Third-World Women Learn Business
Goldman Sachs & Company plans to donate $100 million to universities in Middle East and Africa in order to teach Business and Management courses to more than 10,000 women. The program will last five years and include courses benefiting women and their communities. The New York Times reports that Goldman has spent more than a year ...
U.S. Universities Partner With Kaust
The US top three universities -- Texas at Austin, California at Berkley, and Stanford University -- have signed a five-year partnership with the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Kaust) to be established in Saudi Arabia. The New York Times reports that under this new agreement, the three universities will help pick the faculty and ...
Sure Start Programs Expand
The British Government has come up with a decision to enhance Sure Start Programs since they help parents to improve relationships with their children. According to the BBC, Sure Start programs have local flexibility and services which include home visiting along with outreach. It focused on more than 9,000 three-year-olds and their families in 150 areas ...
Brown University Drops Tuition Fees
Following in the footsteps of national top universities -- Harvard, Stanford, Yale and Princeton, Brown University is dropping its tuition fees for all those students whose parents earn less than $60,000 a year. The New York Times reports that Brown has other plans to substitute grants for student loans for all those whose families earn less ...
NACOL Online Education Standards
As virtual education and online learning are gaining popularity in American Higher Education, the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) has developed a set of standards for online teaching and learning. Education Week reports that "topics in the standards include teacher prerequisites such as state licensure, subject-area proficiency, technology skills, and experience as a student ...
Iowa Education Standards Bill Approved
The Iowa Senate has approved a bill that requires state public schools to follow a mandated curriculum. The bill of statewide education standards has passed 36-14 after four hours of debate and is headed to the House for approval. Education Week reports that the bill prohibits public schools from including any additional textbooks to meet the ...
President George W. Bush Library And Resource Center
Regional leaders of the United Methodist Church have approved plans to build a resource center devoted to the life and policies of the present President George W. Bush at Southern Methodist University. The Presidential Library and Resource Center will reportedly be built in seven years and will contain a museum along with a public policy ...
