http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with educational and reference news that matters en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293511,foreign-students-shocked-at-college-closures-in-australia.html Sydney - Thousands of foreign students studying in Australia were left shocked and angry on Friday after the collapse of four private colleges in Melbourne and Sydney. Students, many of them just weeks from graduating, turned up for class, only to fi... Education,General Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:46:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293511,foreign-students-shocked-at-college-closures-in-australia.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292240,student-protests-spread-across-austria--summary.html Vienna - Thousands of student demonstrated in Vienna and other Austrian towns Wednesday, calling for better conditions at their universities. Protesters at Vienna University issued an open letter to the government, calling for free access to higher e... Education,General Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292240,student-protests-spread-across-austria--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292175,student-protests-spread-across-austria.html Vienna - Student protests in Vienna have spread to other Austrian universities, media reported, as students were preparing for demonstrations later on Wednesday to call for better conditions at their institutions. For the past days, protesters have s... Education,General Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:52:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292175,student-protests-spread-across-austria.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291698,israel-railways-plans-to-turn-carriages-into-mobile-lecture-halls.html Tel Aviv - Concerned that rail passengers might not find their journey stimulating enough, Israel Railways (IR) has hit on the novel solution of turning its carriages into traveling lecture halls. According to the Ma'ariv daily Sunday, IR is to use a... Education,General Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:16:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291698,israel-railways-plans-to-turn-carriages-into-mobile-lecture-halls.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291228,first-acting-school-in-the-palestinian-territories.html Ramallah - Twenty-two-year-old Jasmin is visibly proud to be a student at the first professional acting school in the Palestinian territories. The young Palestinian woman with a green nose ring and her 10 fellow students have just completed their fir... Education,General Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:10:49 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291228,first-acting-school-in-the-palestinian-territories.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291083,learning-russian-all-the-rage-in-taiwan-since-communism-fell.html Taipei - When Li Hsi-mei was studying Russian at university in the 1970s, it all seemed rather pointless, as anti-Communist Taiwan had no ties with the Soviet Union. Today, however, Russian language courses are popular in Taiwan, with many students e... Education,General Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:11:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291083,learning-russian-all-the-rage-in-taiwan-since-communism-fell.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291048,us-universities-hike-tuition-fees-despite-recession.html Washington - Tuition fees at US universities have risen sharply over the past year as college boards hoped to recoup some of their losses from the country's deep recession, according to a report by a private education group Tuesday. The College Board... Education,General Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:22:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291048,us-universities-hike-tuition-fees-despite-recession.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290068,australian-degrees-would-you-like-a-visa-with-that--feature.html Sydney - Coupling paper qualifications with green cards has helped turn Australia's higher education sector into an industry bigger than tourism. Linking diplomas with permanent residency visas ha... Education,General Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:04:54 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290068,australian-degrees-would-you-like-a-visa-with-that--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289997,austrian-universities-bemoan-surge-in-german-students.html Vienna - Heads of Austrian universities on Tuesday complained about increasing numbers of German students and called for compensation payments from Germany. Austrian universities are attractive for foreign students because there are no entrance exami... Education,General Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:22:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289997,austrian-universities-bemoan-surge-in-german-students.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289151,egyptian-students-protest-university-ban-on-full-face-veil.html Cairo - Egyptian students on Wednesday protested their exclusion from university dormitories because they wear the niqab, a veil that covers the full face. The issue has come to the fore following a newspaper report quoting Sheikh Mohammed al-Tantawi... Education,General Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:05:15 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289151,egyptian-students-protest-university-ban-on-full-face-veil.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/288789,saudi-king-sacks-senior-cleric-who-condemned-mixed-sex-university.html Riyadh- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Monday sacked a senior cleric who caused a controversy by criticising the country's first mixed-sex university. In a rare move, a royal decree removed Sheikh Saad bin Nasser al-Shithri from Saudi Arabia's most sen... Education,General Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:11:09 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/288789,saudi-king-sacks-senior-cleric-who-condemned-mixed-sex-university.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/288700,chronology-seemingly-minor-events-in-early-1989-led-to-big-changes.html October 7, 1989 - The 40th anniversary of the founding of the East German republic is celebrated with military parades. In East Berlin, Soviet head of state Gorbachev takes part in the celebrations. He talks about the need for reforms, saying whoev... Education,General Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:05:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/288700,chronology-seemingly-minor-events-in-early-1989-led-to-big-changes.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/288699,on-east-germanys-40th-gorbi-laid-seeds-of-collapse--feature.html Berlin - Even as its residents escaped in streams through tears in the Iron Curtain and signs of weakness began to show throughout the system, East Germany prepared for celebrations marking its 40th anniversary on... Education,General Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:05:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/288699,on-east-germanys-40th-gorbi-laid-seeds-of-collapse--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/288236,first-german-funded-palestinian-drama-academy-inaugurated.html Ramallah - Palestinian and German officials and art scholars inaugurated Thursday in Ramallah the first Palestinian drama academy. With an initial fund of 300,000 euros (530,000 dollars) provided by the German organization Stiftung Mercator, the Rama... Education,General Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:35:15 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/288236,first-german-funded-palestinian-drama-academy-inaugurated.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/286935,saudi-king-opens-multi-billion-dollar-university--summary.html Cairo - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah opened a 10-billion- dollar new university for science and technology Wednesday, in a ceremony attended by regional heads of state. It is my desire that this new university becomes one of the world's great instit... Education,General Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:11:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/286935,saudi-king-opens-multi-billion-dollar-university--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/285990,north-korea-opens-doors-of-first-international-university.html Seoul - Political and religious leaders gathered in North Korea Wednesday to celebrate the opening of the nation's first international, privately-funded university, reported the state KCNA news agency. The campus of the Pyongyang University of Scienc... Education,General Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:05:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/285990,north-korea-opens-doors-of-first-international-university.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/285642,every-pupil-in-uruguay-to-be-given-laptop.html Montevideo - Every schoolchild in Uruguay is set to have a state-funded laptop computer by the end of this month. Programme coordinator Shirley Sirial confirmed Monday that the handout of the computers was close to completion. Over the past three yea... Education,General Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:59:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/285642,every-pupil-in-uruguay-to-be-given-laptop.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/285264,flanders-to-ban-muslim-headscarf-in-schools.html Brussels - The Belgian Dutch-speaking region of Flanders is to ban the wearing of the Islamic headscarf in state-run schools, officials announced Friday after 10 days of confrontations with the Muslim minority over the issue. The decision by the auth... Education,General Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:05:32 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/285264,flanders-to-ban-muslim-headscarf-in-schools.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/284880,judgement-day-looms-over-belgian-headscarf-ban.html Brussels - A ban on schoolgirls wearing the Islamic headscarf which has provoked furious demonstrations in the Belgian city of Antwerp is facing judgement day after a top official suggested that it should be suspended. Belgium's State Council is set ... Education,General Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:38:35 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/284880,judgement-day-looms-over-belgian-headscarf-ban.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/284402,hamas-denies-imposing-dress-code-on-gaza-school-girls.html Gaza - Hamas on Saturday denied a human rights report accusing of it imposing an Islamic dress code on Gaza school girls. Gaza residents claimed to have received unofficial orders that secondary school girls be made to maintain an Islamic dress code ... Education,General Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:44:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/284402,hamas-denies-imposing-dress-code-on-gaza-school-girls.html