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Nurses Wanted

Aug. 7 — Tens of thousands of hospital deaths every year can be blamed on a nationwide nursing shortage, according to a report released today by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Read The Full Article

Fresno State Takes Leading Role in Promoting Web Accessibility

The video, “Web Accessibility – Access For All,” is the first of its kind in the California State University system and was funded by the CSU to provide the 23 campuses with an introduction and resources to help start solving access problems. The project was conceived and coordinated by Candace Lee Egan, Fresno State’s Web […]

UNext to launch online MBAs

The hook? Prestigious academic partners that include such leading institutions as the University of Chicago. Read The Full Article

Online Course Helps Medical Professionals Learn to Diagnose and Treat Fungal Infections

“This is an area that has been for many years the backwater” of infectious-disease research, he says. Read The Full Article

New OU Access Centre Makes Learning Easier For Disabled Students

Staff at the centre, at the university’s main campus in Milton Keynes, will carry out needs assessments for disabled students and those in training to identify the specialist technology and other support they may need. Students across the south Midlands are expected to use the centre in its first year of operation. In her speech […]

University of Ulster goes to top of the class

The department has put the world of learning at your fingertips with its virtual campus – an innovative way to study no matter where in the world you live. Read The Full Article

More colleges create Web services that can be customized to help students and professors

Not surprisingly, students and faculty members were having a hard time finding information they needed, even though they knew it was probably online — somewhere. Read The Full Article

Online Music School Becomes Internationally Recognized and Accredited

The IARC, who has offices in Australia, granted the Conservatory its full recognition on May 30, 2002. Read The Full Article

First IT college in Oman to open soon

The college will impart exclusive knowledge in information technology. It will be affiliated with India’s prestigious Manipal Academy of Higher Education. Read The Full Article

Lending virtual university a helping hand

Emirates Computers has implemented the knowledge management solutions at the Syrian Virtual University (SVU). Read The Full Article