Simon Fraser University student Christine Tulloch has experienced the panic that comes from trying to submit an assignment online, only to have the system crash.
It’s a scenario that may force students to explain to their professors they weren’t late in filing — the computer indeed ate their homework.
But SFU’s rollout of a new service has put an end to deadline crashes and delivers the tools students need in a mobile app they can access on smartphones or tablets. More...

By Amit Chakma. Contrary to some of the predictable commentary before and after the latest federal budget was brought down earlier this month, it was hardly a “do-nothing” plan. Indeed, only after the initial coverage had faded did it become clear that Budget 2014 had taken some very important steps that were overlooked at the time: Canada is finally getting serious about innovation.
With its $1.5-billion commitment to establish a Canada First Research Excellence Fund, the government — and university leaders who advocated for it — is signaling that our country’s brightest minds will be more strongly supported to excel at knowledge creation. More...

By Cris Valerio. Oregon and Tennessee want more college graduates. In that vein, each is considering very different ways to fund tuition. What are the odds of success and who ultimately benefits? We went to some economists and asked them.
Let's start with Tennessee, which announced its proposal earlier this month. Tennessee is one of the in the nation. Its plan, the "," proposes free tuition for two years of community college or technical school. The only requirements are grade- and community-service oriented. So how does Tennessee plan to pay for this $34 million annual cost? Lottery ticket sales. More...

By Charles Dervarics. Eleven percent of U.S. colleges and universities now qualify as Hispanic-serving institutions, a figure that may grow substantially soon as more institutions inch closer to the designation, a new report says.
The nation had 370 Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) in 2013, an increase of nearly 60 percent during the past decade, said the new report from Excelencia in Education, based in Washington, D.C. In 2003, 242 colleges met the definition.
Under federal law, HSIs are accredited, degree-granting public or private nonprofit institutions where Hispanics represent at least 25 percent of full-time equivalent student enrollment. More...

Almost 8,000 rural youngsters in Tibet Autonomous Region passed college entrance exams and matriculated in 2013, the regional education authority announced on Saturday.
The number accounts for 60 percent of the region's total higher education enrollment last year.
"Farmers and herdsmen make up 80 percent of the population of Tibet's 3 million people. Their children have the same rights to higher education as urban students," said Ma Shengchang, director of the regional education department. More...

By Abdul Hannan Tago. Expats with children in high school begin to feel anxious at the end of every school year. After all, non-Saudi students cannot pursue higher study free of charge at state universities in the Kingdom. In fact, only a very rare few are given this option in the form of a scholarship grant.
Otherwise, most expats in the Kingdom, who will have either finished high school at international schools or Saudi government schools, can only pursue higher education at private universities, which charge exorbitant fees that many expats simply cannot afford.
Students at government schools come mainly from Arab countries. More...

Angesichts der anhaltenden Abwanderung von hochqualifizierten Wissenschaftlern aus Deutschland erklärt der Generalsekretär des Wirtschaftsrates der CDU e.V., Wolfgang Steiger: "Deutschland als rohstoffarmes Land muss ein besonderes Interesse daran haben, seine Talente zu halten und zu fördern und als Standort für ausländische Forscher und Wissenschaftler wettbewerbsfähig zu sein. Ein Netto-Verlust von 4.000 Wissenschaftlern in der Zeit zwischen 1996 und 2011 ist ein alarmierendes Signal." Mehr...

Dans le cadre de sa politique pour l'entrepreneuriat étudiant, le M.E.S.R. lance cette année le prix "PEPITE - Tremplin pour l'Entrepreneuriat Etudiant" aux cotés des catégories "en émergence" et "création-développement" du concours national d'aide à la création d'entreprises de technologies innovantes. Date limite de dépôt des dossiers de candidature : 31 mars 2014.
A qui s'adresse le Prix PEPITE - Tremplin pour l'entrepreneuriat étudiant ?
Initié par le ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, l’objectif de ce prix est de susciter l’esprit d’entreprendre auprès des jeunes en récompensant les meilleurs projets innovants issus des Pôle étudiants pour l’innovation, le transfert et l’entrepreneuriat (PEPITE). Ce prix s'adresse à tout-(e) étudiant-(e) ou jeune diplômé-(e) depuis moins de 3 ans, âgé-(e) de 18 à 30 ans, accompagné-(e) par un PEPITE et dont le projet est de créer une entreprise innovante (ou déjà créée depuis le 1er janvier 2013). Suite...