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Slower growth projected for student enrollment

Enrollment in private and public schools grew to a record 54 million students from the late 1980s through 2001, increasing 19 percent. But through 2013, enrollment is expected to grow at just 5 percent, upping the total to 56.4 million.Read the Full Story

EU Policies to boost productivity using ICT: Speech by EU Commissioner

Liikanen said that the EU is starting to see the ICT sector with improving prospects, with new products and services such as broadband driving demand from firms, households and government. The first signs of recovery in the European economy are in sight he says, with business and consumer confidence is rising, and economic growth expected […]

Job Board: Instructional Designer (Distance Education Learning Design Specialist)-Japan & U.S.

The Project aim is to assist East Asia and Pacific region’s Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) to become a sustainable, highly effective development tool by working closely with Distance Learning Centers (DLCs) to access Japanese and regional content and to provide capacity building support to (DLCs). Read the Full Story

Apples are in, board members are out in laptop flap

It took only a month of campaigning for write-in candidates Nancy Hoffman and Christopher Kunze to harness the public’s anger over the decision, which critics also said was an unnecessary expense in a time of tight budgets.Read the Full Story

Trustees Approve Tuition Rate for Online Education Program

The program will allow Wal-Mart employees in the nation to pursue two-year and four-year degrees, with NWACC serving as the early provider in the initiative.Read the Full Story

ACS [Education Solutions] wins $1 billion education deal

The Common Services for Borrowers five-year contract — which has five one-year options that could bring the total value to more than $2.3 billion — is for developing a single system to handle the department’s direct loan servicing functions, loan consolidation processes and collection activities for $96 billion in student loan obligations. Those functions are […]

National Science Board, Citing Census Stats on Foreign-Born Scientists and Engineers, Releases Workforce Report with New Sense of Urgency

NSB members briefing media at the National Press Club said that a sampling from 2000 census figures indicates a larger than previously known percentage of degree-holding, foreign-born professionals working in the United States in science and engineering occupations. The NSB presenters also revealed a downturn in the number of H1-B visas issued to foreign-born workers […]

eCollege(SM) Promotes Doug Kelsall to President and Chief Operating Officer

As president and COO, Mr. Kelsall will continue to oversee eCollege’s product engineering and technology (PET) function, as well as both operating divisions of eCollege, including the eLearning Division, and the Enrollment Services Division formed with the recent acquisition of Datamark, Inc.Read the Full Story

On Trail, It’s Dean vs. No Child Left Behind Act

“Everybody else in the race thinks that if you’re a little like George Bush, then that’s the way to beat him,” he said.Read the Full Story

Mass. Reviewing Official’s Online Degree

Ralph Timperi had been signing e-mails in recent weeks with a notation indicating he held a doctorate awarded in September by online Trinity Southern University. But he said he has since renounced the degree. Read the Full Story