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The Department of Justice and four states on Monday filed a multibillion-dollar fraud suit against the Education Management Corporation, the nation’s second-largest for-profit college company, charging that it was not eligible for the $11 billion in state and federal financial aid it had received from July 2003 through June 2011. SOURCE: The New York Times […]
One college gives the job to software, while another employs independent ‘evaluators’SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education Read the Full Article
University Park, Pa. — Penn State undergraduate students who want to expand their career opportunities now have a new online option. The homeland security minor is Penn State’s first online minor. It will enable students to acquire specialized knowledge and skills for jobs in the homeland security field, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects […]
f you haven’t heard of Mahara, the open-source e-portfolio system, you’re missing out on a free, Moodle-integrated tool that promotes student success and engagement and fosters a collaborative teaching and learning experience with flexibility and creativity.SOURCE: Campus Technology Read the Full Article
Two of the largest software companies in higher education, SunGard and Datatel, today announced plans to merge, after the private-equity firm that owns Datatel signaled plans to buy SunGard Higher Education for $1.775-billion.SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education Read the Full Article Education Institutions Worldwide to Benefit From Strategic Combination of Datatel and SunGard Higher […]
State’s teachers are prohibited from having private contact with students on social media websites, under a new law that takes effect this monthSOURCE: eSchool News Read the Full Article
Founded in the fall of 2001, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) is the principal association serving, supporting and representing U.S. state and territorial educational technology leadership. SETDA works in partnership with like-minded individuals and organizations as a forum for inter-state collaboration, cooperation and best practices.SOURCE: State Educational Technology Directors AssociationVisit the Site
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas signed an order today creating a new online university affiliated with Western Governors University, to be called WGU Texas. The move is the third state spinoff of Western Governors: Indiana created one last year, and Washington chartered one in April.SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education Read the Full Article
MADISON, Wis., Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Sonic Foundry, Inc.(NASDAQ: SOFO), the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting, lecture capture and knowledge management, today announced the 27th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning will be streamed to a remote audience using Mediasite. The conference, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin Division of Continuing […]
Our research put forward reflects a mid year update of the UK market only, based on our forecasting model with inputs from the overall economic performance of the UK, rises in adoption levels of e-learning, close tracking and analysis of public sector procurement patterns, and of course conversations and observations of what is happening in […]