In the 1990s, Russian Studies was not a popular pick for students in American universities. However, nearly 20 years on from the collapse of the Soviet Union, things are changing. A new generation of American students is strengthening relations between Russia and the US, one language lesson at a time. Although Russian student Alex Fischer has never been to Russia and has no Russian relatives, she is a self-professed Russian nerd.

Columbia University student and ROTC Cadet John mcclellan kicks of the program by discussing the Ivy League's exclusion of the ROTC program from it's campuses. With the expected repeal of don't ask, don't tell, will the Ivy's allow ROTC on their campuses, as one of their main reasons for opposition to the program becomes extinct?

This moving film follows Malala, a Pakistani schoolgirl and her father as the deteriorating security situation forces them to leave their home in the Swat Valley. But what is even worse for the family is that, due to the Taliban restrictions on education for girls, Malala is stripped of her education and her father loses his livelihood he runs a well-respected girls' school.

Harriet Richardson Ames, 100, realized her lifetime dream of earning her bachelor's degree in education just a day before she died in New Hampshire.

When Harried celebrated her 100th birthday on January 2, 2010, Norma Walker, the coordinator of the Keene State College Golden Circle Society in Concord, New Hampshire visited her to deliver a certificate honoring Harriet's centenarian status.

Many students in the Gaza Strip aspire to a higher education abroad but the Israeli-Egyptian blockade deprives them of setting out on their journey.

Hundreds of Gaza graduates receive scholarship to attend universities abroad, but they are trapped in the impoverished coastal enclave. They are going to lose their scholarships according to a report by Press TV correspondent

A report by UNESCO has outlined that rising poverty and malnutrition threaten to deprive children in poor countries of an education.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) found that education has become a major item to be jettisoned in the global economic meltdown.

Official unemployment rates in the United States hover around 10 percent, even though many experts believe the real numbers are much higher. But for young adults in America, the situation is even worse. 54 percent of Americans under the age of 25 are unemployed according to the labor department. It's taking many college graduates over a year to land a steady job, and many are in hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt.