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Berners-Lee wins Japan Prize for invention of World Wide Web

Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the World Wide Web Consortium based at MIT, has been awarded the prestigious Japan Prize for 2002 in the field of computing and computational science and engineering.

Harvard Business School Publishing Chooses XanEdu To Distribute Education Content Worldwide

XanEdu, a division of ProQuest Company (NYSE: PQE), and Harvard Business School Publishing have entered a digital content relationship under which Harvard Business School case studies and reprints of Harvard Business Review (HBR) articles will be available through XanEdu’s digital CoursePacks System. Harvard Business School Publishing brings what is considered to be the world’s premier […]

Geography Research At The Open University Earns Maximum Grade

The Department of Geography at the Open University has been assessed as being an international leader in delivering world-class research. Its maximum 5* rating in the nationwide Research Assessment Exercise 2001, whose results were announced today, shows that more than half of its research is “internationally excellent” and the remainder is of “national excellence”. The […]

Naval War College Enlists University of Maryland University College to Provide Online Graduate Degrees for Officers

University of Maryland University College (UMUC) and the U.S. Naval War College have established an agreement to enable US Navy officers to earn a new online Master of Science in Management – Naval Operations and National Security degree at UMUC. UMUC President Gerald Heeger and Rear Admiral Rodney P. Rempt, Naval War College president, will […]

Saint Leo University Takes Courses To Navy Via Internet

ST. LEO – A select group of Saint Leo University students may attend class on a Navy submarine or ship rather than the traditional setting on campus.

Internet law pioneer and former Yahoo! General Counsel John Place named executive director of Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society

John E. Place, the former vice president, general counsel and secretary of Yahoo! Inc., has been named executive director of Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society (CIS), an interdisciplinary program focusing on the connections between the Internet, law and policy.

National University Introduces Online Sports Management Degree Program

Beginning in January, National University will offer an online bachelor of business administration degree with a concentration in sports management.

Salt Lake Community College has signed a $26.5 million deal with CollegisEduprise Inc.

Students at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) and visitors to the 2002 Winter Olympics city may witness more than sports and athletic excellence on this Rocky Mountain world stage. They’re sure to find technology and “e-Education excellence” there as well. CollegisEduprise, a Florida-based technology services and e-Education provider to higher education, has signed a five-year, […]

NTI Director in Owerri, Begins Distance Learning Programme Soon

NATIONAL Teachers Institute (NTI), Kaduna, will soon commence degree programmes in education through the Distance Learning System (DLS). The Director and Chief Executive of the institute, Dr Ahmed Mohammed, made the disclosure during the National Certificate of Education (NCE) graduation ceremony of the Abia/Imo Field Centre in Owerri. Mohammed, represented by the institute’s director of […]

Georgia Tech Continuing Education Offers Hazardous Materials Management Certificate Program

The Georgia Institute of Technology is pleased to offer a Hazardous Materials Management Certificate Program. This certificate program provides recognition to those individuals who have attended courses and demonstrated competency in a variety of areas related to managing hazardous materials and their effects on humans and the environment.