Uncovering E-Rate Mismanagement
New subcommittee report details the waste, fraud, and abuse of the E-Rate program over a 21/2-year investigation.Read the Full Story
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Music Industry Announces Grokster Settlement
WASHINGTON, DC – The owners and operators of the Grokster peer-to-peer (P2P) network – the lead and most well-known defendants in one of the Supreme Court’s seminal decisions this year and the most profound case affecting copyright laws in two decades – have agreed to settle the three-year-old legal case with the nation’s major record […]
Regents support distance education
IOWA CITY – Faced with a possible shortfall in campus enrollment and a growing demand for higher education internationally, the Iowa Board of Regents supported enhancing the promotion and visibility of distance education at Iowa’s state universities during its meeting Wednesday at the University of Iowa.Read the Full Story
New cash for eLearning: Schools get extra £125m for educational software
The government is boosting funds for the eLearning Credits for schools to spend on software.The Department for Education and Skills’ representative in the House of Lords, Lord Andrew Adonis said today that the government is giving an extra £125 million on top of the £75m which was first announced as part schools’ overall capital allocations […]
Bill targets diploma mills through accreditation
All private, degree-granting institutions in Wyoming would have to be accredited under a bill headed to the state’s Joint Education Committee next month.Read the Full Story
Telecommuters: Beware the tax man
Telecommuters employed by a company outside their home state may be at risk of having to pay extra taxes unless Congress adopts a bill protecting them, experts said Tuesday.Read the Full Story
Globally Collaborative Experiential Learning
Economic interdependence among nations and cultures is spawning a global economy. Globalisation also highlights clashes of divergent cultures and belief systems, both political and religious. If global peace is ever to be achieved, global-scale education, with the use of the modern digital telecommunications, will be needed to create mutual understanding among nations, cultures, ethnic groups, […]
Narrowing the ‘digital divide’
Program takes computers to students in farm towns.Read the Full Story
Congress Shouldn’t Intervene in Google Program, Public Knowledge Advises
Background: Tomorrow, Nov. 1, Google is due to restart its program of scanning books under copyright for its Google Print program for libraries. Today, Public Knowledge President Gigi B. Sohn sent a letter to key Congressional leaders saying that Google’s use of material from those books constitutes fair use, and that Congress shouldn’t become involved […]
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