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Transforming the Academic Enterprise: A Conversation with Graham Spanier

Syllabus: As president of Penn State University, you have a very high-level view of technology integration on campus. How do you see technology today, in 2003, impacting and supporting institutional goals, and how does this figure into top-level strategic planning?Read the Full Story

Home School Legal Defense Association

HSLDA advocates on the legal front by fully representing member families at every stage of proceedings. Each year, thousands of member families receive legal consultation by letter and phone, hundreds more are represented through negotiations with local officials, and dozens are represented in court proceedings. HSLDA also takes the offensive, filing actions to protect members […]

Office of Financial Education Announces Online Financial Education Directory

The directory, available at www.treas.gov/financialeducation, , provides access to the many resources available within the federal government to assist in the implementation of financial education initiatives. More than twenty-five separate resources are listed, and programs are catalogued by subject area, program name and sponsoring organization. “Throughout the federal government, agencies are sponsoring and developing financial […]

Collegis renews and extends technology contracts with two higher education clients in South Florida

St. Thomas University, a private, Catholic university in Miami, agreed to a two-year, nearly $1.9 million technology management services contract extension with Collegis. The new agreement re-focuses, enhances and re-affirms the scope of services for an original business agreement signed by Collegis and STU in 1994. STU received positive return on investment (ROI) from its […]

CCV expands online course offerings for fall semester

Online offerings cover a wide range of subjects, including business, humanities, math, science, and psychology.Read the Full Story

Online learning a virtual revolution

He teaches ethics and labor history at Pace University in New York. There’s the other work of a professor: attending faculty meetings, advising students.Read the Full Story

STUDENT AND FACULTY ISSUES IN DISTANCE EDUCATION

Faculty need to be sufficiently trained in pedagogy, technology, and communications so that they have the same comfort level with this method of instruction as they do for the more familiar classroom. Additionally, technical and instructional support personnel need to be readily available to work with the faculty and support course development.Read the Full Story

eSN Exclusive: IBM alleges unfair eRate treatment

The eRate is the $2.25 billion-a-year federal program that provides telecommunications discounts to schools and libraries. Read the Full Story

30,000 Teachers Required for Primary Schools Yearly

Mohammed, who spoke yesterday in Enugu at the opening ceremony of a workshop titled “Improving the Delivery and Management of NTI’s Distance Education Programmes”, said the shortfall in teachers’ supply was a serious challenge and a major problem that must be tackled.Read the Full Story

RedVector.com Expands Course Offerings to Certified Water Operators

The company implemented the expansion after determining water operators needed an easy and inexpensive way to fulfill their state mandatory continuing education. RedVector.com (http://www.redvector.com/) is the global leader in online continuing education, certification, licensing exam preparation and corporate training for professional engineers, architects, land surveyors, contractors, interior designers, building inspectors and landscape architects. Read the […]