La Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) abrió la convocatoria “Jóvenes en Acción 2016”, la cual pretende promover el liderazgo juvenil en las distintas comunidades con rezago y vulnerabilidad en el país.
La convocatoria va dirigida a jóvenes que estén inscritos en el primer o segundo año de Educación Media Superior, tanto de instituciones públicas como privadas, y que estén interesados en la prevención de la violencia y desintegración social.
A lot can change in five years. Especially when it comes to campus internationalization.
It was just a tiny, almost imperceptible "chirp," but it simultaneously opened humanity's ears to the music of the cosmos and proved Einstein right again.
In what is being hailed as one of the biggest eureka moments in the history of physics, scientists announced Thursday that they have finally detected gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of space and time that Einstein predicted a century ago.
President Obama released the final budget request of his presidency yesterday, requesting a total of $69.4 billion for the Department of Education for FY 2017.
Beyond the annual funding for the Department of Education, the budget also includes an additional $139.7 billion in new mandatory funding, including $60.8 billion for America’s College Promise (ACP), the president’s free community college initiative announced last year.
Latinoamérica es la región más desigual del mundo, en el aspecto educativo las brechas son enormes, señalaron especialistas durante la mesa de debate “Políticas educativas en Iberoamérica”, en el Foro “La Educación en la era digital”.
Al mismo tiempo los participantes señalaron que la educación y la tecnología, deben ser las principales herramientas para acabar con las desigualdades.
Affordability is the main barrier preventing international students admitted to US institutions from enrolling, according to a new report by Eduventures. This can lead to wasted resources in institutions’ marketing efforts and highlights a lack of transparency about financial support for new students, the report says.
http://thepienews.com/news/us-institutions-urged-to-address-the-reality-of-affordability/
Today the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) launched “Re-Imagining the First Year of College” (RFY), a new project aimed at ensuring success for all students, particularly those who have historically been underserved by higher education: low income, first generation, and students of color.
OTTAWA – A new web resource, launched today by Universities Canada and Colleges and Institutes Canada, shows that Canada’s colleges, institutes and universities are increasingly collaborating to offer students a huge range of pathways to their education and career goals.
El año que estamos iniciando será un año clave para la implementación de la reforma educativa y la transformación del sistema educativo mexicano. En 2015, gracias al compromiso de los maestros de México con la educación de nuestros niños y niñas, realizamos un histórico proceso de evaluación docente con una participación cercana a 86% de los maestros convocados.
http://www.educacionfutura.org/2016-ano-clave-para-la-transformacion-educativaaurelio-nuno/
Study abroad programmes will be exempt from a new 25% tax on overseas payments that was announced last week, the Department of Federal Revenue has announced, prompting a sigh of relief among stakeholders that send and receive Brazilian students abroad.
http://thepienews.com/news/brazil-study-abroad-exempt-from-new-overseas-payment-tax/