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The Stanford University Board of Trustees has approved a 3.5 percent increase in total undergraduate charges—tuition, room and board—for the 2009-10 academic year. Read the Full Article Source: Stanford
Report says U.S. must look beyond funding broadband access–and adopt a comprehensive strategy to encourage adoption as well Read the Full Article Source: eSchoolnews.com
Educators can’t truly deliver 21st-century instruction in schools that reflect Industrial-Age designs, with rigid schedules, inflexible facilities, and fixed boundaries between grades, disciplines, and classrooms, according to a new white paper from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21). Read the Full Article
Among online students who dropped out of their degree or certificate programs, 40 percent failed to seek any help or resources before abandoning their programs, according to a recent EducationDynamics survey. Conducted in November 2008 among about 150 respondents who visited EducationDynamics’ sites eLearners.com and EarnMyDegree.com, the survey was designed to identify students’ motivations for […]
Academic integrity has been a perennial issue in higher education. Undoubtedly, the advent of the Internet and advances in user-friendly technological devices have spurred both concern on the part of faculty and research interest in the academic community regarding inappropriate and unethical behavior on the part of students. This study is designed to (a) gauge […]
College students are covering more of what it costs to educate them, even as most colleges are spending less on students, according to a new study. Read the Full Article
President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Julius Genachowski, one of his key technology advisors, to be the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), according to a Democratic official. Read the Full Article
The use of online materials to help students with their lessons has been “slow to take off”, a report from Ofsted inspectors has said.Read the Full Article
Money-saving measure would use distance-learning technologyRead the Full Article
As digital technology thrusts complexity upon copyright law, conflict has escalated between copyright holders desperate to institute a vigorous enforcement mechanism against copying in order to protect their ownership and others who underscore the importance of public interests in accessing and using copyrighted works. This study explores whether Creative Commons (CC) licenses are a viable […]
