Luring young web warriors is a U.S. priority. It’s also a game.

In the eighth grade, Arlan Jaska figured out how to write a simple script that could switch his keyboard’s Caps Lock key on and off 6,000 times a minute. When friends weren’t looking, he slipped his program onto their computers. It was all fun and games until the program spread to his middle school. “They called my parents and told my dad I was hacking their computers,” Mr. Jaska, 17 years old, recalled. He was grounded and got detention. And he is just the type the Department of Homeland Security is looking for.

Budget aims at retraining to meet demand in skilled trades

A year after trying to keep older workers in the workforce longer, the federal government signalled on Thursday that it will now focus on retraining unemployed workers to meet growing demand in the skilled trades.

HEC to make higher education accessible in remote areas

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has paid special attention towards increasing access to higher education in remote areas of the country. Within the last few years, out of a total of 55 new university campuses, 31 have been established in rural areas throughout Pakistan, an official of HEC said in a statement here on Sunday. In Sindh, 179 development projects amounting to Rs 27.142 billion have been approved so far.

Southern Africa: State of SADC higher education 'not encouraging'

Higher education institutions in Southern Africa are described as elititist, because overall higher education provision in the region is low by world standards.