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On-demand online tutorials help professionals multi-task

Over 120 tutorials are available at www.jedlet.com in English, French and Spanish, spanning a broad range of business-related topics, issues and challenges. Read The Full Article

Bush Administration Unveils New Bilingual Web Site Featuring Tools for Families, Information on Getting to College

The study indicates that Hispanic children are more likely to miss out on crucial steps leading to college unless these knowledge deficits are remedied. Read The Full Article

On the Net, point, click, why think?

He sits down at his computer in his dorm room, signs onto Yahoo.com’s search engine, and begins his quest. Six hours and several bags of chips later, the paper pops out of his printer, complete. He doesn’t consider visiting the campus library or opening a book. Why should he? “You can find whole pages of […]

Britain back in favour

Based on surveys conducted by the British Council Malaysia in collaboration with British institutions, the number of students in Britain during the 1997/98 academic years was about 17,000 before it plunged to 12,500 in 1998/1999. Read The Full Article

Insight: Britain’s ambassador numero uno

It is the UK’s international organisation for educational and cultural relations with a network of 243 offices and teaching centres in 100 countries. Read The Full Article

Click2learn Announces Preliminary Second Quarter Results

BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 18, 2002–Click2learn, Inc., (Nasdaq:CLKS) today announced its preliminary results for the second quarter of fiscal 2002, ended June 30. The company also announced it will transition out of its remaining custom development services business. Earlier this year the company sold the majority of its custom content development business, which created e-Learning content […]

SmartForce reports pre-tax loss USD38.9m

Revenues for the quarter increased to USD44.4m, compared to first quarter revenues of USD43.0m. Read The Full Article

DigitalThink Amends Shareholders’ Rights Plan

SAN FRANCISCO, July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — DigitalThink, Inc. DTHK, the leader in custom e-learning for Fortune 1000 companies, today announced that its board of directors has amended its Shareholders’ Rights Plan, adopted September 15, 2000, to permit WaldenVC and other related parties, collectively DigitalThink’s largest shareholder, to purchase in the aggregate up to 20 percent […]

Ohio superintendents cast sights on starting online charter schools

Inspired by the four existing electronic schools – three sponsored by northwest Ohio agencies – several superintendents have queried the state about how to set up such schools in their areas, said Steve Burigana, executive director of the education department’s office of community schools. Read The Full Article

‘No Child Left

The Internet revolution transformed Brandon Trujillo, an unhappy, failing high school junior, into a happy, successful senior. Read The Full Article