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How to find funds for your studies

Online learning might be more convenient than traditional schooling, but finding the money to finance your E-education is not. Because online learning can be expensive–the tuition costs of many good programs are at least as much as those of campus-based schools–most online students have to reach deep into their own pockets. Still, there are plenty […]

LSU Evening School Open House welcomes non-traditional

Some people think of college students as young high school graduates just starting out in life, but LSU also attracts its share of adult part-time students attending college for a variety of reasons.

Lee Cronbach, pioneer in education psychology, dead at 85

Lee J. Cronbach, an education professor who made major contributions in the fields of educational psychology and psychological testing during a career that spanned over five decades, died at age 85 on Oct. 1. Cronbach, who was the Vida Jacks Professor of Education, Emeritus, passed away at his home in Palo Alto with his daughter, […]

California Digital Library and Berkeley Electronic Press Announce Partnership for Scholarly Communication Initiatives

The California Digital Library and Berkeley Electronic Press today (Thursday, Oct. 4) announced a partnership to advance innovations in scholarly communication. Through the partnership, the California Digital Library (CDL) will make a suite of electronic publishing tools from the Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) available to University of California researchers. The tools enable rapid and low-cost […]

University of California’s Digital Media Innovation Program (DiMI) Expands Forum and Introduces Silicon Valley and Hollywood Integrating Think Tank

Leading venture capitalists, creative talent and digital visionaries, along with cutting edge University of California research faculty from all nine UC campuses and three national laboratories, will meet to focus on maintaining and expanding California’s dominance in shaping the future of digital technology worldwide during the University of California Digital Media Innovation Program (DiMI) Technology […]

eKnowledge Partners With the World’s Largest Legal Fraternity

eKnowledge Group Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EKNO) a leading provider of interactive multi-media based training and education over the Internet and on CD-ROM, has announced a joint venture with Phi Alpha Delta, the world’s largest legal fraternity, to provide pre-law students with the Phi Alpha Delta Home LSAT Review Course, a comprehensive program to prepare […]

Popularity of online classes growing

Record number of junior college students enrolled in courses

Commission: Challenge seniors

In its final report, issued Thursday, the National Commission on the High School Senior Year urged states to develop challenging alternatives to the traditional high school senior year, including programs that allow advanced students to enroll in college, either part- or full-time.

PCC academy offers e-tech course lineup

High school students in Pueblo County soon will be able to get a headstart with college courses in information technology and e-business programs as part of Pueblo Community College’s Advanced Technology Academy.

Catholic Colleges Use Distance Education to Train Lay Ministers

Fewer Roman Catholic clergy members and increasing numbers of Catholics living in the United States have led more Catholic colleges to offer distance-education programs to train their lay members to perform ministerial tasks. While the institutions uniformly see a great need for pastoral distance education, some debate exists on whether online courses fit as well […]