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In a case that demonstrates the demand for equitable computer access in public schools, a program asking parents at a Palo Alto, Calif., middle school to buy $2,000 laptops for their sixth-graders has been put on hold.
Librarians are uniquely positioned to take a leadership role in helping the higher education community regain control of scientific publishing. Recognizing the importance of librarians in the struggle to keep the knowledge commons open and accessible, Professor Jean-Claude Guédon is urging librarians to “throw all of their weight––and it is considerable––behind the Open Archive Initiative.”
The Web site offers the ability to enroll in the Hogwarts School for magicians and to create one’s own Harry Potter magical creature mascot.
NASA this afternoon announced that it has selected a University of Arizona-led team’s proposed very high resolution camera called “HiRISE” for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a powerful scientific orbiter planned for launch in August 2005.
It’s been more than three decades since Judy Rowe set foot in a classroom as a student. And as a flight attendant who works international flights, the Annapolis resident didn’t figure she’d have the time to fulfill her dream of finishing her college education and moving on to post-graduate school.
Next year, high-school students looking for more challenge or variety in their studies will be able to take online courses that the University of Washington is developing from its undergraduate curriculum.
The university is in the process of developing a transportation-and-parking master plan that will address the lack of available parking spaces on campus
It’s not often Stanford throws a gala of the size kicked off last Saturday. Part learning event, part mass reunion and part high-tech celebration, the 12-city “Think Again” tour made its first stop at the Oregon Convention Center
In an article published on Thursday in the journal Science, researchers from Bell Labs said they had built layers made up of thousands of organic molecules with just one or two “electrically active” components.
Telecommuting and remote conferencing — already growing trends — were given a further boost in the wake of the Sept. 11, making them likely topics of interest at this year’s Comdex Fall exhibition.