HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. An Illinois-based for-profit higher education company says it has paid 492-thousand dollars to resolve U-S government findings of financial aid violations.
The payments by Career Education Corporation were first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
The U-S Department of Education had ordered the Hoffman Estates-based company in February to return 469-thousand dollars in federal […]

MADISON — It started 36 years ago with a conversation at a church social over fried chicken and made-from-scratch homemade cakes.It has turned into partial college scholarships for more than 130 needy students from McMichael High School.
In 1970, Roman and Annie Martin’s 14 children created a scholarship as a way to honor their parents, […]

(Philippine Daily Inquirer Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)THE LACK OF EXPERTS IN THE specialized field of automotive repair and maintenance has long plagued the industry, but Toyota Motor Philippines Foundation Inc. seeks to provide a long-term solution through its market-driven scholarship program. Under the scholarship program, underprivileged youth are taught skills and provided training that would […]

BULL Savannah Primary School in St Elizabeth was recently refurbished at a cost of $1.8 million, after the building sustained damage during Hurricane Ivan in 2004. The financing for the work was undertaken by the school’s Past Students’ Association and the Education Fund.
President of the Bull Savannah Past Students’ Association, Pearl Dunkley, told JIS News […]

The textile industry in Tamil Nadu will create about 50 lakh new jobs by 2015, according to a survey conducted by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Identifying the textile sector as one of the State’s high growth sectors, the study estimated that it would become a 40 to 50 billion dollar business by 2015. “The […]

he end of the school year is almost in sight, and that means teenagers are starting to look ahead to summer employment. While the job market for teenagers is expected to be stronger this year, finding work can be a difficult and frustrating experience — and competition from older, more experienced workers can be fierce.
Teens4hire.org […]

Home-equity loans and lines of credit are still a popular way for homeowners with a mortgage to borrow. The interest is much lower than on other forms of consumer borrowing and, generally, the interest you pay on loans up to $100,000 is tax deductible.
In the past few years, with housing prices soaring nationwide and short-term […]

Women who put their careers on hold to raise children often face a challenge in returning to the work force, says CareerJournal.com, The Wall Street Journal’s executive career guide.
Women who have been out of the work force for a while are often at a disadvantage to job hunters with fresh work histories. Plus, some employers […]

The management of onebox entertainment, an event management company will present the 1st NATIONAL CAREER CONFERENCE & JOB FAIR at University of Ghana.
The event will arguably be one of the biggest events on University of Ghana campus and is expected to bring together employers, staffing companies, recruiters and job seekers across the country under one […]

Dutch mothers seem to be out of step with other mums in the western world: there are plenty of day-care facilities available in the Netherlands, yet many well-trained and highly educated women opt for a part-time job. They tend to prefer putting their careers on hold while the children are young.
“For me, it’s very important […]