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SETDA’s survey of budget data from 31 states reveals that the average budget for a state education technology office decreased from $13.9 million in 2002 to $10.4 million in 2003, with more cuts expected for 2004.Read the Full Story
In this role, Mr. Johnson will oversee the marketing of all HBSP product lines which include the Harvard Business Review, books from Harvard Business School Press, a portfolio of newsletters, conferences, eLearning management development programs, and Harvard Business School case studies.Read the Full Story
After seven years of unproductive consultations with the states, the Federal Government is set to act unilaterally next year, with regulations enforcing training accessibility for disabled people. The move is likely to cause the re-engineering of e-learning systems and curriculum, and modification of face-to-face software application courses.Read the Full Story
That complicated issue and the question of who will pay for putting poor nations online were the two topics that negotiators from 192 countries were unable to resolve in laborious wrangling leading up to the three-day summit that starts Wednesday.Read the Full Story
It is when a distance-learning institution is not properly accredited that would-be scholars should be suspicious, said Gregory Ashe, a senior staff attorney with the Federal Trade Commission in Washington.Read the Full Story
Geneva, 4 December 2003 — A lack of timely and comparable data on access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) is a major barrier to understanding the depth and causes of the digital divide or a gap in ICT access within and between richer and poorer nations. This is especially relevant given that global leaders […]
The selection of these five new participants will allow the Education Department to broaden the scope of its examination of issues related to the use of federal financial aid by distance education students, particularly at institutions that provide their curricula exclusively via distance learning.“The new participants enhance the diversity of the types of institutions in […]
The Working Group will assist the Commission in identifying, evaluating and addressing policy issues that will arise as telecommunications services move to Internet-based platforms.The cross-bureau and multi-disciplinary working group will be directed by a steering committee comprised of senior management and staff from several Commission Bureaus and Offices, and will be staffed as needed by […]
The lawsuit, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, asserted violations of the federal securities laws. Under the terms of the settlement, the Company will make a $10 million cash payment within 30 days and an additional $6 million payment in mid-2004. The Company’s insurance carriers will […]
To illustrate, let me point to two items: the proposed federal technology budgets from the House and Senate, and a press release from the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA).Read the Full Story