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This Statistics in Brief investigates undergraduates’ participation in distance education using nationally representative student-reported data collected through the three most recent administrations of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:2000, NPSAS:04, and NPSAS:08).SOURCE: US Department of EducationDownload the Report in PDF
Today at virtually every college in the country, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday, lives on in far more than spirit alone because he is so much a part of the generation of students whose lives he transformed.SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher EducationRead the Full Article
A new foundation will promote free software as an alternative to propriety cloud-computing technologies.SOURCE: MIT Technology ReviewRead the Full Article
Partnership will allow for seamless integration of Cengage Learning Digital Solutions for users of Desire2Learn® Learning SuiteSOURCE: Desire2LearnRead the Press Release
ARLINGTON, VA; OCTOBER 6, 2011 – Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic nautical romp “H.M.S. Pinafore,” a production of Minneapolis’ Guthrie Theater and Twin Cities Public Television (tpt), opens the nine-part PBS Arts Fall Festival on Friday, October 14, 2011 at 9:00 p.m. ET on PBS.SOURCE: PBSRead the Full Article
There has been much talk of the “online revolution” in higher education. While there is a place for online education, some of its boosters anticipate displacing the traditional campus altogether. A close reading of their arguments, however, makes clear that many share what might be called the “individualist fallacy,” both in their understanding of how […]
Steve Jobs 1955-2011SOURCE: Apple Steve Jobs dies; Apple’s co-founder transformed computers and cultureSOURCE: Los Angeles Times Apple Chairman Steve Jobs dead at 56 source: COMPUTERWORLD A Look Back at the Career of Steve Jobssource: PC Magazine Apple Says Founder Steve Jobs is DeadSOURCE: Fox News Jobs, Apple Co-Founder and Visionary, Is DeadSOURCE:The New York Times […]
Raleigh, N.C.—Oct. 4, 2011—Internet2, the nation’s most advanced networking consortium, today announced two research and two student projects as the 2011 Internet2 Driving Exemplary Applications (IDEA) award winners for innovation in advanced network applications for collaborative research and education. Winners received their awards, and presented their applications at the Internet2 Fall Member Meeting in Raleigh, […]
Video conferencing will soon be a decidedly mobile affair for government agencies and public schools in Arkansas.SOURCE: Government TechnologyRead the Full Article
An AI personal assistant called Siri is the biggest new feature of the iPhone 4S.SOURCE: MIT Technology ReviewRead the Full Article