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UK Government: New Directors will get e-Universities off to a flying start

Mar 29, 2001 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) — Education and Employment Secretary David Blunkett today welcomed key appointments to the e-Universities Project. The appointments are for Directors of the holding company and members of the Committee for Academic Quality. The Secretary of State allocated GBP62 million towards setting up and developing the e-Universities Project from […]

Japanese Government Will Permit Credit-Bearing Online Courses

The Japanese Education, Science, and Technology Ministry has decided to allow universities to grant credit for online courses.

Audio/Video: Remarks By The President in Meeting with High-Tech Leaders

View the President’s Remarks Listen to the President’s Remarks THE PRESIDENT:  Thanks for coming.  I appreciate that warm welcome.  And welcome to the people’s house.  It’s a nice place to live. (Laughter.)  And I’m glad I’m living here. I want to thank Lezlee for all her hard work in putting together this group of leaders from around the country.  I want […]

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) Offers Hands-On Gemology Classes in Cape Cod

CARLSBAD, Calif., Mar 29, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Gemological Institute of America (GIA), the world’s foremost authority in gemology, is offering several exciting extension classes in the picturesque New England community of Cape Cod later this spring.

Bush reassures high-tech leaders of bright future

WASHINGTON — Striking a more optimistic tone about an economic downturn that could endanger his agenda, President Bush told more than 100 high-tech leaders Wednesday that his administration had “great confidence in the future of our technology industry.”

WebCT Cites University System of Georgia Courses As Exemplary

ATLANTA – The outstanding quality of the University System of Georgia’s eCore™ courses has been recognized by WebCT, an international firm that provides course management software to support colleges and universities’ on-line learning. Independent evaluators designated four new USG freshmen and sophomore distance-learning offerings as WebCT Exemplary Courses. The award-winning courses represented a sampling of […]

Pay It There, Pal: PayPal May Overtake Credit Cards Online

What has been the single most influential financial innovation on the Web? Online banking? Internet credit cards? Online stock trading? Nope. It’s eBay. I feel a little strange saying this because I’ve never bought anything on eBay. I’m afraid that once I start putting in those bids, I’ll never be able to stop. It can […]

Cabrini College Outsources Its I.T. Operations — to Another Academic Institution

Cabrini College leaders had some firm ideas about the kind of outsourcing organization they wanted to manage their campus computing operations: one that understood their educational mission, their academic values, and their culture.

Microsoft inks e-book deal with WHSmith

Microsoft and whsmith.co.uk have joined forces to create the UK’s first online store to offer downloadable e-books.

E-learning market doing well in Italy

E-learning tools and practises are becoming increasingly significant in Italian enterprises. The e-learning corporate market turnover in Italy is about L1900bn (E970m), according to a recent study by Grapes e-vision.