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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Howard P. Buck McKeon (R-CA), chairman of the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, today announced that the FED. UP page on the House Education and the Workforce Committee website has received approximately 3,000 responses from college officials, administrators, and other personnel who operate Americas institutions of higher learning. The web page […]
A Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary on Monday said he will call for congressional hearings into Microsoft Corp.’s “anticompetitive practices.”
Univeristy of Natal vice chancellor Prof Brenda Gourley announced her decision yesterday to accept the post of head of the Open University in the UK, bringing to three the number of top SA vicechancellors to recently opt for overseas jobs.
Today the International Bureau authorized eight new mobile satellite services (MSS) systems in the 2 GHz band to provide service in the United States. The systems will be capable of providing mobile voice, data, Internet access and other new satellite communications services to all parts of the country, from urban areas to remote rural communities.
Canada’s provincial ministers of education want to use online learning to help remove barriers between the nation’s provinces and territories, rural and urban dwellers and native and non-native Canadians.
Information technologies can be effective tools in the fight to reduce poverty in developing countries, but improving access to such technology will require the combined efforts of governments, development agencies and both multinational and local companies, a new United Nations report said.
The Telecentre Cookbook for Africa: Recipes for Self-Sustainability is a step-by-step guide on how to implement community-based telecentres in an African environment, complete with examples of telecentre infrastructure, baseline questionnaires and business plans.
The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) released today a pan-Canadian vision statement for on-line learning. Building on efforts already initiated by Ministers of education and postsecondary education, the common vision statement is intended to help Canada’s provinces and territories continue as leaders in the emerging world of e-education. “Individually and as a group, […]
Communities and organizations throughout Illinois are getting more than $30 million in grant money to help eliminate the digital divide.
A new study from the Morino Institute explores how communities can bridge the digital divide while producing meaningful social change.