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Accessibility for all students is a key concern in IT in higher education, one tied to the core mission of education and underscored by recent federal activity reinforcing the need for compliance in all aspects of technology implementations. Yet institutions are scratching their collective heads over how to make digital information accessible to students with […]
ALBANY, NY (WAMC) – Beginning next month, The U.S. Department of Education is tightening control of its federal aid to higher education beginning through new regulations that will impact colleges offering distance learning courses. Capital District Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports.SOURCE: WAMC Northeast Public RadioRead the Full Article
This measure would require the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and request the University of California to, report to the Legislature on workload and key performance data on distance learning courses, as defined. This measure would require the California Virtual Campus and the California State University to […]
EVP of Products Brings Wealth of Experience to Company with Focus on Rapid Product AdvancementSOURCE: SumTotalRead the Full Article
ORLANDO, June 2, 2011 – WUCF TV, a partnership of the University of Central Florida (UCF) and Brevard Community College (BCC), has officially been named Central Florida’s new home for the full PBS schedule. SOURCE: PBSRead the Full Article
WASHINGTON — After 10 months, more than 100 meetings with for-profit colleges and other stakeholders and 90,000 written comments, the Education Department today formally unveiled its second attempt to craft a new system for determining whether vocational programs prepare their graduates for “gainful employment.”SOURCE: Inside Higher EdRead the Full Article
California InterContinental University (CalUniversity) Co-Chairman and CEO Senthil Kumar is pleased to announce its Award of Accreditation Status from the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education Training Council (DETC), Washington DC. Read the Full ArticleSource: PR.com
Christina Christopher was two classes shy of an MBA when DeVry University told her she’d run out of financial aid. She had relied on federal loans, but she hit her limit. With no cosigner for a private loan, she was open to any option she could find. Read the Full ArticleSource: Christian Science Monitor
Current copyright law was formulated before the digital technology became widely available and well before Web 2.0 changed the way that information is created and shared. J. Patrick McGrail and Ewa McGrail argue that copyright law has failed to keep up with the social and legal changes that have accompanied the technological developments of the […]
People using the Post-9/11 GI Bill for distance learning would be eligible to receive a living stipend under legislation introduced Tuesday by the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee chairman. Read the Full Article Source: Air Force Times
