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New grants totaling $71 million are being awarded to Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Tennessee, which recently passed charter legislation, is being funded for the first time. Unlike the other states, Arizona’s $3.5 million will go to […]
The report from AAC&U’s Greater Expectations initiative recommends sweeping reforms affecting nearly all aspects of the higher education experience, including how colleges and universities organize, teach, and interact with K-12 educators. Read the Report PRESS RELEASE A New Vision for Higher Education in the U.S. Giving All Students a Practical, Engaged Liberal Education is Key […]
“Next year, we will reauthorize the Higher Education Act,” said Chairman John Boehner. “As part of that process, we are conducting a comprehensive review of our student financial assistance programs to determine what is working and what needs to be fixed. Our goal is to determine how we can best ensure that every American has […]
The highlights of the meeting that took place from September 23 through October 1, 2001, include: – Member states considered the procedures for the appointment of a Director General in 2003 and decided to convene a special session of the General Assembly in mid-2003 to endorse the nomination of a Director General by the WIPO […]
Statement of Cornelia M. Ashby, Director Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues Read the Full Testimony
At stake is whether or not content owners and device manufacturers should be allowed to equip their products with a new copyright-protection measure known as a “broadcast flag,” which would eliminate the free reign owners of DVD players and other digital recording devices have to make copies of programs broadcast on TV.
Discussions of the digital divide often focus on access to computers and the Internet. But access alone does not bridge the technology gap. Read the Full Article
The Senate’s version of the legislation, called the Digital Opportunity Investment Trust Act (S. 2603), proposes creating a billion-dollar government agency—on par with the National Institutes of Health or National Science Academies—to enhance federal ed-tech programs. Read the Full Article
“The national Innovation Strategy we are developing will benefit from the experience and ideas of Albertans,” said Minister Rock. “The investments we are making in research, distance learning and new technologies will continue to build the innovative capacity of Albertans and further diversify the Alberta economy.” Read the Full Article
Contact: Jim Bradshaw (202) 401-1576 U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige today announced the formation of two new offices within the Education Department — the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and the Office of Innovation and Improvement. All activities related to safe schools, crisis response, alcohol and drug prevention, health and well being of […]