Orion College Opens
The Orion Education Corporation is proud to announce the opening of Orion College, which began accepting students on December 12, 2000.
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The Nation’s Female Freshman Lack Computer Confidence, UCLA Study Reveals
More freshmen are regularly using computers in the year prior to entering college, according to the results of UCLA’s annual survey of the nation’s students entering undergraduate classes.
Report to Congress Says Financial-Aid Rules Are Hurting Distance Programs
IN A REPORT to sent to Congress last week, the Department of Education says that a lack of flexibility in financial-aid regulations hurts the advancement of distance-education programs.
Academic Systems, a Lightspan Division, Signs Large, Multi-Year Agreement
Pioneering Community College District Expands Use of Academic Systems’ Interactive Materials
Digital Island demonstrates distance learning
Digital Island has partnered with Duke University to do live webcasts of actual instruction in a real Duke class, the first time the school has done this.
On-line educational opportunity for IT
Developing skilled IT leaders with in-depth theoretical knowledge and practical hands-on skills is the motive behind the launch of Canada’s first online Master of Science in Information Systems by Athabasca University, Canada’s largest and most experienced provider of online and distance education. The University’s new Master of Science in Information Systems (MSc IS) meets escalating […]
University of Hawai’i Introduces Plan For Teacher Education on the Neighbor Islands
HONOLULU- In his speech to the joint House and Senate education committees today, University of Hawai’i President Kenneth P. Mortimer unveiled a plan to implement teacher education programs on the neighbor islands in an effort to address the statewide teacher shortage.
A Professor Prefers Online Self-Publishing to Scholarly Journals and Books
ONE PROFESSOR who publishes his scholarly research online says such an approach offers more and quicker feedback from other scholars than does traditional scholarly publishing.
4 Universities Create an Alliance Against Onslaught of Technology Vendors
HOPING TO PRESENT A UNITED FRONT against the onslaught of technology companies touting distance-education products and partnerships, four state universities have formed an alliance to share information and make joint technology purchases for distance education.
Harvard draws the line at Internet teaching
If the Internet pipeline grows fast enough, maybe community-college Professor Douglas Rowlett will use it to vault into the stratosphere of faculty stardom alongside Harvard Law School Professor Arthur Miller.