Statistics show that students mental preparedness is diminishing and this raises substantial concerns. The intense pressure has been subjected to students for them to succeed, and this significantly endangers their mental readiness and health for college. Some students perform exceptionally well in high school, but upon joining college, they start failing miserably. This has been […]
“The opportunity that the Hope Fund gives to Palestinian students was something that genuinely changed my life and my family’s life for the better.” Ibraham Mohammad, a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon, helping his father sell juice in a cart to earn a living at age 11, earned the chance to go to college with the […]
Freedom of speech should be exercised with considerable restraint and judiciousness is the lesson from this recent incident in the University of Michigan (UM) campus. The whole University of Michigan (UM) issue started when an incident of hate speech vandalism happened within a ladies dormitory in the campus. The incident happened at the Martha Cook […]
China government policies in Research and Development (R&D) aim to attract top foreign talents to come to China and conduct their researches. The government assures proper funding, loose visa restrictions, and free hands to work on their desired researches. China is now becoming a destination for high-quality Research and Development facilities with its $278 billion […]
Children want education over all other basic necessities, this was made apparent from a survey by the Save the Children organization. There was a significant difference between education and water, with education coming on the top. This survey was conducted in 6 countries (the Philippines, post-typhoon Haiyan; Syria and Afghanistan refugees; Republic of Congo; Refugee […]
Princeton University’s “Prison Teaching Initiative (PTI)” has received a grant by National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) careers for people who are behind the bars. The university is in a partnership called STEM OPS (STEM Opportunities in Prison Settings). Its motto is to make education and higher education accessible […]
Digitization has dramatically improved the speed in which the companies react, transform and improve the business models. Upskilling is expected to take a considerable chunk of the $3.8 trillion of spending into IT by major companies in 2019. Microsoft and General Assembly (GA) collaboration is one example of how these companies are approaching this issue. […]
Over two million (2.2M) high school students who took part in the SAT(Scholastic Achievement Test), and this represented a four percent (4%) increase from their 2018 counterparts. This trend is being witnessed as a record number of universities and colleges have dropped the SAT requirement in entrance exams. Students sitting for SAT free of charge […]
Thailand is experiencing increased research and development interest from tech companies and is currently looking to answer this demand with more STEM graduates. STEM, or science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects are becoming increasingly popular worldwide, with the rapid advancement of technological developments. According to recent statistics, Thailand should expect to attract about two hundred […]
Hong Kong universities used to be favored by mainland students based on their incredible international reputation. Moreover, Hong Kong universities are close to China’s mainland, and this made learners feel at home. This trend is, however, shifting because Hong Kong universities have become unappealing to mainland students based on the hostile political temperatures witnessed. Political […]
