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Parents to be surveyed on high-speed Internet hookup

These days, though, as distance learning becomes more prevalent, students’ studies are not limited necessarily to courses their school offers. Unless, that is, a district’s technology is inadequate. Read the Full Article

Penn grants total $3.8 million

Project TEACH (Teachers and paraprofessionals Empowered through Accelerated ESL Certification in collaboration with Higher Education) has been developed to help provide certification for English as a Second Language teachers in four Area Education Associations (AEA) in southeast Iowa. Read the Full Article

Beamed-in teachers keep schools open

His sky-blue dress shirt is impeccably pressed. He has a great smile, and he’s quick on his feet. Read the Full Article

Cal State San Marcos Project Encourages Meaningful Use of Technology in the Classroom

“The Digital Edge” pilot project is underway at four campuses across the nation, and is funded by Apple Computer, The AT&T Foundation, The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Funded campuses are Cal State San Marcos, George Mason University (VA), Morgan State University (MD) and […]

Many colleges use the Web to teach Alcohol 101

But campuses are finding that the best way to reach students is on their own turf and on their own time, so an increasing number of colleges, including many in Massachusetts, are turning to the Internet to get the word out about the risks of drinking alcohol. Read the Full Article

OUBS Certificate Wins Professional Accreditation

OUBS Certificate Wins Professional Accreditation The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has granted the Open University Business School (OUBS) official recognition for its Professional Certificate in Management. The accreditation means that the 1,600 students who have completed the Certificate since November 2000 will automatically be granted licentiate membership of the CIPD – Europe’s […]

Centrinity Announces Firstclass User Group Conference To Be Held At Open Text’s Live Linkup Conference 2002

TORONTO – October 17, 2002 – Centrinity Inc. (TSX: CTI), the developer of the FirstClass® Communications Platform, today announced that a special FirstClass User Group Conference will be held in conjunction with Open Text™ Corporation’s (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSX: OTC) annual Live LinkUp Conference in Chicago on November 4-8, 2002. Open Text is the provider of […]

“Power Play” For the Moon Predicted

University of Houston (UH) researchers are proposing here at the World Space Congress novel ways to harness sunlight energy not only to feed an energy-starved Earth, but also energize industrial bases and colonies on the Moon. Read the Full Article

New Economist has a new vision

An online start-up, of all things. Read the Full Article

Turning a Profit With Higher Education

For the last few years, though, investors have been cashing in on commercial post-secondary education companies. Read the Full Article