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Court dismisses school board’s legal challenge of cyber schools

Commonwealth Court ruled that the Pennsylvania Department of Education should provide an “expedited opportunity” for districts to challenge any decisions by the department to withhold money from them for refusing to pay tuition bills for students from their jurisdictions who attend cyber charter schools. Read the Full Article

Click2learn Expands Global Reach As Founding Member Of Scottish E-Learning Alliance

BELLEVUE, Wash.–June 21, 2002– Alliance of 50 learning organizations joins to develop e-learning opportunities in Scotland Following recognition by Scotland’s Minister for Enterprise that work-based training is key to a competitive business advantage, Click2learn today (Nasdaq:CKLS) announced that it has become one of the founding members of the newly launched Scottish e-Learning Alliance. The Alliance, […]

Royal Roads University’s MA in Distributed Learning

If you’re thinking about doing a Master’s Degree related to online learning, you will be interested in a new program option associated with Royal Roads University’s MA in Distributed Learning. You now have a choice of taking the existing residency-based version or the fully online option, “MADL Global”, that starts this September. MADL Global is […]

Grant Backs New Distance-Learning Construction Major

The firm will provide $34,000 in services and an outright gift of $10,000, as well as curriculum materials, to assist in the development and implementation of the core courses.

A new white paper released by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)addresses recruitment issues

The paper was produced by the Ad Hoc Task Force on Recruitment and Retention Issues, formed last year. According to the executive summary, “Making a profession attractive requires a mix of interest in and attract attention to the career opportunities in librarianship. “competitive salaries, challenging jobs, a growing demand for professional expertise, respect for the […]

“Get Fit For Life” Programme

The players return though not only with the hope of promotion, but the anticipation that an exciting major initiative will prove beneficial to the community for many years to come.Read the Full Article

Stations pay fee for online music

Noncommercial stations — which include the majority of collegiate radio stations — will have to pay two-hundredths of a cent per listener per song for every song played online. Commercial stations will have to ante up seven-hundredths of a cent per song per listener.Read the Full Article

Crunchy Technologies and The George Washington University

Crunchy Technologies, Inc., a provider of secure, accessible e-business and e-government software products and custom applications, announced they have partnered with GWSolutions, A George Washington University Enterprise, to integrate their eight accessibility courses into GW’s Center for Professional Development curriculum beginning this summer. This move was prompted by a law passed by Congress in 1998, […]

Open University Pioneers Online Music Study

The new suite of courses combine traditional OU teaching methods with the latest in new technology. As well as printed and audio material, students will have access to a unique and specially-created online ‘music research environment’. They will be able to search the web through hundreds of indexed routes, submit their essays electronically, have email […]

Shortage of Geriatric Nurses and Teachers Puts Older Adults On the Critical List

Experts predict a shortage of 500,000 nurses within the next 20 years — exactly the time Baby Boomers or one in five persons will be pushing 70 and overwhelming the healthcare system. As we grow older, who will take care of us? Read the Full Article