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Recommended Schools for Users Who Read Universities With the Best Free Online Courses

No tuition money? No problem! There are many top universities that offer free courses online.

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu)

* Free MIT Courses Online

If you are looking for a wide range of free courses online, MIT is your best option. There are more than 1,800 free courses offered through the school’s OpenCourseWare project. Courses are in audio, video and text format and can be translated into a number of different languages. People from all over the world use OpenCourseWare and 96 percent of visitors say they would recommend the site to someone else. » Read more after the jump →

College based free learning

The web has democratised a lot of things since its birth, including the learning previously available nly with a hefty tuition cheque.

College site Education Portal has a handy list of the colleges that offer the most comprehensive course material online, including open-course trailblazers like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tufts University, and programs like Stanford’s lecture podcasts on iTunes U.

You can’t get a sheepskin for free, but you can further your knowledge and training for less than even the cost of a book. » Read more after the jump →

Although 2007 brought many accomplishments in education for Long Beach, it also saw much division among not only the leaders of the Teachers Association of Long Beach, but also within the Long Beach Unified School District’s Board of Education. California State University, Long Beach, and Long Beach City College also had their share of ups and downs.

LBUSD

After it became public at an April school board meeting that board member Michael Ellis had been arrested in Seal Beach earlier in the year — for driving with an alcohol blood level nearly twice the legal limit — and charged with a DUI, members in the community started asking for his resignation. On Aug. 2, Ellis pleaded guilty to the DUI charge and was placed on a three-year informal probation.
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Singapore is, of course, not alone in this pursuit. Countries like Japan, South Korea and now China, including Hong Kong, are also in the race and enjoying economic successes.

The proposed fourth full-time university in Singapore will allow people more choices of study to meet the demands of a 21st century high-end economy at subsidised costs.

Responding to a society that worships academic achievements, resource-poor Singapore is finalising plans to set up a fourth university.

The past decade has marked Singapore as one of the world’s fastest growth stories, on a per capita basis, when it comes to sending its youths to university.

Taking the cue from the government, parents have been on the forefront of this educational renaissance, many of them sacrificing much to send their children for higher studies even in times of recession.
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Growth is also projected to come through an aggressive scholarship program. Their current “Growing the Future” scholarship campaign, has a goal to raise $500,000 over the next five years for scholarships.

Cypress Hills College celebrated a positive year in 2006-07, with a 24 per cent enrollment growth making the College Saskatchewan’s fastest growing post-secondary institution.

The College celebrated the past year on Friday with the release of their 2006-07 annual report. It was the first annual report since the college set a new direction, created a new College image, and launched a new visual identity and theme.

“We were really pleased. It’s the launching of a document, but really it’s what the documents embodies. It captures a three year process that’s really moved the college forward,” explained College President Mark Frison. » Read more after the jump →

The 18 or 20 women involved have careers. Most of them have families to care for, hair appointments to keep and groceries to buy.

But they still manage to get together once a month to find new ways to help the people around them.

For the Loris Businesswoman’s Club, “giving back to the community” isn’t a cliché.
It’s a way of life.

Last year, the group gave away two scholarships and helped two needy families at Christmas. And it’s only been since 2005 that the club’s been up and running with its by-laws in place.
Tammy Cox and Amanda Mills, both employees with Loris Healthcare System, had been active in the North Myrtle Beach Businesswomen’s Club for a couple years. But, the Loris women decided a group was needed in their own community. » Read more after the jump →

Wisconsin high school students got a great Christmas gift last week in the form of a $175 million scholarship endowment from John and Tashia Morgridge.

Their generosity and foresight will enable about 2,000 to 3,000 mainly low-income youth to attend college or technical school through grants of between $1,000 and $5,000 from the Fund for Wisconsin Scholars.

By ensuring that higher education is accessible for Wisconsin high schoolers, the Morgridges are making a tremendous investment in the future of the state and paying back for the education they received. Both are graduates of Wauwatosa High School and the University of Wisconsin. John Morgridge is the chairman emeritus of Cisco Systems, the leading supplier of networking equipment and network management for the Internet. Tashia Morgridge is a retired elementary school teacher.
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