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Students pleased with UW computing

A survey conducted by UW-Madison’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT) finds 87% of students are satisfied or very satisfied with the computing resources the University provides, a figure that has remained steady for three years. Between March and May 2001 DoIT conducted its 9th annual student survey in an ongoing effort to determine student awareness […]

Kiosks provide Internet access on the go

Access to the Internet is getting even easier at UW-Madison.

Collin County Community College District to Offer Convergent Technology, CT, Curriculum from ComputerPREP

First Community College to Offer Full CT Curriculum from ComputerPREP

Plymouth gets tech school

Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center and Lawrence Technological University have teamed up to create an MBA program. Senior lecturer Diane Cairns of Lawrence Tech prepares her laptop for an overhead presentation.

Distance Education Is Harder on Women Than on Men, Study Finds

The American Association of University Women will release a report this week that concludes that women who take distance-education courses face substantially more challenges than do men.

That Was Then…

Approximately one year ago, The Claremont Colleges had chosen a system from CARS, one of the five companies that presently comprise Jenzabar, Inc. At the time, Richard Parker, CIO for Harvey Mudd College, stated, “We are happy with the decision . . . and look forward to implementing the system as soon as possible.”

Dot-Commers Trade Options for Books

Back in the reign of the dot-coms, Colvin Pitts, 22, left his computer science classes and backpack behind at Stanford University for a job as a programmer at Media3k, a San Francisco streaming media Web site that set him up with a $45,000 salary and stock options worth $70,000.

Online university returns to Manassas

An online university can do business virtually anywhere, but Manassas officials are pleased American Military University recently decided to move back to the city.

Business Schools, Fed Up With Internet Use During Classes, Force Students to Log Off

For years, business schools have poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into wiring their classrooms, handing out laptops, and making it easy for students to log on to the Internet. Now many schools are spending thousands more to make students log off.

A New Online University in Indonesia Seeks to Lure Students With Relatively Low Tuition

A prominent Islamic organization in Indonesia has played a key role in the creation of an Internet-based virtual university in Jakarta, the nation’s capital.