Education is the civil rights issue of our time. The Obama administration has worked to ensure all students have a strong foundation and level playing field, no matter where they were born or where they live. This week, President Obama declared that April will be Financial Capability Month. Now more than ever it is important […]
PLAINVILLE, Conn. — March 30, 2015 — As winner of GE’s (NYSE: GE) prestigious Edison Award, GE Engineer and UConn Alumna Linda Jacobs is donating her $25,000 prize to create an endowed scholarship at UConn’s School of Engineering. GE will present the donation on March 30 during the university’s second annual “GE Night” on the […]
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) announced today a $1 million commitment with FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) to promote STEM education. As part of Dow’s STEMtheGAP™ initiative, today’s announcement is aligned to the Company’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) mission of building the workforce of tomorrow by supporting teachers, motivating […]
Following a review of 22 private collection agencies, the U.S. Department of Education announced today that it will wind down contracts with five private collection agencies that were providing inaccurate information to borrowers. The five companies are: Coast Professional, Enterprise Recovery Systems, National Recoveries, Pioneer Credit Recovery, and West Asset Management. The Department also announced […]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the thirty-ninth annual United Nations International School (UNIS) International Student Conference: “Sustainability: Balancing People, Planet and Profit”, in New York today: Welcome to the United Nations! It is a great pleasure to welcome all of you to the United Nations. In fact, this morning looking out the […]
PITTSBURGH, — Education Management Corporation (EDMC), one of the largest providers of post-secondary education in North America, today announced that it has completed the first of two steps in the Restructuring Support Agreement it entered into with debt holders on Sept. 4, 2014. In connection with the comprehensive debt restructuring transaction, including the completion of […]
America’s education system led the world in the 20th Century — we sent generations to college, and cultivated the most educated workforce in the world, which supported an unparalleled period of economic growth and rising middle class incomes. Since then, other countries have followed our lead to develop globally competitive education systems. America must lead the world […]
WASHINGTON – The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and the American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT) are partnering to invigorate chemistry education and support STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education in the nation’s schools. Dow and AACT will work together to convene a series of teacher summits and create more than 750 lesson plans, multimedia […]
Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CECO) today announced that it has retained investment bank Parchman, Vaughan & Company, LLC to pursue the divestiture of its Le Cordon Bleu North America colleges of culinary arts. The decision to pursue the divestiture was the result of an ongoing portfolio review that Career Education has undertaken to evaluate the […]
The U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Justice (DOJ) today released joint guidance reminding states, school districts and schools of their obligations under federal law to ensure that English learner students have equal access to a high-quality education and the opportunity to achieve their full academic potential. “Four decades ago, the U.S. Supreme Court held […]
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