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Jody Lewen has run San Quentin's Prison University Project for over a decade.
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Jody Lewen has run San Quentin's Prison University Project for over a decade.

Prison University Gives Inmates Hope

College classes give prisoners a head start for when they rejoin society

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A student at Kiriri Women's University in Kenya

Kenyan Women's University Prepares Students to Compete

It's a unique sight in East Africa, a university comprised entirely of women students.

About 43 percent of Philadelphia high school students drop out before graduating. The city's Re-Engagement Center allows them to return to school to earn a diploma.

Drop-In Program Gives Drop-Outs a Second Chance

Philadelphia offers students a way back to school and a diploma

Report Shows Encouraging Progress in Girls’ Education

But it says says many African girls still face obstacles to attending school

Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, where students can work their way to a university degree.

Students Earn Debt-Free College Degree

Berea College allows students to work-study their way to a university degree

Students working together at the British School of Boston.

Innovative Approach Individualizes Learning

Curriculum personalizes education and applies an internationally-minded approach to learning

Students in the Kids Cafe after-school program learn about the nutritious value of an avocado while making an avocado and bean dip.

Kids Cafe Fights Childhood Hunger

After-school program feeds the hungry while exposing children to healthy foods

Sadiq Abubakar, originally from Nigeria, came to study at Episcopal High School outside Washington, DC on a special exchange program

Nigerian Student Athlete Finds Success in US

Private boarding school brings students from African countries to study in the US with success

Christian, Jewish and Muslim students learn together in classrooms at the University Project, which aims to make religion more a source of peace in the world rather than a source of conflict.

Innovative Program Trains Pastors, Imams, Rabbis Together

Scholars from the three major Abrahamic faiths focus on their spiritual commonalities

Ed Klorman, director of the Center for Music Entrepreneurship, encourages students to try different venues to showcase their music. Here he performs at one of his Classical Blue Jeans Concerts.

New York Music Conservatory Plays Entrepreneurial Song

The 21st century musician must also be business savvy

Map of South Sudan

Higher Education Returns to Southern Sudan

But south’s universities need a lot of work before opening

Professor John Cohen, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Professor Unravels Mysteries of Medicine

In free lectures to the community, John Cohen strives to make technical language understandable

US President Barack Obama records the weekly address, February 18, 2011

Obama: Education Cornerstone to Future Job Gains

President says improving math, science education are key to US competing for new jobs, industries

The Yale Glee Club celebrates its 150th anniversary.

Yale Glee Club Hits a High Note

University singing group celebrates 150 years

Augustus A. White III, M.D., is professor of Medical Education and Orthopedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School and the first African American department chief at Harvard’s teaching hospitals.

African-American Surgeon Calls for Equality in US Medical System

Report finds discrimination against blacks, women, Hispanics and obese patients

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