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Columbia Graduates 10,000 Students on May 21; Commencement Webcast Live

Columbia expects to graduate more than 10,000 students on Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 10:30 a.m. — one of the largest classes in its history. Lee C. Bollinger will deliver his first commencement address as president of Columbia University.View Webcast

Words of wisdom, wit and winning (Go Bears!)

What’s Next for the Class of 2003? A look at what the future holds for this year’s graduates – in their own words.Read the Full Article

Home Schooling: Learning From Dissent

As in other public service sectors, the words diversity and choice have moved to the centre of discussions about system reform. The many educational options that have been created to address diverse needs provide answers for everyone who cares to enter the debate but may prevent us from clearly articulating our expectations of the publicly-funded […]

eCollege Study Finds Institutions Moving to Online Evaluations to Assess Quality

DENVER – May 19, 2003 – eCollege(SM) [Nasdaq: ECLG], a leading provider of technology and services for online higher education programs, today announced it is releasing research showing a growing number of institutions are moving or planning to move their course evaluation activities from paper-based to online methods. Survey participants cited improved efficiency and timeliness […]

SDSU-QUALCOMM Partner to Help Shape 21st Century

To address this new paradigm, San Diego State University and QUALCOMM have announced the Information and Communications Technology Partnership. The partnership will help better prepare students for the 21st century workplace by providing them with instruction across the curriculum in strategic use of information and communications technology (ICT).Read the Full Article

The Virtual Classroom’s in Software Training Applications

The introduction of virtual classroom technology in software training has been hailed as the savior of many endangered training organizations, which have been challenged with finding a way to keep their training functions alive and well within new cost constraints (Rozmanith 2003). Strangled by air travel bans following 9-11, and then a crashing economy, training […]

BGSU [Bowling Green State University] grads to be on Web Video stream will show commencement rites

For the first time, family and friends who can’t make it to the actual ceremony will be able to watch their loved ones graduate from afar via live video streams.Read the Full Article

IGNOU [Indira Gandhi National Open University] to train public sector staff

This includes training of vocational instructors at the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country. Read the Full Article

College Cooperative links students with remote campuses

Gammons is currently working as a day care teacher at North Madison Baptist Day Care. In September 1992, she was hired as a teacher’s aide/bus driver for the Madison OVO Head Start. In the fall of 1999, she first learned of a new state mandate requiring all Head Start teachers to have an early childhood […]

Web project aims to increase student fluency in mathematics

The cornerstone of science and engineering education, freshman and sophomore mathematics courses are almost as basic at MIT as knowledge of the English language.Read the Full Article