Archive for the ‘New Economy’ Category

eCollege Completes Acquisition of Datamark, Inc.

DENVER – November 3, 2003 – eCollege(SM) [Nasdaq: ECLG], a leading provider of outsource eLearning solutions for online post-secondary education programs, today announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Datamark, Inc., the nation’s leading outsource provider of integrated enrollment marketing services to the proprietary post-secondary school market.“Our customers are telling us they have […]

GeoLearning Announces 92% Growth and 11% Profit

GeoLearning, Inc., the largest Application Service Provider (ASP) of enterprise learning management systems and e-learning content, announced today that year-to-date revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 increased 92% over the same period in 2002. The company has also achieved a net profit margin of 11% through the first three quarters of 2003.GeoLearning […]

State Fair Community College selects Collegis as academic and administrative services partner

(Maitland, Fla. and Sedalia, Mo. — October 31, 2003) — The board of trustees at State Fair Community College in Missouri has selected Collegis to help manage the school’s technology operations. The five-year, $3.3 million contract with Collegis, a higher education services company, calls for the firm to assume responsibility for all administrative systems, technical […]

College costs take another leap

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – College costs once again have increased far faster than inflation, with tuition at state schools posting the biggest increase in 30 years, the College Board reported Tuesday.Read the Full Story

IDC Finds Corporate Training Markets Making Steady Gains

The three studies cover the corporate elearning, corporate business skills training, and corporate IT education services markets respectively.Read the Full Story

Docent and Click2learn Agree to Merge

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 20, 2003–New Company Will Bring Together Two of the Strongest and Most Innovative Business Performance and Learning Management Software Companies With Over 600 Customers Worldwide, and Over $40 million in Cash Docent(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:DCNT) and Click2learn (Nasdaq:CLKS), two leading enterprise software companies in the business performance and learning […]

“Jobless” economic recovery may continue to be an issue, according to IU forecast

According to a new forecast by Indiana University economists, President George W. Bush may have to contend with a similar jobless recovery, although economic conditions are different from those affecting his father’s re-election.“Following the 1991 recession, there was a lot of talk about the jobless recovery then, which in fact played a role in Clinton’s […]

Higher Education Recruitment Consortium To Launch New Web Site

When: 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 21, 2003Where: UCSC Extension, Cupertino Site, 10420 Bubb Road, Room 119 Who: UC Santa Cruz Chancellor–M.R.C. Greenwood UC Santa Cruz Campus Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor–John B. Simpson Stanford University Vice Provost for Faculty Development–Patricia P. Jones San Jose State Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs–Peter Lee Foothill-De Anza Community Colleges Vice […]

Sun never seems to set on Apollo Group

Sales charts as steep as a young Microsoft.A Dell-like business model that rocked an industry.Read the Full Story

ROI from Workflow-Based E-Learning

By now, it should be obvious that traditional training or conventional courseware-based e-learning cannot meet the learning and development needs of an employee that uses real-time workflow technology to perform his or her job. Read the Full Story