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The merging of Unisa, Technikon South Africa and Vista’s distance education centre has evoked puzzlement among some. “Where in practice is the overlap that the plan refers to among the programmes the three offer?” asks an educationist.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s communications regulators are a smart bunch, with graduate degrees in law, business and other disciplines. They also are smart enough to know they need help in dealing with the increasingly technical matters before them.
Tuition for full-time students at The Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus in Baltimore will increase just over 5 percent in 2001-2002, in part to cover operating costs of a new student arts center and a recreation center that will open this fall.
A California library cannot be sued under state law for failing to filter Internet content, a state appeals court has decided.
eCollegesm [Nasdaq: ECLG] and the Center for Internet Technology in Education (CiTEsm announced today that along with three of the eight accrediting bodies, they will host a discussion on accreditation guidelines for online programs at the CiTE Conference in Denver on March 8. Never before have the eight regional accrediting bodies collaborated in an effort […]
WASHINGTON, DC Calling for a renewed focus on science, technology, math and engineering education in U.S. schools, U.S. Senator Pat Roberts today offered bipartisan legislation to improve the quality of science and technology teachers and curriculum in grades K- 12. Several provisions of Senator Roberts’ Engineering, Science, Technology and Mathematics Education Enhancement Act are included […]
The 2001 Utah legislative session was generally positive for higher education. A strong economy and the recognition of the need to make a greater investment in education resulted in significant increases in funding for Utah’s colleges and universities. Increased state investment in higher education grew out of a concern by the governor and Legislature that […]
(Washington, DC) The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) today testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Commerce Committee, represented by Jenny House, Vice President for Strategic Relations for Classroom Connect, Inc of Brisbane, CA. The presentation to the Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee outlined how education technology is improving teaching and learning, and encouraged Congress […]
The Technology Access Foundation (TAF) is a non-profit agency with a mission to provide communities of color access to technology. The articles by Ann Stjern discuss TAF and a few of their highly successful programs. Ms. Stjern’s series of articles provide unique insight into successful models of technology training programs for youth. These articles provide […]
The Education Department is asking for comments and suggestions to help it improve its efforts to administer grants over the Internet.