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Online Ads for U. of Phoenix Irk Officials at Other Colleges

Until Phoenix pulled the ads, on Thursday, Internet surfers who sought information about certain colleges were easily misdirected to the Web site of the University of Phoenix Online. Read the Full Article

Association for Educational Communications and Technology – Distance Learning Division Issue Series

The series is meant to look deeply at issues we may only know about peripherally. It is also a forum for new perspectives and innovative work on issues that affect the AECT community at large. Each paper/discussion will last for 30 days. The first paper and discussion speaks to issues of accessibility of web pages. […]

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Dental Medicine face instructor shortage

A shortage of educators is nothing new at the dental school, located in Alton, Ill., but it has become more severe in recent years, according to Ann Boyle, acting dean of SIUE’s School of Dental Medicine. Read the Full Article

Blackboard Acquires SA Cash

Student Advantage Inc., an 11-year-old Boston college discount firm, sold its SA Cash unit as part of a spinoff strategy. The firm received a delisting notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market in December and is seeking to sell the rest of the company. It went public in 1999 but has had only one quarter of […]

Plateau Systems Named One Of The Nation’s Leading Education Companies In 2003 “EDUVENTURES 100”

– Plateau Systems, a provider of enterprise software that manages all of an organization’s learning and knowledge, today announced that it was selected for the 2003 edition of “The Eduventures 100,” a year-end assessment of the leading providers in the corporate training, pre-K and postsecondary markets. The prestigious list highlights education businesses “that demonstrated market […]

SkillSoft Continues to Cooperate With Formal SEC Investigation

On November 19, 2002, SkillSoft announced that it would restate the financial statements of SmartForce PLC for the period 1999 through June 2002. SkillSoft understands that the SEC’s investigation concerns SmartForce’s financial disclosure and accounting during that period, other related matters, compliance with rules governing reports required to be filed with the Commission, and the […]

Despite shuttle loss, science teachers say ‘Forward, march!’

That’s the message area science teachers plan to give their students today as classes resume following the tragic destruction of the space shuttle Columbia Saturday morning. Read the Full Article

Shuttle tragedy touches many with ties to Central New York

Between the junior varsity and varsity games, Fowler fans reflected on the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia, which carried the school’s “ants in space” project. Read the Full Article

California youngsters lost experiment on shuttle

But when the Columbia space shuttle disintegrated it burned up the experiment that students from South Central’s Dorsey High School had worked so hard to create. Read the Full Article

S.C. schools have ties to NASA

It’s no secret to educators that teaching about space travel in the classroom is an ideal way to blend solid science with the spirit of adventure that kids love. Read the Full Article