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Student charges for the 2002-03 academic year and the current fiscal operating budget top the agenda for the next Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 11 a.m. in the Conference Dining Room at the Dartmouth campus.
The new educational technology czar for the Bush administration was so effective in his old job, he actually made educators feel good about how government works.
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige called for educators and industry leaders to think beyond the number of computers and internet connections in schools and focus instead on using technology as a means of providing high-quality education. Paige’s comments came at a national summit on educational technology held Jan. 25 in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON — Another who’s who list of high-tech CEOs today urged the White House and congressional leadership to make broadband deployment a national priority, worthy of the same attention that President Eisenhower gave the interstate highway system. Read the entire story
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the government of the Sultanate of Oman are bringing together ministers responsible for culture and/or intellectual property matters and other key officials from around the world at an international forum to discuss the theme “Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge: Our Identity, Our Future”. Held under patronage of His […]
The nation’s governors began the State of the State season with the January 3 address by Governor Jesse Ventura to the people of Minnesota. At least 36 governors will address their constituents over the next five weeks.
With a decision pending as to whether the US Supreme Court will hear Eldred v. Ashcroft, the first challenge to Congress’s series of copyright term extensions, the government has taken an even more extreme position in Golan v. Ashcroft, the second challenge.
Last night Laura Bush announced a proposed $10 million initiative for 2003 to recruit a new generation of librarians. The initiative will be managed by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. In announcing this initiative Mrs. Bush said, “In May 2000, Library Journal magazine reported 40 percent of America’s library directors plan to retire […]
A federal judge has rejected Microsoft’s offer to donate computers and software to schools to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing it of overcharging for its products.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. AUDIENCE: U-S-A! U-S-A! THE PRESIDENT: Okay. I know you all are anxious to get back to class. (Laughter.) So please be seated. (Laughter.) Thank you for such a warm welcome. It’s great to be in the home of the Big Blue. (Applause.) Hamilton High School. I want to […]