Online 'University of Anywhere' for Refugees

You're receiving this email because you are a DailyGood subscriber.
Trouble Viewing? On a mobile? Just click here. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe.

November 12, 2016

a project of ServiceSpace

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

- Thomas Carlyle -

Online 'University of Anywhere' for Refugees

"The University of the People, based in California, is a fast-growing, non-profit project designed to provide higher education for those with the academic ability to study, but without the ability to pay or without any practical access to a traditional university. "There isn't a better reason for the invention of the internet," says the university's founder and president, Shai Reshef. The university offers fully accredited four-year degrees, completely taught online, with students scattered across 180 countries. "We open the gates to higher education. We are an alternative for those who have no other alternative -- survivors of the genocide in Rwanda, refugees from Syria, the earthquake in Haiti," says Mr Reshef, speaking to the BBC in London." { read more }

Be The Change

Commit to learning something new from someone who comes from a different background than yours. And perhaps find a way of sharing a skill or a gift that you have with that person in return.

COMMENT | RATE