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Wallin, Bates to Receive Honorary Doctorates from Athabasca University

Bates is a veteran in the field of distance and open learning.Read the Full Story

Employers jumping on e-learning bandwagon

“All of us religiously read the water cooler,” said Mr. Gardner, who is earning his executive MBA in Vancouver through an electronic hookup with Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont.Read the Full Story

American Military University Graduates Gather for Unique Commencement Ceremony

For the first time, graduates of this distance learning institution will meet their professors in person — coming from as far away as the Netherlands.Read the Full Story

Panel OKs revised home-school regulations

The regulations require a certified teacher to work with parents to “jointly develop” a learning plan for home-schooled students, rather than the current requirement of only having a certified teacher sign off on the plan.Read the Full Story

ISRO [Indian Space Research Organisation] set to launch EDUSAT satellite in August

They would even exchange views, put their doubts to the teachers and get immediate replies.Read the Full Story

Technical Reports and Working Papers in Business and Economics

The Library of Congress also has a substantial collection of print copies of technical reports published by foreign academic and research institutions in the areas of business and economics. Information on these and other technical reports held by the Library of Congress may be obtained from the Technical Reports and Standards Section of the Science, […]

Technology takes the chance out of chance encounters

Until now, we’ve relied on chance. But this may not be so in the future, thanks to Serendipity, a mobile phone application that can instigate interactions between you and people you don’t know—or think you don’t know—but probably should.Read the Full Story

Watch Former President Ronald Reagan’s Funeral Service at Nat’l Cathedral

Pres. Bush, Fmr. Pres. George H.W. Bush, Fmr. British P.M. Margaret Thatcher & Fmr. Canadian P.M. Brian Mulroney eulogize Fmr. Pres. Ronald Reagan. Access C-Span Webcast

FCC Won’t Let Schools Sell Airwaves

The decision will benefit Nextel Communications Inc., which holds neighboring spectrum, and wireless start-ups eager to lease space for phone calls and high-speed Internet traffic.Read the Full Story

UM [University of Miami] joins online high school

The University of Miami has teamed up with The Sagemont School of Weston to offer an online high school where kids take all their classes via computer.Read the Full Story