With American tuition fees of roughly US$25,000, and many families strapped for cash, some American students are now taking their higher learning north of the border. Many Canadian universities are of an Ivy League caliber; however the total cost of attending the schools is markedly less. For international students, one year of tuition at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia is CDN$14,060, versus Boston University’s CDN$44,975. Not to mention housing expenses, etc. About 9,000 American students studied in Canadian Universities this year, versus roughly 2,300 12 years ago.
Students face the decision after graduation, however, about whether to move back to the U.S. or to stay in Canada. Read more… continue reading...
ARMONK, NY–(Marketwire - February 14, 2008) - IBM today announced it is teaming with University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and North Carolina State University (NC State) in Raleigh to deliver new courses on programming languages that have become the foundation of the emerging web-based economy. These skills are critical for young people entering the global workforce today.
Businesses today are looking to the next generation of IT experts who understand the dynamics of the globally-integrated enterprise; who can work across geographically distributed teams; and easily utilize different open-standards technology assets to quickly develop enterprise mashups, plug-ins and other Web 2.0 resources. continue reading...
BOSTON, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ — QAS, a part of Experian® specializing in address verification and cleansing products, announced today that 90 colleges and universities across North America have purchased QuickAddress software in the first two quarters of the company’s fiscal year, bringing its total higher education customer base to nearly 300 schools. This demonstrates tremendous year-over-year growth for QAS and is evidence that its address verification software is gaining rapid market adoption.
Of particular note in QAS’ new customer cache is the University of Maine System (UMS), which purchased QAS’ flagship product, QuickAddress Pro to outfit address entry points in admissions, finance, human resource and alumni departments across its seven statewide campuses. QAS will be used initially in conjunction with UMS’ PeopleSoft Campus Solutions application, which is a comprehensive suite of software specifically designed for student administration, and later with SunGard Higher Education’s Advance donor management system. continue reading...
PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ — The makers of Trojan brand condoms today released their 2007 Sexual Health Report Card, the second annual ranking of sexual health resources at American colleges and universities. The study, conducted by Sperling’s BestPlaces on behalf of Trojan, finds a lack of access to information and resources may prevent some students from being sexually healthy.This year’s report card arrives in the wake of Trojan’s “Evolve” campaign (www.trojanevolve.com), a multimedia effort aimed at redefining the national dialogue on sexual health with an emphasis on responsible behavior and partners’ respect for one another.
In total, 139 colleges and universities representing each state and major NCAA Division I athletic conference were reviewed. Placing first and second, the University of Minnesota and University of Wyoming demonstrated “well- evolved” sexual health programs and were the most sexually healthy schools according to the study. While Ohio State and the University of Florida may have recently triumphed in sports, the Trojan Report Card indicates their sexual health programs have room to improve, as OSU and UF ranked 26th and 43rd, respectively. continue reading...
