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eCollege Recognized as Preferred eLearning Provider

DENVER – May 28, 2002 – eCollegeSM [Nasdaq: ECLG], the leading provider of technology and services for online higher education programs, today announced that it has been selected by the State of Colorado as one of the preferred providers of eLearning solutions for programs delivered by the State’s higher education system, as well as by […]

The 24-Hour Professor

It is just before sunrise, and Lee M. Grenci is ready to start teaching. Read the Full Article

Nebraska National Guard, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Honored for “Saving Taxpayers Money” through Innovative Distance Learning

Project LINCOLN, Neb. (May 24, 2002) — Two years before cutting costs became the watchword for state agencies, the Nebraska National Guard and Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET) began collaborating on Project ALERT, a series of distance learning courses enabling Guard members to use home computers to log onto the Worldwide Web and train at their […]

Work begins on digital education offices, labs

Oberle and Associates, a Richmond-based construction firm, will transform about 6,500 square feet of underutilized space in the Ball Communications Building into a digitally-based education and research center. Read The Full Article

NASA provides funding for UF satellite antenna

UF students may have that opportunity as early as Fall semester, after a UF graduate and the Department of Geography install a satellite station atop Turlington Hall that receives images in real-time. Read The Full Article

Listen to Segment: Internet & College Cheating

A survey shows that cheating among college students has risen dramatically in the past two years. Listen To the Segment

University of Virginia to Host Conference in Preparation for Formalizing African Relationship

The consortium would expand relationships with U.Va. built over the past 25 years and would encourage collaborative work in environmental sciences, long-distance learning, international studies and HIV prevention. Read the Full Article

California Budget Cuts Will Bring Reductions in Spending for Campus Technology

As the weakened national economy takes its toll on yet another state, Gov. Gray Davis, a Democrat, has proposed cutting spending across the board to make up for the $23.6-billion budget deficit California is facing. Read the Full Article

eCollege Selected as Enterprise-Wide eLearning Solution for TCU

eCollege Wins Bid Based on Extensive Analysis of Products, Services and Total Cost DENVER – May 22, 2002 – eCollege [Nasdaq: ECLG], the leading provider of technology and services for online higher education programs, today announced it has been chosen as the enterprise-wide eLearning solution for Texas Christian University’s distance and on-campus programs. eCollege currently […]

Britain’s Open U. Gets a New American Partner From the U.S. Operation It Is Closing

Open University has a new American partner, though: one of the universities that participated in the venture that is being axed. Read the Full Article