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Jayson Blair-Prevention Tool Debuts on Campus

The perfect quote. The in-depth research by a famous historian. They are all easily accessible in libraries and online for students to use in their academic papers. And now SDSU professors have a tool at their disposal to determine whether students are truly properly crediting others’ work.Read the Full Article

College Offers Terrorism Survival Course

Unlike the undergrads seeking an associate degree at the community college, students here are corporate executives, National Guard officers, or even missionaries seeking training in how to protect themselves against terrorists, survive a kidnapping or otherwise increase their security.Read the Full Article

Students show that textbooks can be affordable, create $10 DVD

Their semester-long effort began as a project to develop a course supplement for professors, said Michael O’Hara, project supervisor and Ball State theater professor. O’Hara soon learned that the students working on the project had other plans. Read the Full Article

Carnegie Mellon University Receives Award Recognizing Innovative Use of Technology to Promote International Learning

The award recognizes the innovative use of technology to promote international learning at U.S. colleges and universities. Only six institutions were selected nationwide to receive the honor.Read the Full Article

Rob McGeachin Elected Incoming Chair Of Agricultural Network Information Center

AgNIC is a collaborative international alliance of land-grant universities, the National Agricultural Library, citizens groups and other government organizations committed to facilitating public access to agricultural and related information. AgNIC focuses on providing a guide to selected, quality agricultural information in electronic format over the Internet through a distributed network of member hosted web sites […]

New online Certificate Program Launched

The changing face of today’s business world will mean exciting new opportunities for students at Red Deer College. The Office Administration program is excited to announce the Virtual Assistant Certificate that will be offered online beginning this fall. Read the Full Article

Nation’s Leading Universities Launch Consortium to Give Companies, Adult Learners Easy Access to Quality Online Degrees, Decision-Making Resources

The Online UC serves companies and the growing number of adult learners whose education is funded through employee tuition reimbursement. It qualifies reputable universities, offers easy access to online degree programs, and provides informative resources for how to spend tuition dollars wisely.Read the Full Article

eCollege(SM) Partners With Tata Interactive Systems

DENVER – May 21, 2003 – eCollege(SM) [Nasdaq: ECLG], a leading provider of technology and services for online higher education programs, is helping institutions enhance online offerings with dynamic, real-world business simulations developed by Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), one of the world’s largest custom eLearning development companies. The partnership enables faculty to incorporate simulations into […]

Central Asia: Charter University To Bring Education To Remote Mountain Regions

The University of Central Asia will have three campuses in the mountain regions of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. As RFE/RL reports, the long-term project is already bringing education opportunities to residents of the countries’ most remote areas.Read the Full Article

Online Universities Promising “Accredited” Degrees & Diplomas

They’re not approved by the Department of Education. But these questionable accreditation services can make a mail-order diploma sound like a sheepskin from Harvard. And two of the more notorious services list Nevada as their home address.Read the Full Article