Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science and Technology (WISEST) is an Alberta based program aiming to empower women and other underrepresented groups to pursue their unconventional fields of interest. There is the perception that science leaders today are mostly men and that perception is being broken by a program based in Alberta. Intel Women in […]
Graduate students efforts at being involved in paid jobs within universities does not mean getting full employee rights. Most graduate students assist universities in a paid teaching, and research works in favor of the school. It is supposed that being in paid service gives the graduate students rights to unionize, but this isn’t the reality. […]
Adult education, even up to master level, should be encouraged in society as proven in the case of an eighty-three years’ old man. Education is a right and it is never too late to achieve ones’ academic dreams. What is adult education? According to UNESCO, adult education is an academic commitment by individuals who are […]
The educational system has not always been kind to students with special needs. Although they deal with a lot more than their peers, their needs have always been ignored. Technology advancement is changing all that and bridging the gap between all students, disabled or otherwise. Special needs students have a hard time adapting to the […]
College admissions scandal has been in the American news for some time, dragging the likes of Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin, and others into the mud. Another wealthy executive, Stephen Semprevivo was jailed for 4 months in Boston after he was found guilty of paying $400,000 for the admission of his son at Georgetown University through […]
Wayne State University will become the first university to launch a micro-scholarship partnership with RaiseMe, an organization that has raised over $4 billion in scholarships incentives since 2014. RaiseMe and Wayne State University have entered a partnership that will see the school’s first-year students take part in a pilot program meant to keep students at […]
A Norfolk headteacher reacts against the claim that UK education will be much better if private schools are banned. Jon Periss, the headmaster of Langley School, believes private schools help in keeping the social barriers down rather than making them. According to the Labour party, if they succeed in the elections next year, private schools […]
$156 million raised by a running campaign will be used to establish a computer science program at John Brown University, help needy students and build infrastructure. The school which is the second-largest institution in terms of students enrolled, just behind Harding University, announced this milestone during the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the nondenominational […]
Three water sources in Georgetown University tested positive for an above-normal level of lead contamination. The university ordered the installation of water filters in the following water sources to ensure clean potable water for the students and staffs. Georgetown University is a private research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Lead contamination in […]
35 Moscow schools are expected to introduce innovative IT(Information Technology) training facilities equipped with modern items. Notably, this has been instigated by the urge for expertise in distinctive IT fields as the world gears towards the fourth industrial revolution or 4IR, whereby technological innovations will reign supreme. The Moscow schools are expected to utilize a […]
