Budget challenges state’s colleges and universities
The Legislature’s compromise budget will mean higher tuitions, cutbacks in programs and services and plenty of fiscal juggling at public colleges and universities.
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Iran takes measures to regulate Internet use
Iran’s state telecoms monopoly has ordered tough new restrictions on Internet use, requiring service providers to block some sites and barring access to the Web for under-18s, newspapers said on Sunday.
Education ministers to discuss eLearning
Some 40 education ministers from 36 countries will gather in Riga, Latvia on 29 June, at a meeting organised by the European Commission and the Swedish Presidency, to discuss the theme ‘eLearn for life’. The meeting will focus on challenges which the education system is meeting as the information society develops. There will also be […]
Bush Visits Pentagon, Promises Help for Disabled
Computers and the Internet deliver a world of information that enriches the lives of many disabled people, but they also create challenges that DoD, other government agencies and the private sector must do more to solve.
ITT Educational Services, Inc. Executive Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee on H.R. 1992, the Internet Equity and Education Act of 2001
Omer E. Waddles, executive vice president of ITT Educational Services, Inc., (NYSE:ESI), testified today to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness on H.R. 1992, the Internet Equity and Education Act of 2001. Waddles’ testimony supported the proposed amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, contained […]
E-Asean Group To Address Regional Digital Divide
Dr Pichet Durongkaveroj will be appointed chairman of the e-Asean working group responsible for promoting information technology use and for reducing the digital divide throughout the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) region.
National Governors Association Calls for Expansion of Distance Education
Governors Association has released two reports that together offer a ringing endorsement of distance education, although one of the reports also stresses that more work needs to be done to assess the quality of specific courses and programs.
President Bush Issues Executive Order Regarding 21st Century Workforce Initiative
June 20, 2001 EXECUTIVE ORDER 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCE INITIATIVE By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), and in order to promote the study and the development of strategies to address the needs […]
Text, Audio, Video: Remarks By The President At Summit On The 21st Century Work Force
June 20, 2001 MCI Center Washington, D.C. Listen to the President’s Remarks View the President’s Remarks 9:35 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Thank you very much. Please, be seated. Madam Secretary, thank you very much, and I appreciate so very much your service to the country. I made a good pick […]
Remarks By The President highlighting His Commitment To Americans With Disabilities
Thank you all. Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for your hospitality and your leadership. Senator Jeffords, Congressmen Green, Horn and Langevin, thank you all for coming. It’s good to see you all. Four members of the United States Congress have had a piece, a hand in the strategy that I’m about to talk about, […]