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The importance of OER proves to be a key driver in providing education to all. But what is OER in education? OER stands for open education resources. Many online universities, including the University of the People, depend on OER in order to deliver accessible, quality, and affordable education to students all over the world. Let’s…

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation education goals and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grants have resulted in the donation of billions of dollars throughout the years to shaping education and education policy. In 2020, AP News reported that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation had donated about $44 million in just the prior two…

According to a Gallup report entitled “Education Technology Use in Schools,” about 65% of respondents reported that they use digital learning tools to teach on a daily basis. The rapid advancement of technology in education cannot go unnoticed as it is occurring around the world. Across industries, technology is reshaping how institutions and businesses operate.…

The Federal Reserve estimates that Americans have amassed $1.73 trillion in student loans (as of a calculation made during the second quarter of 2021). This humongous amount of debt has many worried that there is a student loan bubble (or college bubble), which would wreak havoc on the economy if the higher education bubble were…

A recent survey conducted by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and Campden Wealth took a look at the global trends in family philanthropy in 2020. After surveying 201 families, with an average net wealth of $1.2 billion, the results were clear — education is the number one area in which families donate across the globe. In fact,…

Nationwide, there are 17.5 million undergraduate students enrolled in college. While the number of minority students entering college has increased dramatically since the past with more access to higher education, it still is not equally distributed across race and socioeconomic status. Thus, these differences have become known as the opportunity gap.  The opportunity gap leads…

The total number of students enrolled in higher education is expected to reach 594 million in 2040 due to the growth in demand for higher education. But, when you look at higher education in the past and present, there is clearly underrepresentation of minorities. In America alone, the data shows that students of color are…

The education system in Haiti is in dire need of assistance as Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The Haiti educational system is ranked 177th out of 186 globally in terms of national spending on education. This less-than-optimal fact means most private schools are funded by American and Canadian missions, which end…

With an MPA, there is a lot that one can do. MPA stands for Master’s in Public Administration. Public administration is what happens at every level of government, including federal, state, and local. To obtain high positions within public administration or to work within nonprofit management, this could be the degree you need. Here, we…

People have multifaceted personalities. While it is hard to define any one human with just four words, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) instrument can help anyone better understand how they see the world and make decisions. The four tendencies are not meant to be adjectives, but rather ways by which peoples’ personality come into play…

What if you could take a questionnaire and find out interesting tidbits about your personality? The INFJ personality is just one typology on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Knowing this information, you can better understand careers that are well-suited to your personality and the way in which you perceive the world, how you deal with…

One of the most exciting aspects about college is that you have the freedom to decide where you want to study. For some students, that means choosing an online university, and for others, it may mean traveling abroad to study internationally. That’s why we’ve compiled this list of top Korean universities, as South Korea continues…