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Mentergy Ships LearnLinc Version 5, Breaking New Ground in Virtual Classroom Effectiveness

ATLANTA — The U.S. subsidiary of Gilat Communications, Ltd. (NASDAQ:GICOF – news) Mentergy, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise e-Learning solutions worldwide, today announced that the LearnLinc Live e-Learning division has shipped Version 5 of its award-winning virtual classroom software, LearnLinc. LearnLinc 5 redefines live e-Learning by offering high-performance application sharing, quick installation, and enterprise-wide […]

First Annual South Dakota Regental Distance Learning

April 27 and 28, 2001 Vermillion, South Dakota

The New York Times Company Foundation Launches Campus Weblines, a National Initiative to Help High Schools Publish Online Newspapers

NEW YORK — The New York Times Company Foundation, in cooperation with New York Times Digital, announced today the launch of Campus Weblines, a national initiative that gives high school students and faculty advisers across the country the information and tools they need to publish school newspapers online. The full text of Campus Weblines is […]

State Oversight of Unaccredited Colleges

WHAT SHOULD STATES DO about unaccredited colleges that operate within their borders or online? Do current regulations do enough to protect students from enrolling at institutions that may not provide them with a real education? Join a live discussion today at 12:30 p.m. U.S. Eastern time, with Alan L. Contreras, the administrator of the Office […]

“No Child Left Behind” and the Bottom Line: The Case of Edtech Policy

President Bush has proposed in his education manifesto, “No Child Left Behind,” to consolidate existing educational technology programs, reduce paperwork and direct more funding to the classroom. Sounds good, right? But what’s the rest of the story — what’s the bottom line?

Higher Education Focus of Governors’ Roundtable

This roundtable marked the formal launch of NGA’s first-ever major initiative on higher education, Influencing the Future of Higher Education. The four-year initiative, co-chaired by Governors Patton and Ridge, seeks to elevate national and state dialogue on postsecondary education and to equip governors and their advisors with the ability to diagnose problems, conceptualize issues, identify […]

Microsoft’s Web Strategy: A New Test of Antitrust Laws

Microsoft Corp. has outlined a Web services strategy to shift its software business from the desktop to the Internet, drawing new concerns among government officials and rivals that the software giant is again testing antitrust laws.

WebCT Selected by The Tennessee Board of Regents to Power E-Learning for all Higher Education Institutions

LYNNFIELD, Mass. & VANCOUVER, BC — WebCT, the Leading Course Management System was also selected by the TBR for their new Regents Online Degree Program A college degree may be considerably more accessible to Tennesseans thanks to five new online degree programs offered by the colleges and universities of the Tennessee Board of Regents and […]

Learning Tree Reports Softening Revenue Growth

LOS ANGELES — March 20, 2001–Learning Tree International, Inc (NASDAQ: LTRE – news) announced today that during the 5-week period from February 2 through March 9, 2001, net enrollments for future courses at its education centers averaged 11% more than enrollments during the comparable 5-week period last year. During the same period, orders for its […]

eCollege’s CEO Oakleigh Thorne Forecasts On Competitive Advantages

NEW YORK, Mar 20, 2001 — In an in-depth interview, Oakleigh Thorne, CEO of eCollege(SM) (Nasdaq:ECLG), talks at length about the company’s future. Thorne gives an overview of the company. “eCollege builds online campuses and courses and hosts those campuses and courses for post-secondary educational institutions. We partner with schools to help them build distance […]