Harvard, MIT to partner in $60 million initiative to offer free online classes to all

Harvard University is joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to offer free, online courses under the superbrand “edX.” The announcement instantly makes it a major player in the burgeoning online education sector. MIT announced in November that it would create special courses featuring discussion forums, short videos, and laboratory simulations. Harvard will do likewise. The ...

Nigeria: Ghanaian Universities - How Nigerians Are Swindled

[Daily Trust] Educational infrastructure in Nigeria is overstretched due to explosion of prospective students seeking admission into universities and other tertiary institutions. This has resulted in an unprecedented exodus of Nigerian students to foreign universities. In this report, our Ghana correspondent Kate Da Costa says many Nigerian students are being swindled by suspicious private ...

US prison inmates returning to society: How will they be received?

States, eager to save money and adopt alternatives to incarceration, release inmates in record numbers. Is society ready for the surge? 

Crèche closures may force college students to drop out

Students say they will drop out of college courses because of plans to close three Government-funded crèches.

Italian university switches to English

A top Italian university switches to English