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Testimony submitted by Chair, Board of Directors, Carol Thomas, ChairNational Education Knowledge Industry Association to U.S. House of Representatives

This testimony is submitted to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies by Carol Thomas as the 2006 Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Education Knowledge Industry Association (NEKIA) and the Executive Director of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL). Read the Full Story

MOE to recognize degrees earned via online education

In a move likely to appeal to workers wishing to pursue further education, the Ministry of Education yesterday announced that it would recognize master’s degrees obtained through online studying.Read the Full Story

Feds Approve Big Bucks For Online Degree Students

For millions of college students, an unexpected floodgate of opportunity has been kicked open by Congress. History may record this event as the catalyst for a significant societal shift — the great education equalizer. Because now the inner city high school graduate, the single at-home mom, the physically-challenged career aspirant, and the struggling entry-level employee […]

Tennessee Board Of Regents Online Education Fills Demands For Workforce

Nashville–In response to a statewide demand for a more qualified and skilled workforce, the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) has developed two online educational programs. Read the Full Story

Online colleges get federal boost — Change in eligibility for student aid is boon to education industry.

It took just a few paragraphs in a budget bill for Congress to open a new frontier in education: Colleges will no longer be required to deliver at least half their courses on a campus instead of online to qualify for federal student aid.Read the Full Story

Bowles pushes ECU distance learning

ECU leaders discussed distance education and how universities can keep up with ever-evolving technology during Wednesday’s meeting with the UNC system’s chief executive Wednesday.Read the Full Story

Proposed eMail fee irks educators

To trim the amount of spam eMail targeting its customers, America Online says it will start charging high-volume senders of eMail a voluntary fee if they want to guarantee that their messages reach AOL subscribers. Though the fee would amount to only about $6 per 100,000 messages sent by schools and other nonprofit organizations, critics […]

Electronic Schooling Should Spark Education

Legislators are moving in the right direction with a bill that would ensure both consistency and quality in electronic courses for students. Read the Full Story

Speed limit increase, education and protecting soldiers

Frankfort — Throughout this session of the General Assembly, one of my main focuses has been to increase the support that we give our soldiers serving our nation in the War on Terror. In a measure passed this week, we improved a House Bill to help alleviate the financial burden of our men and women […]

Judge: No BlackBerry shutdown, yet

But judge says he will issue a decision on an injunction ‘as soon as reasonably possible.’Read the Full Story

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