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House bill would slash ed-tech funding

Amid heated arguments about the size of the education budget and whether it’s adequate to meet states’ and school systems’ needs, the House Appropriations Committee on July 14 issued its markup of the 2005 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education spending bill. Read the Full Story

Corinthian Colleges Appoints New Executive Vice President of Marketing

Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (Nasdaq: COCO), one of the largest and fastest-growing post-secondary education companies in North America, announced today the appointment of Bill Buchanan as Executive Vice President of Marketing, a new position. Read the Full Story

Webcast: National Educational Technology Standards

The webcast, moderated by Cathy Gunn, Ph.D., executive director of the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), included expert panelists Gary Bitter, Ph.D., Arizona State University and executive director of Technology Based Learning & Research; Jim Bosco, Ed.D., Western Michigan University; Leslie Conery, Ph.D., deputy chief executive officer for ISTE; and Lajeane Thomas, Ed.D., project […]

Online college degree brings down Tulane business instructor

Wayne del Corral, an instructor at Tulane’s A.B. Freeman School of Business, got a degree from Lacrosse University, an institution which moved to Bay St. Louis, Miss., after it was unable to gain accreditation from any agency recognized by the Louisiana Department of Education.Read the Full Story

Care2Learn Online Courses Gains NCCAP Approval for Activities Professionals in 2004

Bradenton, FL (PRWEB) August 2, 2004 — Care2Learn’s Accreditation team has received approval from the National Certification Council for Activities Professionals (NCCAP) to accredit its Activities Professional library, presently at 84 hours of coursework and growing.Read the Full Story

Wyoming: School scores available online

Wyoming’s schools were recently added to the nationwide School Information Partnership Web site, which compiles academic achievement facts. The site’s goal is to list schools in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., by the end of the year. Read the Full Story

DOD [Department of Defense] Needs to Develop Performance Goals and Metrics for Advanced Distributed Learning in Professional Military Education

Without clear goals and an effective process for evaluating the results of ADL application, DOD cannot ensure that its program is achieving an appropriate return on investment and other goals.Read the Full Story

MAILBOX U.: After Louisiana cracked down on diploma mills , several distance-learning institutions moved to Mississippi, where they continue to churn out degrees.

Nevertheless, the institution crops up on the résumés of thousands of people, though not always to the enhancement of their careers.Read the Full Story

Govt studying e-teaching as way to reach school tru

The ministry’s decision is based on encouraging results that have been observed in Akita Prefecture and six cities, including Yokohama, that were designated as special zones for structural reform and have been operating e-schooling. Read the Full Story

Report Card on DETC Services

The Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) has a 78-year tradition of providing a variety of “value-adding” services to its accredited institutions, and the Accrediting Commission wanted to learn how these services were perceived by the membership.A mail survey was sent out to all DETC institutions in June, 2004 and 42, or 58% of the […]