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Freedom of Speech: Law suit against University of Michigan

Ken Vincent Rosales
September 25, 2019

Freedom of speech should be exercised with considerable restraint and judiciousness is the lesson from this recent incident in the...

Asia Universities

Research and Development: China spends $278B on partnerships

Ken Vincent Rosales
September 25, 2019

China government policies in Research and Development (R&D) aim to attract top foreign talents to come to China and conduct...

Asia Nonprofits

Children want education over basics; survey in 6 countries

Mihir Sharma
September 25, 2019

Children want education over all other basic necessities, this was made apparent from a survey by the Save the Children...

STEM careers to boost as Princeton Prison Teaching Initiative gets NSF funding (2)

United States Universities

Princeton's Prison Teaching Initiative gets NSF funding

Mihir Sharma
September 25, 2019

Princeton University’s “Prison Teaching Initiative (PTI)” has received a grant by National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote STEM (Science, technology,...

Students embracing SAT at a tremendous rate

Students United States

2.2M students taking SAT unprecedented

Brian Njuguna
September 24, 2019

Over two million (2.2M) high school students who took part in the SAT(Scholastic Achievement Test), and this represented a four...

Thailand looking for more STEM graduates

Asia Opportunities

STEM graduates wanted in Thailand

Hristina Yordanova
September 24, 2019

Thailand is experiencing increased research and development interest from tech companies and is currently looking to answer this demand with...

Hong Kong universities unappealing to mainland students

Asia Universities

Mainland students nix Hong Kong universities

Brian Njuguna
September 24, 2019

Hong Kong universities used to be favored by mainland students based on their incredible international reputation. Moreover, Hong Kong universities...

Technology United States

First national academic performance database launched

Kelvin Maina
September 24, 2019

First national academic performance database was developed to address the lack of information about the US education system and academic performance....

Africa Universities

South Africa: better safety in higher education

Hristina Yordanova
September 24, 2019

Following several student demonstrations, demanding better safety in higher education, Blade Nzimande, South Africa’s Minister of Higher Education, Science and...

United States Universities

College admission softened in Kansas

Aroosa Nadeem
September 24, 2019

Universities in Kansas state had modified its college admissions requirement on specifying high school courses as a prerequisite for application....