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Scholarly Publishers Aim to Woo Librarians Away From Self-Published Research

Supporters of the campaign also say that it will be an attempt to mend relations with librarians and academics. “The long-term goal is to re-establish that we are allies with the academic world,” says Lynn Rienner, the founder of the social-sciences publishing company Lynn Rienner Publishers, who has helped shape the campaign. Read the Full […]

UNext, Cardean University Name Robert W. Tucker, PH.D. Executive Vice President for Programs and Services

“Bob brings immense experience, knowledge and wisdom to his role overseeing Cardean’s student recruitment and enrollment operations,” says Rosenfield. Read the Full Article

BESTNET Project at Cal State L.A. Makes Education History

BESTNET pioneered distributed (distance) learning and collaborative research between academic and research institutions in the USA and Mexico and had a major impact on propagating the Internet at Mexican institutions. Original funding for BESTNET came from the External Research Organization of the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) for nearly $1 million and two consecutive FIPSE grants […]

MBA degree retains popularity among IT pros

Twenty-six percent of MBAs had a job in hand when they graduated last spring, compared to the 41 percent of MBAs who entered the workforce a year ago, according to the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). Read the Full Article

Web Site Links Ideas of Thoreau, Emerson, and Other Proponents of American Transcendentalism

But the transcendentalist movement can actually be seen as a paradigm for the Internet, according to Ann M. Woodlief, an associate professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University. Read the Full Article

JCC unveiling ACT online learning center

The center offers Web-based and computerized testing and job training for individuals and businesses within the Louisville metro area and also will offer a broad variety of continuing education courses, skill-specific training and distance learning. Read the Full Article

Degrees of difficulty and experience

Six of the standard Microsoft units are set to count toward a 12-unit Masters of Networking and System Administration award; and all you will need is five years’ industry experience to apply, not an IT degree. Read the Full Article

Implementing PDAs in a College Course: One Professor’s Perspective

Underlying any attempt at integrating new technology should be a basic philosophy of the interplay between technology and education. When technology is used to support a task for which it is not well suited, failure is likely. Read the Full Article

University of Cincinnati Receives $75,000 In Grants To Improve Learning Communities

The Student Retention Community also received $25,000 in grant money. Read the Full Article

College Kids: A Day in the Life

Thousands of miles away, students at MIT in Boston build robots, play football and go to fraternity parties. Read the Full Article