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New Online Service Lets Biologists Vote on Most Important Articles

More than 1,400 biologists have volunteered for a new online service that rates the quality of scientific papers in the life sciences by essentially allowing a broad group of researchers to vote on which papers they think are most interesting. The service’s organizers say it challenges the traditional system of judging the significance of scientific […]

94 Colleges Join the Flashlight Network:

The Ameritech/SBC Faculty Development Technology Program and the Flashlight Program of The Teaching, Learning, and Technology Group announce the formation of an alliance to support the continued enhancement of teaching and learning at ninety-four independent colleges and universities in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Over the past five years, the Ameritech/SBC Program has been working […]

Expansion Delivers Solutions for Millions of Students, Improving Retention & Persistence

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – November 14, 2001 – Academic Systems, the higher education division of Lightspan, Inc. and a leading provider of interactive multimedia instructional programs for college students, today announced widespread product enhancements designed to serve the developmental and general education learning needs of more than six million college students nationwide. The product expansion, […]

For Class of 2006, an E-Mail, Not an Envelope

Following the lead of Dartmouth and Yale, Harvard will offer online admissions notification to Class of 2006 hopefuls.

Online alliance reaches crossroads

The announcement last September seemed innocuous enough: Oxford, Princeton, Stanford and Yale Universities were each pitching in $3 million to offer a few online courses for alumni, with vague promises of a broader scope in the future.

Virus shuts down Central Wyoming College system

Central Wyoming College had to shut down its computer system to rid it of several viruses.

Nellie Mae Launches New nelliemae.com

Nellie Mae, a top originator of student loans, has unveiled a fresh, new face for its interactive Web site, http://www.nelliemae.com . This redesigned resource for college-financing information features enhanced content, simpler navigation paths and new menu bars to better serve students and schools.

Problems Slow Researchers Eager to Use Fast Networks for Controlling Distant Devices

One alluring promise of the Internet2 project has been the sharing of expensive scientific instruments over high-speed research and education networks.

Virtual Keyboard Replicates Real Typing

Senseboard CEO Gunilla Alsio said her company’s product is the first to integrate sensor technology with an artificial neural network to capture touch-typing motions accurately.

The CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible

Web site offers visitors easy access to the information, access tools, and other resources resulting from NCAM’s public and privately-funded media access projects.