EDUCATION

The percentages of fourth and eighth graders in big city schools, who have not been able to meet the expected standards in science assessment, are much higher than the national average.

A submersible robot named CLEO manned by children visiting the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium is helping scientists develop technology that could unravel the mysteries of the world's deepest reefs.

Test-prep major Princeton Review, in collaboration with USA Today, has released its annual list of 50 private and 50 public colleges in the nation that are considered to offer best value in terms of academic strength, affordability and financial aid availability.

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, says a new report.

Students seeking to enroll in basic foreign language courses at the University of California Berkeley will have 30 additional offerings to choose from in academic year 2011-12, thanks to an infusion of over half a million dollars in foreign language education.

The report shows that while healthcare employment rose 6.3 percent, employment in other sectors fell by 6.8 percent cumulatively in the period from December 2007.

Exploring a few prominent occupations in the healthcare industry that are expected to grow at some of the fastest rates over the years leading up to 2018, as predicted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In response to the Bloomberg administration's invitation, Stanford University is considering a research and graduate teaching center, focused on applied science and technology, in New York.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education and the Charles Schwab Foundation has launched the 2011 National Financial Capability Challenge for high school students.

Ira Kalb, professor of Marketing at the Marshall School of Business elaborates on BNET on the concrete branding lessons that youth icons Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber present for marketing professionals around the world.

Results from The Carbon Salary Survey 2010 reveal that overall, remuneration for professionals working in the field were significantly higher during the year than what had been reported in 2009.

Memo from Chancellor to Governor's office indicates that the flagship campus at Madison is looking at breaking away from the UW state system altogether.

The home improvement retailer is set to give significant boost to job creation in the economy, hiring over 60000 seasonal associates to cope with the demands of a busy spring season.

Frenzy among aspirants hoping to make it to the payroll of Southwest Airlines led to the jamming and eventual crash of the carrier's server, preventing many from submitting their applications.

The low-end model, called OneBreath, was designed by a team of researchers led by Matthew Callaghan, MD, at Stanford Biodesign and aims to bridge, in part at least, the overriding global shortage of these critical medical devices, especially in developing countries.

A new virtual entrepreneurship hub from the New York University will now enable technology innovation and startup formation within the campus community by providing a growing array of entrepreneurial resources, programs, and activities online.

Researchers from the University of Arizona have put a date on the famous Voynich manuscript discovered in 1912, which has continued to baffle historians, cryptologists and scientists around the world till date.

The median base salary for business school alumni in the survey topped US$94,500 in 2010 - well above the pre-recession level of US$89,000 recorded in 2007.

A growing realization of the importance of inculcating administrative and business skills even in those who wish to grow their careers in the long term in creative fields such as art, fashion and entertainment have led to a number of management programs with an interdisciplinary bent that can groom managerial talent for these fields.

Taylor Corley, follows the likes of Kim Kardashian, into reality TV after her Playboy photos ended her cheerleading career at the Mississippi State University.

Harvard Law School has announced a new multi-year training program for providing executive education to mid-level associates at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy over the course of their careers.

Saudi teenager Abdulrahman Saeed lives in one of the richest countries in the world, but his prospects are poor, he blames his education, and it's not a situation that looks like changing soon. There is not enough in our curriculum, says Saeed, 16, who goes to an all-male state school in the Red Sea port of Jeddah. It is just theoretical teaching, and there is no practice or guidance to prepare us for the job market.

Pennsylvania-based Astrobotic Technology Inc. has announced a contract with SpaceX to launch Astrobotic's robotic payload to the Moon on a Falcon 9 rocket as early as December 2013.

The program secures pre-admission for university students in the IESE Business School's MBA class and also places them in a prominent firm for two years at least so that they fulfill the experiential requirements of the prestigious full time program.

Research at the University of Connecticut exposes the risks inherent in the current student generation's excessive reliance on and faith in the Internet.

The Peace Corps has released its 2011 rankings of universities and colleges in the United States, in terms of volunteers from these institutions who live and work in foreign countries around the world.

European institutions received 85,262 score reports from people who took the GMAT® exam in testing year 2010 (July 2009-June 2010); we look at the top 5 countries in Europe that are attracting MBA aspirants from around the world.

A review conducted by two veterans in these industries in the UK finds that such focus could lead to improvements in STEM education and draw more people towards studying these subjects.

The Financial Times has just released its 2011 rankings of global MBA programs; Wharton regains top spot