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Google commits $37 million to AI development in Africa
Google on Thursday unveiled a $37 million package to accelerate artificial intelligence development across Africa, pledging support for local AI research and projects ranging from crop monitoring to adapting technology for the continent's...

Education goals in Vision 2008, a lost opportunity
A response to this comment: Your reasoning about electing educated people so local education may be enhanced hits a brick wall with Roy Bodden. A lot of good people put in a lot of time contributing to the Vision 2008 Strategic Plan for Education,...

Google Invests $37 Million to Boost AI in Africa, Focuses on Food, Education, and Local Languages
Advertisements Google has unveiled a $37 million investment to bolster the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) across Africa. The funding will support food security, digital education, AI tools in local languages, startup growth,...

Roanoke County Public Schools joins national initiative to reinvent HS education
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Roanoke County Public Schools is helping shape the future of high school education—after receiving recognition from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Over 115 years ago, the Carnegie Foundation laid the...

How superyachts are being used to advance ocean research
You may have heard of a coelacanth. It is a prehistoric-looking, deep-water fish, rarely seen unless washed up dead on shore. Earlier this year, a scientific expedition off Indonesia dived to depths of 150 metres and beyond to study it in its...

Academy Art Museum Seeks Director of Development to Help Lead a Bold New Chapter
The Academy Art Museum (AAM) is excited to announce an opening for the senior position of Director of Development, a pivotal leadership role at one of the Eastern Shore’s most dynamic cultural institutions. With new leadership at the helm and...

Alaska appeals to US Education Department after failing funding test, with $80.8 million at stake
The state of Alaska has filed an appeal with the U.S. Department of Education after federal officials said the state failed a test measuring the differences in funding between school districts, which put more than $80.8 million in federal aid at...

The Greenway Institute – Making Transformative Engineering Education Affordable
Aerial View of the Greeway Institute Campus in Montpelier, VermontGreenway Institute The Greenway Institute - a new university in Vermont - is making transformative engineering education more affordable and will develop a new business model for...

Summer research program for teachers brings ISU science to K-12 classrooms
Dowling Catholic High School math teacher Amy Jurasek measuring corn plants in an Iowa State research field southwest of Ames. Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University.Quick look A summer training program at Iowa State University embeds...

Ahad Cheema hails NIT-ASU collaboration as key to global education for Pakistan
- Advertisement - ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (APP):Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, Ahad Cheema, on Wednesday lauded the collaboration between the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Lahore and Arizona State University (ASU), calling it a pivotal...
LG Group Marks 20 Years of Real Estate Development, Construction & Design Innovation
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 24, 2025-- LG Group, the award-winning multi-service real estate development, construction, and design firm, is celebrating two decades of thoughtful collaboration, strategic growth, and holistic innovative...

How to develop human-centric CX in age of agentic AI
Startek’s Abhinandan Jain gives his expert advice on melding human empathy with AI efficiency to boost the customer experience. The future of customer experience isn’t just bright – it’s sensitive. In today’s hyper-digital world, we’re seeing AI...

Kasneb develops new course to boost fight against graft
Kasneb CEO Nicholas Letting addresses a past event. [File, Standard] The Kenya Accountants and Secretaries National Examinations Board (Kasneb) has developed a new course that will help accountants sharpen their skills in the fight against...

The Clock Is Ticking: Higher Education's Big Push Toward CMMC Compliance
The Clock Is Ticking: Higher Education's Big Push Toward CMMC Compliance By Doug Thompson 07/24/25 "Hackers Accessed Data of Up to 230,000" is not a headline that any university wants to see, yet in August 2023, a Midwestern university...

Thoughts from New Quincy: Why Higher Education Is Failing Students
During the last week on campus in Sever Hall, I spotted a fresh sheet of printer paper taped beside the door of a freshman expository‑writing class. In bold Helvetica, it warned: “No ChatGPT, no Claude, no Copilot—ALL work must be entirely your...

Working with Britain's 'head from hell' is 'never dull' says education chief
Will McLean was responding to a question over comments made by Caldicot headteacher Alun Ebenezer to the Argus in which he complained of a “flawed culture” in Welsh schools. Mr Ebenezer hit the headlines when he took over at Caldicot in summer...

Athletes urged to research about banned substances
Athletes need to “play the game clean” and depend solely on their hard work to achieve good results. Moreover, research and education about dehydration drinks and nutrition is needed — and athletes need to be honest about their lives because they...

Chicago West Side workforce development center opens
Elected officials and nonprofit leaders prepare to cut the ribbon for the new Aspire Center for Workforce innovation. (Photo by Igor Studenkov/for Chronicle Media) As Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation, the new workforce development and social...

Eye care organizations, researchers launch campaign advocating for vision research
As threats continue in the US to slash federal medical and vision funding and to consolidate the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Eye Institute (NEI) into the broader Institute on Neurosciences and Brain Research, eye care providers...

Over 12,000 teaching posts vacant in Kendriya and Navodaya Vidyalayas: Education Ministry
Over 12,000 teacher posts are lying vacant in Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country, according to the Ministry of Education. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Over 12,000 teacher posts are lying vacant in Kendriya...