The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today that the Val Verde Unified School District in California has entered into a resolution agreement to ensure the district’s compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 when responding to notice of sexual harassment of its students by other students […]
The U.S. Department of Education’s (Department’s) office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) announced it has signed contracts with five companies to modernize and enhance loan servicing for more than 37 million borrowers with federally managed loans. Central Research, Inc.; EdFinancial Services; Maximus Education, LLC; Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA); and Nelnet Diversified Solutions received […]
TRURO, NS, Aug. 26, 2022 – The skilled trades are essential to Canada’s economy. Few industries are as essential to Canadians’ everyday lives. Smart investments are needed to support Canadians from all backgrounds in taking up apprenticeship training now, and to help kick-start lucrative careers in well-respected skilled trades. Today, the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister […]
MINNEAPOLIS, — Scholarship America, the nation’s largest nonprofit scholarship and education support organization, is accepting applications for the 2023 Scholarship America Dream Award through Oct. 15, 2022. Dream Awards are made to students from across the nation who have overcome significant barriers to make it to college, and have completed at least their first year […]
SHENZHEN, China, – A three-day cross-country seminar hosted in Accra, Ghana on the subject of the Technology-enabled Open Schools for All (TeOSS) project drew to a close on July 7. Following the official launch of the TeOSS project on 25 November 2021, the seminar was co-organized by Huawei and UNESCO as part of the project’s […]
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2022 — Gallaudet University celebrated the achievements of over 400 undergraduate and graduate students as they received their degrees during the University’s 152nd Commencement ceremony in the Field House on the school’s Washington, D.C. campus. Gallaudet is the only university in the world where deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing students live […]
GLENDALE, Calif., Jan. 11, 2022 — California Credit Union is encouraging college-bound students in Los Angeles County to apply for its 2022 Student Scholarship Program. Through the program, the credit union provides $20,000 in scholarships annually to recognize Southern California students who are motivated in their academic studies and active in their schools and communities. […]
TORONTO, Dec. 1, 2021 – Foresters Financial™ (Foresters), the fraternal life insurer that’s boldly redefining the life insurance industry, announced today that it has launched the 2022-2023 academic year scholarship applications for its members and their families. Eligible students applying for a competitive scholarship for the first time can submit from December 1, 2021 – […]
NANNING, China, Nov. 29, 2021 — Recently, with excellent teachers taking up their posts, the first education talent recruitment event of the National Nanning Economic & Technological Development Area, which was targeted at higher-education institutions in the region, such as Guangxi Normal University, came to a successful conclusion. At this event, the National Nanning Economic […]
CHICAGO and AMERSFOORT, Netherlands, Nov. 1, 2021 – Opportunity International, a longstanding global leader in providing financial services to lift people out of poverty, and Oikocredit, a social impact investor and worldwide cooperative promoting sustainable development through investments, today announced an innovative, three-year collaboration to increase access to and quality of education in low-income countries through […]
