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Cal Poly Information Portal Recognized for ‘Setting the Pace’ by Tech Magazine

The publication, a journal for the information technology industry, chose Cal Poly to receive its “Best Practice Award” for the portal – one of only four “Best Practice” awards published by the magazine in 2002. In an article in the January 2003 edition, KM World outlines and praises Cal Poly’s 18-month development and launch of […]

DeVry University to Expand Online Degree Program Offerings

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., Jan. 9 /CNW/ — DeVry University NYSE: DV) announced it has received approval from The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association to expand the number of degree programs offered online. Read the Full Article

Report calls for robust research into higher education

The 25-page essay, titled Beyond Dead Reckoning: Research Priorities for Redirecting American Higher Education, is published by the National Center for Postsecondary Improvement (NCPI) headquartered on campus. The report poses a fundamental question: “Access to what?” Read the Full Article

McGraw-Hill Higher Education and eCollege(SM) Announce Agreement

McGraw-Hill Content Available Through eCollege AU+(SM) Platform New York and Denver – January 8, 2002 – McGraw-Hill Higher Education, a global leading provider of educational materials and professional information targeted at the higher education market, has entered into an agreement with eCollege(SM) [Nasdaq: ECLG], a leading provider of technology and services for online higher education […]

West Point Creates Campus Wireless Network After Overcoming Security Issues

West Point officials believe the wireless network they now have is secure, which makes it unlike most wireless networks on college campuses. But to secure the network, West Point had to pay about $625,000, about five times what the network itself cost. Read the Full Article

Students who live on campus choosing Internet courses

But the 19-year-old freshman at the University of North Texas preferred rolling out of bed and attending class in pajamas at her dorm-room desk. Sometimes she would wait until Saturday afternoon. Read the Full Article

MIT online project a ‘hit,’ 60 million times over

The committee was charged with determining how MIT should approach e-learning from a revenue standpoint. Read the Full Article

After Losing Millions, Columbia U. Will Close Its Online-Learning Venture

In its two years of operation, the venture featured material from a dozen prominent institutions and attracted widespread media attention, but it was never profitable. Read the Full Article

Site is one-stop college shop

If you can shop online for cars with the features you want at prices you can afford, why not shop for colleges the same way? Read the Full Article

Stanford University Library’s HighWire Press

Scientists and societies rapidly saw the potential for new forms and features of scientific communication, and Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences soon joined JBC online. Visit the Site