While 285,000 students left the country for education in 2010 alone, there was also a 25 per cent year-on-year increase in the numbers returning home.
The 2002 Civic EX four-door sedan has the conventional powertrain replaced with a 35-horsepower electric motor and 33 lithium-iron-phosphate batteries.
The site has proved to be a huge success among students and already has 400 members.
The grounds of the Springfield Technical Community College, which hosted the former Springfield armory over 40 years ago, would be tested for traces of radioactive material that may have been used at the weapons facility when in operation.
Presenting a look at the five best engineering schools in the U.S. as ranked by U.S. News and World Report
A three-year $1.35-million grant will see the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University working closely with the University of the West Indies' Cave Hill School of Business (CHSB) to develop a comprehensive entrepreneurship program for MBAs.
Seven out of the top ten positions in a ranking of global universities by Times Higher Education according to their reputation and perception among academics were bagged by universities in the U.S., with Harvard emerging on top.
In its annual listings of the global individual wealth, Forbes magazine also released the youngest billionaires in the U.S.
A recent study undertaken by the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (UWM) found that workplace climate was the foremost reason behind women choosing to stay away from the engineering profession after college or quitting it after a temporary stint.
According to a report in the college newspaper Stanford Daily, a closely guarded quarterly list containing selective and supposedly easy courses to choose from was distributed among athletes only on campus for years since 2001.
On Wednesday, Forbes magazine unveiled its 25th annual ranking of the richest men on the planet; we take a look here at the 10 billionaires on top.
Take a look here at 5 of the best undergraduate business schools and the ways in which they are preparing students for eventual careers in the global economy.
The University of Chicago is all set to launch its first ever school of engineering with a new Institute for Molecular Engineering, set up in collaboration with the Argonne National Laboratory.
New study reveals that the vast Antarctic ice sheets covering 98 per cent of the continent are not always formed by falling snow, but could have, in places, been the result of refreezing water from below.
The School asserted on Wednesday that they would be retaining him in the post of Chairman of the board.
Students across universities are campaigning to get the embattled actor on campus at the 2012 commencement ceremonies.
Investigations into use of the dangerous but legal drug has led to the expulsion of eight midshipmen from the Academy; the number could well go up.
A case that came up for hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court, involving Stanford University and Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche, is expected to clarify a landmark intellectual property rights law that lays down the rules for grant of patents for federally funded inventions.
A couple of recent partnerships between Arizona State University (ASU) and institutions dedicated to healthcare research is expected to herald significant advancements in medical education, research and practice.
Greg Laughlin, an astrophysicist from the University of California at Santa Cruz has evolved a formula to come up with a monetary valuation for planets in the Universe, according to which planet Earth is the most expensive at 3000 trillion pounds, or almost $5000 trillion!
A 30-year health study in the United States has shown that higher the degree held by a person, the lower his blood pressure.
A new online initiative titled Unileaks - clearly inspired by the radical Wikileaks organization - seeks to expose the murky truths of higher education around the world.
Leaning towards Internet-based learning has led to a growing tendency among students to skip classes, cutting attendance by up to half in certain courses.
JCPenney, Best Buy, Hyundai, and Livingsocial.com have all released a preview or description of their advertisement campaigns for the upcoming Academy Awards, hoping to create a buzz and thus earn more eyeballs during Hollywood's biggest night.
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.
