Bill could give some out-of-staters a break
The University of California Board of Regents is considering a bill at its meeting next week that would exempt undocumented immigrants and certain nonresidents from out-of-state tuition.
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Fresh legislation aims to regulate distance learning programs
Distance learning – where students take classes unavailable locally through the use of computers and other technology – may be one of the more exciting growth areas in education. It’s also virtually unregulated.
‘The Future of Ideas’: Protecting the Old With Copyright Law
Thanks to digital technology, a delightful new art form emerged this year: the fan edit. Devotees of the pop singer Bjork, for example, have begun running her songs through their computers, tweaking the beats and instrumentation, then posting hundreds of ”remixed” versions on the Web.
Congress Passes Education
By huge margins, both the Senate and the House have passed a bipartisan bill to revamp the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
SUMMARY: HR.1–The No Child Left Behind Education Reform Bill
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND EDUCATION REFORM BILL (HR.1) Reauthorization–through 2007–of federal programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965.
FCC: Rural Alaskan residents can hook into internet through schools
A new ruling by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opens the possibility for residents in remote rural areas to connect to the internet after hours from their local school or library.
World intellectual-property treaty set to enter force
AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY designed to protect copyright holders in the “digital age” is ready to become law, now that 30 countries, including Japan and the United States, have ratified it.
Bush appoints high-tech advisory council
Meeting for the first time Wednesday, the newly appointed President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) laid out its priorities, which included ways that IT can help in antiterrorism efforts.
MIT cooperating in six-nation computer piracy raid
Law enforcement officials executed a coordinated raid Tuesday involving about 100 sites in six nations and 27 US cities, seizing computers — including three at MIT — allegedly used to store and distribute pirated software.
House, Senate panel OK mandatory testing as part of education bill
Educational technology advocates are quietly celebrating the survival of a handful of specific technology programs in the final version of the education bill approved by House and Senate negotiators Dec. 11. But their victory was overshadowed by the approval of other, more controversial measures, such as mandatory testing of students in reading and math.