EDUCATION

A new virtual entrepreneurship hub from the New York University will now enable technology innovation and startup formation within the campus community by providing a growing array of entrepreneurial resources, programs, and activities online.

Researchers from the University of Arizona have put a date on the famous Voynich manuscript discovered in 1912, which has continued to baffle historians, cryptologists and scientists around the world till date.

The median base salary for business school alumni in the survey topped US$94,500 in 2010 - well above the pre-recession level of US$89,000 recorded in 2007.

A growing realization of the importance of inculcating administrative and business skills even in those who wish to grow their careers in the long term in creative fields such as art, fashion and entertainment have led to a number of management programs with an interdisciplinary bent that can groom managerial talent for these fields.

Taylor Corley, follows the likes of Kim Kardashian, into reality TV after her Playboy photos ended her cheerleading career at the Mississippi State University.

Harvard Law School has announced a new multi-year training program for providing executive education to mid-level associates at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy over the course of their careers.

Saudi teenager Abdulrahman Saeed lives in one of the richest countries in the world, but his prospects are poor, he blames his education, and it's not a situation that looks like changing soon. There is not enough in our curriculum, says Saeed, 16, who goes to an all-male state school in the Red Sea port of Jeddah. It is just theoretical teaching, and there is no practice or guidance to prepare us for the job market.

Pennsylvania-based Astrobotic Technology Inc. has announced a contract with SpaceX to launch Astrobotic's robotic payload to the Moon on a Falcon 9 rocket as early as December 2013.

The program secures pre-admission for university students in the IESE Business School's MBA class and also places them in a prominent firm for two years at least so that they fulfill the experiential requirements of the prestigious full time program.

Research at the University of Connecticut exposes the risks inherent in the current student generation's excessive reliance on and faith in the Internet.

The Peace Corps has released its 2011 rankings of universities and colleges in the United States, in terms of volunteers from these institutions who live and work in foreign countries around the world.

European institutions received 85,262 score reports from people who took the GMAT® exam in testing year 2010 (July 2009-June 2010); we look at the top 5 countries in Europe that are attracting MBA aspirants from around the world.

A review conducted by two veterans in these industries in the UK finds that such focus could lead to improvements in STEM education and draw more people towards studying these subjects.

The Financial Times has just released its 2011 rankings of global MBA programs; Wharton regains top spot

A 53-year old Canadian singer has become the first student to graduate with a unique Masters degree in The Beatles from Liverpool Hope University.

The Iran-based Islamic World Science Citation Center has launched a new classification system for Islamic universities, which in its first phase has been used to rank institutions in Iran.

The new A.P. curriculum in history will be reviewed further by the College Board and would be introduced only in 2013.

Much has been said about making a career in radio and all we can think of is a Radio Jockey. However, there’s more to a career in radio than jockeying for FM channels.

Take a look here at five prominent business schools that have an explicit thrust on innovation within their MBA or executive education programs.

Vulnerable economy and parental unemployment affecting students' emotional health, finds CIRP Survey

Budgets for the Metropolitan Adult Education Program (MAEP) have been slashed by 67 percent leading to suspension of many programs from the next academic year.

Average annual base pay for the Class of 2010 in the US fell by just 0.7% from 2009, compared to a 3.6% fall in Canada and a 5.2% rise in Australia.

Indian School of Business (ISB), a premier business school based in the south Indian city of Hyderabad, is offering a Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) with a view to churning out high-quality faculties.

University makes explicit inclusion of sexual orientation in policy but fails to clarify if this will fully translate into practice

74% of recruiters view it as an important tool for sourcing candidates.

A Tennessee school is joining the wave of educational institutions enamored by the possibilities of Apple's latest device, which it plans on introducing to students this fall.

LawWithoutWalls(TM) brings together students, faculty, practitioners, and entrepreneurs from around the world to explore innovation in legal education and practice.

Tom Hooper's film on George VI is expected to create greater awareness of the impacts of communication disorders and encourage people to seek help.

A recent PhD graduate has launched an online business to sell academic papers, charging between 10 to 20 thousand yuan for each paper.