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Frank Rich of The New York Times; Susan Ness, a former FCC commissioner; and Robert Corn-Revere, a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine, agreed that powerful media companies are not the target of the “decency” sword of Damocles, which some members of Congress will hold over candidates at future confirmation hearings for FCC commissioners. Rather, it […]
The super-fast “Internet2” network that connects universities for research and learning is also reportedly popular among college students who download pirated music and movies: Read the Full Story
Today, students are lucky to buy a Twizzler or a movie ticket without having to apply for debt relief, let alone four years at an Ivy League school, said retired business teacher and free-lance writer Marjorie Wolfe, whose chronology of higher education expenses charts a rise of what she called “exorbitant fees in the megabucks.” […]
This, Baumol’s study forecasted, should happen around 2040.Read the Full Story
Washington, D.C. (April 11, 2005) – The Board Chair of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) testified before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee today in support of Erate, the federal program providing discounted telecommunications access to schools and libraries. Sheryl Abshire, District Administrative Coordinator of Technology for Calcasieu Parish Public Schools in Lake […]
Some of these companies and individuals are accused of submitting fraudulent documents to the government and being overcompensated for equipment headed to school districts in Arkansas, California, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Wisconsin.Read the Full Story
But securing permission to use many of these works — photos and illustrations that are around 100 years old — is an impossible task, as many of the original owners are unknown or dead, or the publishing companies no longer exist.Read the Full Story
The announcement was portrayed as a major policy shift for the U.S. Department of Education (ED) in its implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).Read the Full Story
Hamilton University hasn’t even inquired about licensing, according to Wyoming Department of Education officials.Read the Full Story
Legislators voted not to appropriate $8 million for implementing the Distance Education Enhancement Task Force’s recommendations for improving distance education in Nebraska.Read the Full Story