“Meeting the Competition” Seeking Common Goal For Higher-Ed’s Future
In the race to compete for students, funding and prestige, higher education’s ability to live up to its commitment to the public has begun to erode. Read the Full Article
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Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota Announces a New E-learning Graduate Program
In the Spring of 2001, the South Dakota Board of Regents established an E-learning Center at Northern State University. with master teachers who provide K-12 classes daily to more than 50 school districts across the state. This fall, 2002, Northern State University accepted its graduate students into the project-based master’s program. The program is designed […]
Teaching OntheNet
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University first to use BitWise software in academic setting
BitWise Solutions, an Indianapolis-based technology firm, has agreed to donate Bravelo, a project and knowledge software program to Ball State. The software, valued at $122,000, will be tested in student labs and college administration offices. “Bravelo is normally used in private business to manage complex projects and has never been used on the academic side […]
Making Content Management Work for Higher Education
Free Half-day Seminar on Tuesday, October 29, at Northeastern University in Boston Will Feature Speakers from Gartner, Drexel University, University of Miami, and Boston College WHO: Presidents, provosts, CIOs, and other information service executives responsible for enterprise technology decisions for institutions of higher education. WHAT: Attend a free, half-day seminar and discover how enterprise content […]
Webcasters Get Royalty Reprieve
SoundExchange, which collects royalties for musicians, songwriters and the corporations that own many music copyrights, said late Friday that it would ask for webcasters to make $500 minimum payments after the Senate adjourned without voting on a bill that would reduce the royalty payments smaller webcasters owe back to 1998. Read the Full Article
Turning the Pages
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Congress kills RTECs, but expands tech research
Despite this provision, educational technology advocates say they are mostly pleased with the legislation, because it also ensures that technology will continue to play a prominent role in the government’s research efforts. Read the Full Article
Comparing Library and User Related Costs of Print and Electronic Journal Collections
Drexel University’s W. W. Hagerty Library received funding [1] in the Fall of 2000 from the U.S. Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to study the impact of a library’s shift to electronic journals on staff and costs. Read the Full Article
U. of Nebraska Backs Away From Shared Rural Facility in Favor of Online Courses
Several Nebraska institutions have been offering courses in classrooms at College Park, an educational center in Grand Island created in 1992 to teach undergraduate- and graduate-level coursework to students in rural Nebraska. The three University of Nebraska campuses have offered the lion’s share of College Park’s courses and staff of instructors. Read the Full Article