UON Move to Expand Its Student Capacity
Prof James Kimani, the Managing Director of the University of Nairobi Enterprises and Services (Unes), says the new hostels will mainly accommodate students from outside Nairobi. Read The Full Article
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Satellite Television Boosts Rural Growth
This project provided programmes to about 2,400 villages over six Indian states and has been hailed as the most ambitious mass communication experiment under taken in the world. Read The Full Article
Wired Students Prefer Campus News on Paper
That is why, as university and college newspaper editors prepare for the returning flood of students in coming weeks, most will be focused more on putting out the best paper-and-ink reports they can muster than on meeting the special demands of adapting campus journalism to the Web.
“Vocational Education Offerings in Rural High Schools”
The report finds that suburban and urban schools offered similar numbers and types of programs, while rural schools offered fewer programs. In particular, rural schools were less likely than schools in other areas to offer vocational education programs for occupations that were projected to be fast-growing. This difference in offerings may reflect differences in local […]
Digital copying rules may change
Earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission approved regulations that would require television manufacturers to include anticopying technology in the next generation of televisions. Read The Full Article
XanEdu Maintains Edge with MetaText Acquisition
ANN ARBOR, Mich., August 12, 2002 — XanEdu, a division of ProQuest Information & Learning, announced the acquisition of MetaText, the leading provider of digital textbooks through its pedagogical Web-based platform for college and university courses. The combination of MetaText’s collection of digital textbooks from leading textbook publishers such as Pearson, McGraw-Hill, Wiley and Houghton-Mifflin […]
Governor announces grant for distance learning program
The funds will allow high school students to take advance courses without leaving their campus. Read The Full Article
Virtual school plans overhaul
Cincinnati’s Virtual High School dropped 410 students, more than half its first-year enrollment, because the students did little or no work. Read The Full Article
Net-savvy students frustrated
A wide variation in administrative and teacher policies regarding basic technology instruction, quality Internet access and interactive online assignments have contributed to the disconnect, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, which released “The Digital Disconnect: The Widening Gap Between Internet-Savvy Students and their Schools” Aug. 14. Read The Full Article