Dennis Kuester, the chairman and chief executive officer of Marshall & Isley Corp., and his wife, Sandy, have contributed $1.5 million to establish a new scholarship fund for central city students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
UWM said Monday that six to eight scholarships will be awarded annually to assist African-American students from high-poverty areas [...]

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, [...]

Around this time of the year, anxious high school students find out whether they’ve been accepted by the college of their choice. For their parents, there’s the added anxiety of how to pay for that college education.
If you’ve got college loans, the magic date is July 1 — when the interest rates are set to [...]

Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) are currently seeking applicants for the NISSAN-UNCF “SHIFT_” knowledge Scholarship Program.
The NISSAN-UNCF “SHIFT”_knowledge Scholarship Program was created in 2004 to recognize the academic achievement and leadership qualities of students, and to honor the rich legacy of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
The program [...]

Ten Clarion University students are the recipients of the Clarion University Alumni Association Scholarships and Leadership Awards.
The Alumni Association makes available several Alumni Association Scholarships, plus eight Leadership Awards. At least two of the Leadership Awards are reserved for children of Clarion University alumni. Special consideration is given to participants in the University’s Eagle Ambassadors [...]

The British University in Dubai, one of the region’s foremost research-based institutions, has unveiled a diverse range of scholarships for students beginning Masters programmes in September 2006 aiming to encourage qualified graduates to consider pursuing higher education and extend access as widely as possible.
As part of its mandate, the University is actively looking to push [...]

Soon the new MBA students at RSM Erasmus University in Rotterdam would be hunched over textbooks for their finance and marketing courses, but first it was time to pound on a goatskin stretched across a hollow piece of wood. That’s part of the orientation for RSM’s 96 incoming international MBA students, most from outside the [...]

Soon the new MBA students at RSM Erasmus University in Rotterdam would be hunched over textbooks for their finance and marketing courses, but first it was time to pound on a goatskin stretched across a hollow piece of wood. That’s part of the orientation for RSM’s 96 incoming international MBA students, most from outside [...]

Current debate about the UK government’s proposed education reforms may be based on a false premise. Recent research suggests that education policy by itself contributes little to the rate at which people move between social classes, according to a new study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Comprehensive schooling is neither less nor [...]

The Australia program targets junior government officials seeking a graduate certificate, graduate diploma, or master’s degree in international and development economics at the Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government (APSEG), the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.
Nationals from the following five countries are eligible to apply: Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Mongolia, and Vietnam.
Candidates must [...]