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“We appreciate that the Supreme Court has agreed to review this case. There are seminal issues before the Court — the future of the creative industries and legitimate Internet commerce. These are questions not about a particular technology, but the abuse of that technology by practitioners of a parasitical business model. Read the Full Story
The action is regarded as the best possible outcome of institutional reaccredidation, giving the college its maximum 10 years without conditions or requirements. Read the Full Story
But before you spend the time and money to get a higher education degree through correspondence courses or the Internet, make sure you aren’t becoming a victim of fraud. Read the Full Story
SPOKANE, Wash. — Regis University, a Jesuit school in Denver, has sued a Mead woman, her daughter and three associates, alleging their Internet-based St. Regis University is a “diploma mill” damaging the real school’s reputation.Read the Full Story
Recognizing quality is much like recognizing art – you know it when you see it, but everybody sees something different. And when it comes to online courses, your students, faculty, administrators, peers, and accrediting bodies may certainly not see what you do. In fact, they might not even know what to look for in assessing […]
But before you spend the time, effort and money to get a higher education degree through correspondence courses or the Internet, make sure you aren’t signing up to become a victim of fraud. The country has more than 2,600 diploma mills — set-ups that will take your money and, after little or no work on […]
CHICAGO, IL (December 2, 2004) – Citing 2005 as a transformational year for public television, Pat Mitchell, President and CEO of PBS, opened today’s forum stating that securing supplemental sources of revenue for public television is central to the long term ability of PBS to provide quality programming and educational content for the next generation […]
The non-profit organization, formed in 1987, promotes the development and application of distance learning for education and training, and serves the needs of the distance learning community. Read the Full Story
Trinity Southern University in Texas, a cellular company and the two brothers who ran them are accused of misappropriating Internet addresses of the state Senate and more than 60 Pennsylvania businesses to sell fake degrees and prescription drugs by spam e-mail, according to the lawsuit.Read the Full Story
Want to be an aerospace engineer, accountant or geologist? Thanks to the Internet, you can buy any degree by logging on and signing up. And just like the spam says, “No books. No tests. No kidding!” Read the Full Story