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North Dakota Contemplates a Law Prohibiting the Use of Fake Degrees

The Education Committee of the assembly’s House of Representatives passed the bill, House Bill 1068, on Tuesday. The bill may be taken up by the full House later this week. Read the Full Article

Senators Send Letter to OMB on Farm Bill Delays

It addresses OMB’s delay in implementing the Farm Bill rural broadband initiative and cites concerns that OMB is attempting to decrease the size, scope and flexibility of the program. Read the Full Article

California schools to benefit from $1.1 billion Microsoft settlement

Under the agreement, announced Jan. 10, proceeds of the settlement will be distributed in the form of vouchers redeemable for computers and software products. Read the Full Article

Excerpts from The prepared text of the State of the Commonwealth address by Gov. Paul Patton

Having had less time to produce results than KERA, our efforts are nonetheless receiving similar national acclaim and have produced stunning results. Among them are: enrollment in our public colleges and universities is up 20%; 46% in our Community and Technical Colleges. Bucks for Brains has increased our endowed faculty by 400 percent and has […]

E-Rate in ‘financial disarray’

E-Rate in ‘financial disarray’ Read the Full Article Schools’ Internet Subsidies Are Called Fraud-Riddled Read the Full Article eRate bust signals crackdown Read the Full Article E-Rate lets down local, state recipients Read the Full Article

University Diploma Spammers Busted?

Of course you are! Phillip has been doing a spot of detective work and the super slueth has managed to come up with some rather juicy details concerning our favorite spammers. Read the Full Article

Dismay as BBC gets e-learning go-ahead

The industry reacted with expected dismay at the decision, announced today by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, after a long delay. Many firms feel the move will put them out of business and stifle choice for schools. Read the Full Article

E is for e-education

From the point of view of teachers, parents and pupils, the prospect of the BBC providing a free curriculum for everyone using modern digital technologies is an unalloyed Good Thing and further proof of the value-for-money of a licence fee costing barely 30p a day. Read the Full Article

McKeon Reintroduces Bipartisan Bill to Reduce Red Tape, Improve Access to Higher Education

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 21st Century Competitiveness Subcommittee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) today introduced bipartisan legislation, identical to a bill introduced last year with strong bipartisan support, to improve access to higher education for disadvantaged students by reducing red tape in federal student aid programs. The bipartisan measure, dubbed “FED UP,” would make technical […]

New Corporate Executives

BELLEVUE, Wash.–Jan. 8, 2003–Click2learn (Nasdaq:CLKS) today announced that Gary Millrood has joined the company as its new senior vice president of North American sales. Millrood, who brings 20 years of sales, business development, marketing and product development experience to Click2learn, will be responsible for managing the company’s sales force in the US and Canada and […]