MIT and Harvard, two of the World’s Top Universities, join hands in a new partnership to offer courses online and for free.

• MIT and Harvard, two of the World’s Top Universities, join hands in a new partnership to offer courses online and for free.
• An initiative called edX, an online learning system which allows students to acquire knowledge across various course from a distance, has been initiated.
• Harvard and MIT each committed $30 million to the project, which will be overseen by a not-for-profit group based in Cambridge.
• Anant Agarwal, who led the development of MITx and directed MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, will be edX's first president. 

MIT and Harvard, two of the World’s Top Universities, join hands in a new partnership to offer courses online and for free.

Study by OECD ranks developed countries having brighter maths students.

According to recent study by the OECD, Shanghai leads the table with 600 points having good number of students who are good at Maths subject. Where as the Britain has been ranked below the international average .

UK performed worse in maths than any other subject, according to the study.

Study by OECD ranks developed countries having brighter maths students.

U.S. colleges see highest enrollment jump in 40 years.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's colleges are attracting record numbers of new students as more Hispanics finish high school and young adults opt to pursue a higher education rather than languish in a weak job market.

A study released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center highlights the growing diversity in higher education amid debate over the role of race in college admissions and controversy over Arizona's new ban on ethnic studies in public schools.

Newly released government figures show that freshman enrollment surged 6% in 2008 to a record 2.6 million, mostly due to rising minority enrollment. That is the highest increase since 1968 during the height of the Vietnam War, when young adults who attended college could avoid the military draft.

U.S. colleges see highest enrollment jump in 40 years.

What a way of learning, Teacher makes algebra cool with hip hop [VIDEO].

Math teacher, LaMar Queen, using rhyme to help them memorise seemingly complicated algebra and in the process improve their grades.

"It gets stuck in your head," says Cindy Martinez, a 14-year-old whose math grade went from a C-average to a B.

Queen, 26, is now known at Los Angeles Academy as the rap teacher, but his fame has spread far beyond the 2,200-student school in this gritty neighborhood. He's won a national award and shows teachers and parents how to use rap to reach children.

"Math is a bad word in a lot of households," he says. "But if we put it in a form that kids enjoy, they'll learn."

Queen is doing what many veteran educators have done - using students' music to connect with them. Where teachers once played the rock n' roll tunes of "Schoolhouse Rocks" to explain everything from government to grammar, they now turn to rap to renew Shakespeare or geometry.

What a way of learning, Teacher makes algebra cool with hip hop [VIDEO].

The future notebook Kno (large screen tablets) is here [VIDEO].

A company called Kno, Inc. has announced its flagship product, simply dubbed the Kno. The device joins two 14-inch touchscreens joined with a hinge, and it specifically targets the education sector.

Based on Linux, the Kno also boasts support for Adobe Flash. Developers are encouraged to participate in building out a third-party App Store for the device.

The future notebook Kno (large screen tablets) is here [VIDEO].

Saudi set to offer Ph.D. in dreaming

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Riyadh : Dreaming of an advanced degree? Try a doctorate in dreams, something which could soon become a reality in a new Saudi academy offering undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Mr Yusuf al-Harthy, a well-known Saudi dream interpreter, plans to start up an institute offering bachelors and masters degrees as well as even a Ph.D. in explaining dreams and visions, reports Al-Hayat newspaper. “Dream interpretation is by nature a way of counselling a person,” said Mr Harthy.

Saudi set to offer Ph.D. in dreaming