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Last week, the Planetary Society’s Red Rover Goes to Mars Student Scientists made planetary exploration history. They were the first members of the public to direct a camera aboard a spacecraft orbiting another world, the NASA Mars Global Surveyor (MGS).
In todays technology-driven market, one of the biggest challenges facing companies is finding and recruiting the best and brightest tech-savvy employees. For recent university graduates with degrees in computer science, the obstacle is finding a company that provides the best opportunities. Both of these challenges are being met through a university-industry partnership at North Carolina […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A major Internet filtering company will stop collecting and selling the Web habits of millions of schoolchildren who use its product after privacy groups howled and the Defense Department had second thoughts, the company disclosed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Western Governors University (WGU) delivered an update on its progress over the past year to its Board of Trustees today at their quarterly board meeting hosted by WGU corporate partner America Online in Dulles, Virginia. The online, distance education university that offers competency-based degree programs at the associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s levels […]
The Childrens Internet Protection Act (CHIP) will go into affect on April 20, 2001. ISTE & CoSN outline concerns and suggestions for CHIP before the Federal Communications Commission. Issues addressed in the comments federal grant programs, the autonomy of local school districts, filtering, and other questions related to Internet safety. This document was prepared by […]
Ten of Penn State’s World Campus students recently earned the distinction of becoming “first” in their field. These students, all of whom are professional teachers or educational administrators, were the first to complete a pioneering series of courses that are redefining the way that learning takes place. These educator-students experienced firsthand the latest developments in […]
IBM has withdrawn a proposed method of digitally tagging content, leading an industry coalition to adopt an alternative way to prevent piracy of copyrighted material.
Studying for an MBA takes dedication and determination. To achieve an MBA by distance learning often involves balancing studies with full time work and family responsibilities. So to complete an MBA while studying in a second language, when your country is undergoing dramatic political and economic change, and the cost of your degree quintuples because […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today announced a hearing on digital TV. Members will examine the progress of the transition from analog to digital TV. The hearing is scheduled for Thursday, March 1, at 9:30 a.m. in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office […]
Internet and e-mail access in Cuba is as jealously guarded as Fidel Castro’s chokehold on power. But that hasn’t stopped enterprising Cubans from finding ways to flout government restrictions.