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Powwow Aims to Cross ‘Digital Divide’

PALO ALTO, Calif. — More than 100 people joined in a traditional American Indian purification ceremony last weekend in a sun-baked Silicon Valley courtyard before launching into a very untraditional subject: the “digital divide” on America’s reservations.

HP Chairman Addresses Creating Digital Dividends Conference — Company Announces World e-Inclusion Milestones to Deliver Internet-enabled Solutions to Poor in Developing Countries

SEATTLE, (BUSINESS WIRE) — In a keynote address at the Creating Digital Dividends Conference in Seattle, Carly Fiorina, Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HWP) chairman, president and chief executive officer called for new, people-centered, sustainable approaches and partnerships to solve the problem of the world’s uneven distribution of information technology, economic resources and wealth.

‘Father of Internet’ Endorses Gore

The vice president may not have invented the Internet, but he helped to make it happen, say tech industry leaders, including Vinton Cerf, who support his presidential campaign.

University of Maryland’s School of Public Affairs Offers National Course in ‘Smart Growth

10/16/2000 The Office of Executive Programs in the University of Maryland’s School of Public Affairs will be presenting its first National Course in Smart Growth for management-level officials in federal, state and local government, beginning the week of November 13-17, 2000 at the Bolger Center for Leadership Development in Potomac, MD.

Happy Birthday Carnegie Mellon!

It was only 100 years ago when Carnegie, a steel magnate and philanthropist, envisioned a technical school for the children of local steelworkers.

Nigerian University Lecturers Reject $76m World Bank Loan

Representatives of the World Bank handling the proposed 76 million dollar (N7.6 billion) loan for Nigerian universities were shocked at the weekend at the outright rejection of the loan by university dons.

Russian Universities Educate World’s Top Student Programmers

Western industry seeks the country’s young talent, despite its ailing higher-education system

Student Sites Face A University Challenge

Students nowadays have more money than before and represent a large potential market. Jacqueline Sheils reports on the battle to lure them online

Online CPE Changes The Face of Tax, Accounting Education

Educational companies that are competing for the online continuing professional education market are revamping the content and visual appeal of their Web sites.

Distance Learning Has Come a Long Way But is Far From Easy

DE SOTO, Wis. — Vince Ruetten decided to teach over the Western Wisconsin Linked Education and Resource Network last year to ensure there were enough students to justify his advanced placement statistics class.