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Stanford University raised for the first time in U.S. history over a billion dollars over a single year , almost double the funds raised by Harvard University , writes the BBC. Specifically, Stanford raised funds worth 1.03 billion dollars, according to a study by the Council for Aid to Education . Ranks second Harvard University, with about 650 million dollars, followed by Yale with 544 million dollars. In total, the 3,500 American universities included in the study recalled raised 31 billion dollars in 2012, 2.3 percent more than in 2011. The first ten U.S. universities received 17 percent of the total . Among 79,000 donors include Stanford University Robert King , an investor in Silicon Valley, which offered 100 million dollars for the creation of a research center on emerging economies .

People over 60 should go to university to re-specialize, because you have to work longer before retiring, suggested the government in London. Employees will follow academic courses in order to keep the professional skills are more likely to keep their jobs, warned the Minister for Higher Education, David Willetts, quoted by the Daily Telegraph. According to him, waiving the age limit for student loans designed to cover the cost of schooling, making these invaluable courses for seniors. Minister comments appear after a government report found that the country's future economic success depends on the skills and contributions of older workers. On the other hand, for elderly organizations have expressed doubt that potential retirees will be willing to attend college and difficult to raise debt to continue to work. One in four Britons will be over 65 by 2033, and economists have warned that the aging population will place an unsustainable burden on British taxpayers, if ...