Academics in south korea most favored for financing

Researchers in South Korea attract the most financing from global companies, according to rankings being released Monday by Times Higher Education, a weekly magazine based in London.

The magazine’s World Academic Summit Innovation Index, which tracks research money that large companies give to educational institutions, shows South Korean academics each drawing an average of $97,900 in financing. Singapore ranks second, with an average of $84,500; the Netherlands third at $72,800; South Africa fourth at $64,400; and Belgium fifth at $63,700.

The Times Higher Education index uses purchasing power parity to compare research financing in 30 different countries. The list places the United States in 14th place, France 19th and Britain 26th.

 

Pennsylvania college ranked best in U.S. for financial aid

Swarthmore College, in Pennsylvania, is the best institute of higher education in the United States for financial aid, according to a Princeton Review survey, and is followed in the top five by Princeton University; the University of Virginia; Pomona College; and Rice University.

The Princeton Review, which is not connected with the university, released the list and rankings in 61 other categories last week after conducting a survey of 126,000 students at 378 U.S. colleges and universities.

The institutions most loved by their students, according to the survey, are Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Claremont McKenna College; Washington University in St. Louis; Whitman College; and Kansas State University.

Students ranked the University of Iowa the best “party school” in the United States, followed by the University of California, Santa Barbara; the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; West Virginia University; and Syracuse University.

 

$8.4 million earmarked for South Australia students

Three universities in South Australia will divide a government grant to help disadvantaged students gain access to a university education.

The grant, worth 9.24 million Australian dollars, or $8.4 million, was announced last week. It is part of a program called Journey to Higher Education and is earmarked for students at the University of Adelaide, Flinders University and the University of South Australia.

“We want to unlock the higher education ambitions and potential of Indigenous and other disadvantaged students so that higher education becomes a viable and realistic option for them,” said Warren Bebbington, vice chancellor of the University of Adelaide. The grant will finance mentoring, leadership training and academic support.