The world’s 9 most futuristic cities Masdar City, United Arab Emirates. The world’s first zero-carbon, zero-waste city you say? Amsterdam, Netherlands. Singapore. Helsinki, Finland. Songdo International Business District, South Korea. Los Angeles, USA. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Hong Kong. What’s the most futuristic country? Top 20 Most Technologically Advanced Countries […]
South Sudan ranks lowest of them all, with a literacy rate of just 27%, followed by Afghanistan at 28.1%, Burkina Faso at 28.7%, Niger at 28.7%, Mali at 33.4%, Chad at 35.4%, Somalia at 37.8%, Ethiopia at 39%, Guinea at 41% and Benin at 42.4%. Which country is most illiterate? […]
Hispanic or Latino. Persons identifying as Hispanic or Latino, without regard to race, had the lowest educational attainment. The gap was the largest between foreign-born Asian Americans, over half (50.1%) of whom had a bachelor’s degree or higher and foreign-born Hispanics, 9.8% of whom had a four-year college degree. Who […]
South Sudan. (35% literacy) More than two million children are unable to attend school in South Sudan UNICEF. Mali. (35% literacy) Central African Republic. (37% literacy) Burkina Faso. (41% literacy) Benin. (42% literacy) Afghanistan. (43% literacy) Sierra Leone. (43% literacy) Côte d’Ivoire. (47% literacy) What country has lowest education? The […]
2021’s Most & Least Educated Cities in America – WalletHub Study Most Educated Cities Least Educated Cities 1. Ann Arbor, MI 141. Corpus Christi, TX 2. San Jose, CA 142. Ocala, FL 3. Washington, DC 143. Salinas, CA 4. San Francisco, CA 144. Stockton, CA What is the least educated […]
The origin of Roll Tide as a rallying cry can be traced to the Alabama—or ‘Bama as it’s often abbreviated—football team. ‘Bama fans yell Roll Tide to encourage the team … not that they need encouraging because they’re pretty good at winning. The phrase is sometimes elongated by folks in […]
11 things Alabama does better than any other state Southern literature. We could just say, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and leave it at that. Building rocket engines. Embracing quirkiness. Cooking barbecue. Homegrown music. Training astronauts. Growing peanuts. Educating engineers and owning our inherent geekiness. What’s the best thing about Alabama? […]
five floors. There’s a courtyard outside the first level as well. Dorm rooms begin on the second floor and end on the fifth floor. There are four rooms per gender on each floor with five floors in total. Every student gets their own room equipped with air conditioning, toilets, beds, […]
“Champ” Pickens bestowed the name “Million Dollar Band” after the 1922 football game against Georgia Tech. Though accounts vary, it is reported that in order for the band to attend the game they had to solicit funds from local businesses. They were able to collect enough funds to ride in […]
Marriage Age Statutes in Alabama Code of Alabama 30-1-4, 5: Minimum age for contracting marriage; Consent of parents and bond required for marriage of certain minors. Marriage under 16 is voidable, not void. Marriage between 16 and 18 without parental consent is not grounds for annulment. Can a 13 year […]
Alabama. Real estate is the largest industry in the vast majority of states. But after real estate, ambulatory health care services is the largest industry in Alabama by total economic output. What is the main industries in Alabama? Industry. Alabama’s industrial outputs include iron and steel products (including cast-iron and […]
According to the PhD thesis of Steve Thorne at the University of Birmingham Department of English, Birmingham English is “a dialectal hybrid of northern, southern, Midlands, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire speech“, also with elements from the languages and dialects of its Asian and Afro-Caribbean Where does the West Midlands accent […]
The culture of Birmingham is characterised by a deep-seated tradition of individualism and experimentation, and the unusually fragmented but innovative culture that results has been widely remarked upon by commentators. What is the culture like in Alabama? Alabama is rich in rural cultural traditions. Storytelling in particular has attracted the […]
1963. On September 10th, in 1963, twenty black students entered previously all white public schools in Birmingham, Mobile and Tuskegee Alabama. This day came after a major stand off between federal authorities and Gov. George C. When did Alabama integrate public schools? Sonnie Hereford IV desegregated Alabama’s public schools in […]
An analysis of student visa data suggests that in 2019 as many as 398,041 Chinese students came to the U.S. to study at American colleges and universities. From this pool of 398,041, UA was home to approximately 554 Chinese students. How many international students does The University of Alabama have? […]