Professors won't be fired: GovernorAkim of Mangistau oblast has commented the firing of 81 professors from Yessenov Caspian State University of Technologies and Engineering in Aktau.
India's rupee crisis crimps middle class lifestyles Seventeen-year-old Indian student Appu Sharma was going to apply to a US university to study economics but with the rupee on the ropes, he's set his sights closer to home.
299 people receive Bolashak scholarships in KazakhstanAs of today Kazakhstan President’s international scholarship Bolashak has been issued to 299 people, 50 percent of them being Master’s degree and PhD students: official.
Malala defies Taliban to take world stage Malala Yousafzai took over the United Nations on Friday, nine months after a Taliban gunman put a bullet in her head believing he was ending the Pakistani teenager's campaign for girls' education.
13 July 2013
World Bank invests in online education Online education service Coursera announced a fresh round of funding from the investment arm of the World Bank and other backers.
11 July 2013
Halving world hunger by 2015 'within reach': UN Despite economic crises and dwindling aid, the UN said Monday huge progress had been made towards meeting the so-called Millennium Development Goals.
01 July 2013
Lessons at home and homework at school in US When April Burton explains the intricacies of French grammar to her American classroom, the students are at home, in front of their computer or smartphone.
Anxiety over student loans as US lawmakers play politics Recent Northeastern University graduate Greg Dube hopes to launch a bright engineering career soon, but like many young Americans, he is haunted by a looming financial burden: some $150,000 in student loan debt.