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Kentucky Virtual University Adds Online Tutoring And Sunday Call Center Hours

Kentucky Virtual University opened registration for Spring 2002 with expanded services to students. These services include free online tutoring, Sunday call center hours and an online writing center.

Online education continues to grow; Md. leads the way

It’s been more than three decades since Judy Rowe set foot in a classroom as a student. And as a flight attendant who works international flights, the Annapolis resident didn’t figure she’d have the time to fulfill her dream of finishing her college education and moving on to post-graduate school.

Free and Thornton awarded PeopleSoft Consulting Services Contract for University of Kansas and University of Kansas Medical Center

Dallas-based higher education consulting firm Free and Thornton, LLC announced today that they were one of the recipients of a contract award to provide the University of Kansas and the University of Kansas Medical Center with PeopleSoft consulting services.

ITC unveils new wireless network

The sky is blue, the weather’s crisp, and you want to get outdoors. But there’s still that pesky matter of getting some work done. After all, you can’t take that computer out with you, right?

Rural communities get access to ‘information economy’

Twenty-nine communities in nine rural Virginia counties will be getting new opportunities to tap into the “Information Economy,” and to work with the Blacksburg Electronic Village (BEV) and Virginia Cooperative Extension.

MIT Puts Course Material On Web

For stay-at-home parents, motivated teachers and students overseas, a top-notch education is now only a click away.

European Biz School launches e-learning programme

Top European business school Insead is entering the growing field of computer-assisted distance-learning with the launch of an online training curriculum, the university announced on Thursday.

Stanford’s HighWire Press loads record number of free online articles

HighWire Press recently welcomed the 100th scientific journal that provides free back issues online and uploaded the 330,000th free article.

Management school practices what it teaches

Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management has put in an online training program for its administrative support staff – formerly known as secretaries. This sounds like business as usual, but it is not.

Extension uses cost-benefit analysis to evaluate program

The Oregon State University Extension Service’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) has helped thousands of low-income Oregonians improve their lives by teaching them how to improve their diets.