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f you’re one of the 11,000 students taking an online course at UCF, you’ve no doubt noticed that the cost of that class has gone up about $54 since last year. That’s because of an $18 per-credit-hour distance-learning fee that became effective July 1.Read the Full Article
Nationwide, campuses are recognizing non-traditional students this week.Read the Full Article
Burck Smith wanted to give college students a way to earn course credits and kick-start their higher-education careers while slashing first-year college costs by more than half.Read the Full Article
An Oxford University economics lecture about the credit crunch is at the top of a global iTunes chart for education.Read the Full Article
Surveying the university community taught us about the importance of the process as well as the survey resultsRead the Full Article
An overview of educational graphic knowledge representation tools is created. The tree of Porphyry is the earliest known example. Several educational graphic knowledge representation tools are discussed. Most important of them are mind mapping and concept mapping. They are compared using the latest special soft wares available. CmapTools is presented as the only known free […]
This 2008 ECAR research study builds upon the work done in 2004 by ECAR in its original study of information technology leadership.Read the Full Article
The headline on Monday’s announcement seemed impressive: “AAA Creates ‘Open Access’ to Anthropological Research.â€Read the Full Article
Many observers, both in academe and in the publishing industry, believe it’s only a matter of time before electronic textbooks become the norm in college. Some campuses in particular may already be getting a glimpse of the future through partnerships with individual publishers or with consortiums.Read the Full Article
Tom Brokaw of NBC’s Meet the Press moderated the third annual Roundtable at Stanford, “Wanted: Courage, Compassion and Character-Leadership for the 21st Century,” on Saturday in Maples Pavilion.Paneslists were, from left, Gates Foundation CEO Jeff Raikes, businesswoman Carly Fiorina, Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, President John Hennessy, U.S. Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Los Angeles, Global […]