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Education in Northern America

  • It’s November and America’s high school seniors and college enrollment officers

    UNITED STATES, 2015/11/30 It’s November and America’s high school seniors and college enrollment officers are busy with applications. While students are providing data and schools are reviewing it, families are asking one question of colleges: “How can we afford you”? Why? Because they have few answers, and fear they’ll be adding to the $1.2 trillion in student loan deficit, a total better than credit card balances or car loans. College costs have risen faster than other prices and faster than stagnant family incomes, causing higher education to be something that people presently have to pay for over time. According to the College Board, inflation-adjusted tuition for private, four-year colleges has risen about two and a half times in 30 years. Over the same time, costs at public, four-year universities additional than tripled.
  • Education in Europe and USA, where to go?

    AZERBAIJAN, 2015/09/17 Are you thinking about prestigious and rewarding education? Would you like to open new horizons of the world global for you? Is your dream to walk along Montmartre in the worlds most romantic city of Paris, to live in a campus with an Alpine view in Switzerland, or to feel the dynamic pace of life in Manhattan? Again your choice is to study abroad! It is a great opportunity to learn so much and to get the majority exciting experience of your lifetime. You will master at least one foreign language and receive a globally appreciated degree. And of course, it is no doubts rewarding career wise - over 80% of students with a foreign university degree are additional successful in their career than their peers, Expat Insider says.
  • School enrollment, primary (% gross)

    EUROPE, 2013/03/19 Gross enrolment ratio. Primary. Total is the total enrollment in primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of official primary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition. UNESCO Institute for Statistics Catalog Sources World Development Indicators
  • 10 Excellent Sites to get Unbiased Online University Reviews

    UNITED STATES, 2013/01/05 10 Excellent Sites to get Unbiased Online University Reviews Choosing an online university is a hard decision, and getting harder because of the huge amount of targeted advertising and marketing campaigns that the major and wealthiest schools use to get students’ attention. There are a lot of organizations that claim to provide unbiased reviews of both online and campus universities, but even if the rating organizations seem legitimate, it can be hard to know how they arrive at their school rankings.
  • Top Ten U.S. Colleges and Universities Offering History Courses

    UNITED STATES, 2013/01/05 While computer-relevant courses are now becoming a common pick by students in undergraduate and graduate schools, there are still some who would opt to earn a degree in History, in a bid to widen their knowledge on important people, activities, researches, and movements in the past that have inculcated moral values and influence in the present lives. Knowing what has happened in the past can also help people better comprehend what is happening at present, and even get a hint on what is about to transpire in the future.
  • Back-to-school brinkmanship 2012-09-12

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