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Provincial educational reforms afoot

Karachi—The Balochistan Education Department and Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) are collaborating to support the Department’s vision for restructuring the education system across the provin [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Education Online Services Corporation (EOServe Corp.) Announ...

Education Online Services Corporation announces the hire of Denver Bright as Associate Director of Admissions to assist in supervising, monitoring and analyzing the admissions team performance as it pertains to the company's services [...]

Posted On : Dec, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Craig Kielburger on online schooling

Where did you go to school? I missed so much school in Grade 8, I had to make a choice. Would I continue with the traditional system or would I find a school that was willing to accommodate me? I went to a school called Mary Ward [Cath [...]

Posted On : Dec, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Scrutiny of online education puts Idaho reforms in national ...

The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and The Nation are among the major publications scrutinizing the boom in virtual education and Idaho is among the states winning attention for Superintendent Tom Luna's "Students Come Firs [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Everonn Education up by 5% hits upper circuit on bourses

Shares of Everonn Education climbed by 5 per cent to hit the upper circuit limit in early trade on the bourses today after the company said it will sell a 12 per cent stake to Dubai-based Varkey Group firm Gems Education. The stock, wh [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

‘Higher university fees will not deter students’ says univer...

THE new head of Wales’ university alliance is predicting a bright future for the nation’s higher education sector, despite concerns a hike in tuition fees could put prospective students off. Professor John Hughes, vice-chancel [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Campaign to raise taxes for education uses online strategy t...

Supporters of an initiative that would ask voters in November to raise taxes for education are using an online, grassroots strategy to gather signatures that could revolutionize the petition process. "It is the first time that I have [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Higher education: Right or privilege?

For many families, the cost of higher education is out of reach, while others can manage it only if they take on debt that could take decades to pay off. President Obama, meanwhile, has lofty goals for higher education. In his first joint [...]

Posted On : May, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Pakistan’s education emergency

Pakistan faces an education emergency — a fact known widely but discussed insufficiently by Pakistan’s political and media elite. The inadequacy of quality education renders our country incapable of dealing with the challenge [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

What Will Online Education Look Like in 2011 and Beyond? Hea...

Educators love the idea of online courses, but traditional colleges and in-person training programs see it as a threat to their billion-dollar enterprises, according to the findings in a new report, The 2011 Future of Online Education fr [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Max plans med education institute, may invest up to Rs 1000 ...

Max Healthcare is likely to invest up to Rs 1,000 crore over the next three years to set up a medical education institute at Greater Noida. "We expect the investment on total infrastructure to be in the range of Rs 700 crore to Rs 1 [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Education reform incites petitions and full-page ads

BOISE -- Hundreds of Boise students have signed a petition opposing Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna's proposal to require online classes. The idea for online classes is just part of his proposed plan to overhaul educati [...]

Posted On : Jan, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Podiatrist In Scottsdale Introduces New Online Patient Educa...

Sports podiatrist in Scottsdale, Dr. Mark Forman, is committed to improving patient education through his interactive website. To increase treatment awareness and simplify how patients obtain their foot and ankle health care information, [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Who in education says 'oops'?

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and top policymakers have promoted and funded small urban high schools for nearly a decade. Then Bill Gates said in his 2009 Annual Letter that while these small urban high schools had accomplished [...]