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TOWNSEND, Tenn., Feb. 21 — President Bush today proposed increasing federal education funding by 11 percent next year, giving the Education Department the largest increase of any Cabinet agency but far less than the amount President Bill Clinton had sought.
24/7 University today announced that Rob Howe has joined its board of directors, effective immediately. The privately-held Dallas company is the leading online content delivery service for corporate training. “We are very pleased to have Rob on board. His expertise in managing both public and private companies and his track record in helping companies through rapid […]
Needham, Massachusetts, February 22 –United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) announced today that it is assuming control of Educating Everyone, Inc., a Florida-based not-for-profit foundation created to provide quality distance education opportunities through multi-media services. USDLA was created in 1987 to facilitate the growth of distance learning and to serve as the institutional voice of […]
Boston, MA — TechOnLine, Inc., a provider of online learning resources and technology for the electronics community, said raised $7.5 million in its third round of financing. This investment comes on the heels of the company’s recent announcement to expand its core business to focus on the development of its e-Learning solutions for the electronics […]
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Campus Pipeline Inc. Thursday announced the promotion of Greg Bishop to vice president and general counsel, and Tyler M. Thatcher to vice president of corporate finance and treasurer. Thatcher manages the company’s financial assets and external communications, including cultivating and maintaining relationships with the financial community, while Bishop takes responsibility […]
24/7 University today announced that Rob Howe has joined its board of directors, effective immediately. The privately-held Dallas company is the leading online content delivery service for corporate training. “We are very pleased to have Rob on board. His expertise in managing both public and private companies and his track record in helping companies through rapid […]
BALTIMORE — Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLVN – news) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2000. Recent Financial and Business Highlights — Fourth quarter 2000 EPS, excluding Sylvan Ventures, was $0.18 per share, in-line with Company guidance, compared to a loss of $0.34 per share for the […]
Barbara B. Lockee, an assistant professor of instructional technology at Virginia Tech, is an instructor in a graduate program on how to teach at a distance. The classes are held both face to face and — not surprisingly — at a distance. She says that trying to judge the quality of a distance course by […]
A growing number of “old economy” firms are weaving the Net into the way they do business. Could this be Phase 2 of the Internet revolution?