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It was the largest fine ever imposed by the United States Department of Education, which oversees federal financial-aid programs and has strict rules against paying recruiters based on the number of students they enroll.Read the Full Story
REDMOND, Wash., and PLEASANTON, Calif. — Sept. 14, 2004 — Today Microsoft Corp. and Polycom Inc. announced a multiyear joint marketing and development agreement to deliver business-quality, rich collaboration solutions across communication devices, applications and services that will empower customers to connect and share information in real-time regardless of location or type of call. Read […]
Sonic Foundry(R) Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO) and BxVideo, a provider of rich media services, today announced they are powering a novel rich media solution offered by Courtroom Connect that is helping re-define the way trial litigation communication takes place both inside and outside the courtroom in many state courthouses. Courtroom Connect, a provider of technology infrastructure […]
Sakai’s goal of providing open source software that may someday save academic computing departments significant amounts of money was the subject of casual commentary during the week that followed. Hallway conversations at the annual conference of the Society of College and University Planning, held in Toronto, speculated about this new set of tools for creating […]
The study, conducted on behalf of members of Best Practices, LLC’s Business Excellence Board, found that leading corporate universities employ a high degree of virtual online instruction to make training available around the clock, but retain classroom instruction for courses requiring a high degree of interactivity, such as soft skills and leadership development. Read the […]
NEW YORK – Eighteen-year-old Ivory recently spent nine months working full-time at a clothing store in her New York City neighborhood. Many of the students who had once been her classmates were still in school during those months, but Ivory had stopped attending classes. Read the Full Story
The answer, college leaders decided, was technology.Read the Full Story
The prototypical module was designed for contexts where identifying and solving ill-structured problems is relevant.Read the Full Story
More important, you can count on incurring costs associated with lost opportunities. Here’s a nine-step process to help align learning efforts to business results.Read the Full Story
Many state colleges and universities are expanding their use of online learning systems to reach more students in rural areas and serve growing student populations while containing costs.Read the Full Story