Education

Harvard University Inaugurated Claudine Gay As Its First Black And Second Female President. Gay, The 30th President In Harvard’s History, Is A 1998 Distinguished Harvard Alum And Accomplished Political Scholar. Gay’s Tenure Follows Her Role As Dean Of The Faculty Of Arts And Sciences And Founding Chair Of The Inequality In America Initiative.

Jessikah Inaba, 23 Yrs Of Age From Camden, N London, In An Amazing Academic Feat, Is Now Britain’s First Black And First Blind Barrister After 5 Yrs Of Study At The University Of London. She Completed Her Studies Using Braille, With Credits To Her Friends And Tutors For Their Help During Her Studies. Ms. Inaba Plans To Apply For Pupillage.

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Alena Analeigh, Age 13, Has Made History By Being The Youngest Black Person To Gain Admission Into A Medical School In The United States. Alena, At 12 Years Old, Did Gain Admission To The ASU’s Engineering Program But Decided To Study Medicine. Alena Will Attend The University Of Alabama At Birmingham Heersink School Of Medicine. Cool!

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Target, To Attract And Retain Talents In A Tight Job Market, Will, Like Walmart, Cover 100% Of The Cost Of Tuition And Books For Its Employes That Enroll In Any Of The 250 Programs At Over 40 Schools And Universities Across The USA. The Company Will Also Pay $10,000 A Year For Master’s Programs Within Its Available Network Of Schools.

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Walmart, The Largest US Private Employer, To Curb Rising Student Loan Debt, Wants To Pay 100% Of College Tuition And Book Costs For Its Associates. The Retail Giant Plans To Offer This Educational Assistance Program Effective Aug. 16, 2021, With The Termination Of The $1/Day Fee For Participating In Its Live Better U Education Program.

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Justin Chukwudi Olewuezi Has Become The First Nigerian To Graduate From A 133-Year-Old Russian University, The Siberian State Medical University In Tomsk. And He Is Also The First Nigerian At The University Because, According To Him, Most Nigerians Prefer The Western Part Of Russia. This Shows You Can Achieve Your Goal Wherever You Go.

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The University Of Southern California (USC), A Private College, Is Set To Join The List Of Colleges And Universities That Want To Make Education Tuition-Free For Low-Income Students. USC Will Make Tuition Free For Students From Families With An Annual Income Of $80,000 Or Less, Starting In The Fall Of 2020. Cool!

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Berea College, Located In Kentucky, Is Said To Be A Tuition-Free College. The School Is Able To Do This Via Their Endowment, And Students Have To Work On Campus For At Least 10 Hr/Wk To Support Themselves. Berea Is Selective Based On Academic Performance And Financial Status Of A Student. Other Colleges Could Learn From This.

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Tunisia, In December 2019, Is Set To Become The First Nation In The Arab World To Introduce Sex Education To Kids From The Age Of Five. The Education, Emphasizing On Consent And Safety, Will Be Embedded In Different Parts Of The School’s Curriculum And Not Taught As A Subject Dedicated To The Discipline.

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You May Want To Consider Being A Resident Of Texas Especially If Your Family Earns Less Than $65,000/Year, And You Want Free Tuition Come 2020. But Before Then, University of Texas at El Paso Has Stated That As From Fall 2019, It Will Provide Free Tuition To Its Students Whose Families Make Less Or Equal To $40,000/Year. Cool!

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A New Study Indicates That One’s Level of Education Is A Better Predictor Of One’s Life Expectancy Than Higher Income And Improved Standard Of Living. This Is Because The More Educated Folks Tend To Make Better Health Conscious Decisions That Could Lead To Longer Life Expectancy. Hmm, May Be Pretty Contentious Though.

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California May Have Joined Other States In providing Free Community College. But, Unlike In Other States Approved Free Community Colleges, The Tuition Free Community College In California, For New Students, Will Only Last For A Year. Regardless, This Is Still A Giant Step In The Right Direction.

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It Looks Like The Movement To Make Community Colleges Free, In The USA, Is Gaining Grounds. Rode Island Has Now Joined The Other 3 States—New York, Tennessee And Oregon To Provide Free Community College. I Have A Strong Feeling That Other States Are Eager To Join. Nice!

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In As Much As I Love Hong Kong And Singapore, I Might Think Twice Before Educating My Kids There. See The Staggering Price Tags ($132,161 And $70,939 Respectively) For Educating Kids, To the Undergraduate Level, In Those Countries. And You Thought That USA, Canada, France And Britain Were Expensive. Think Again.

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I Hear It’s Very Difficult To Eke A Living In Nigeria Even With Good Education. Imagine How Difficult It Could Be For The 10.5 Million Children That Are Out Of School In The Country? And You Wonder Why Insecurity Is On The Increase In Nigeria. Something Has To Be Done Quickly To Alleviate This Problem.

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Teaching Has And Will Continue To Evolve To Make Learning More Enjoyable. I Really Wish This Existed When I Was Younger: Having Fun Playing A Game While Learning How To Computer Code. Makes You Wonder What The Kids Of Today Could Do In The Next 15-20 Yrs.

New York (NY) is About To Blaze A Major Trail For 4-Yr College Bound Students, Wouldn’t You Agree? NY Is About To Offer A Free College Tuition, But With The Clause That You Would Have To Work In NY, After Graduation, For The Equivalent Duration That The Tuition Was Offered. Still Beats Student Loan!

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Is Education, For Your Kids, A Major Factor As You Decide Where To Travel Abroad For Work? Then, You May Want To Read This Article Via The Link. However, I Do Have Some Reservations As Some Other/More Developed Countries That Should Have Been Listed, Are Not.

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Hey Would-Be University Student, Take A Look At Japan’s 2017 Ranked Universities, Via The Link, If You Plan To Further Your Education In Japan? The List Should Help You Make An Informed Decision On What University, In Japan, To Trust Your Education And Probably Your Future With. Happy Hunting!

Japan University Rankings 2017 | T…