Movies such as Spiderman 2 and Speed generate excitement among audiences with their cool special effects. But they also defy the laws of physics, contributing to students’ ignorance about science.

Microsoft Corp. and Tutor.com announced a strategic alliance that will provide on-demand tutoring to students who purchase Microsoft® Student with Encarta® Premium 2008, the recently launched homework productivity suite of software designed to help students complete assignments and excel in difficult subjects such as math, science and foreign languages.

Sony announced that it will invite 30 high school students from the cities of Beijing, Hangzhou and Chengdu to Japan in cooperation with the All China Youth Federation, China's largest youth group, as part of its "Sony Student Project Abroad (China) 2007" program. It is a 12 day program running from July 30th to August 10th.

Student and academic staff exchange co-operation between Europe and Partner Countries

The pragmatic measures of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua ended the last nationwide workers strike and he is employing the same pragmatic approach to end the protracted ASUU strike.

Most young Singaporean students who will be traveling next week and during July will be vacationing, relaxing and sightseeing.

China Education Center Helps Foreign Students, Working toward Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees, Prepare for Admission to China's Top Universities

The U.S. Education Department, criticized for lax oversight of student loans, released proposed rules Friday that would set new standards for universities and ban lenders' marketing practices that have resulted, in some cases, in loan company payoffs to university officials, reported The New York Times.

A majority of Latino postsecondary students in California are concentrated in the community college system, but only a handful transfer to a four-year university, according to a new policy brief by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.

Members of the Iranian parliament have protested against widespread arrests of teachers and students. Sixteen lawmakers today called on police and security forces to respect the "legal and professional rights" of teachers and students.

A South Korean national who was studying English at the university was behind the massacre of at least 30 people locked inside a Virginia Tech campus building in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, the university said Tuesday.

Two shootings on campus today have left 33 dead. Thirty-one, including the gunman, died at Norris Hall; two died at West Ambler Johnston Hall. Fifteen other victims from Norris are being treated at area hospitals. Virginia Tech remains closed on Monday, April 16, 2007. Vehicular entrances to campus are severely restricted to essential personnel only. Additional security remains on campus as the investigation continues.