that denies students convicted of a drug crime from getting financial aid is unconstitutional. In addition to the ACLU, a Northern State [...]
Just what constitutes an online learning experience? Thats the question facing the Michigan Department of Education, after state legislators approved a measure requiring every Michigan high school student to have some online schooling prior to graduation.
The requirement stipulating an online experience, which was adopted March 30, along with more rigorous curricular standards across the board, [...]
Lee University is set to launch its first online degree-completion program. The program will begin in August of 2006 and will offer students the opportunity to complete the requirements for a bachelor’s degree in Christian Leadership entirely through the internet.
The program will last between 15 and 27 months, as classes will be offered in an [...]