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Nov 12, 2016
"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."
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.
