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Technology, Learning and the Future of Education

Technology, Learning and the Future of EducationA few weeks ago, a newly minted dot-com millionaire opined in The New York Times that higher education was hardly necessary. Why not put it all on the Internet, he asked — the great books, stirring lectures and rigorous exams? Why not let people teach themselves? Why allow higher […]

April 12, 2000

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New Formula for Distance Education

New Formula for Distance EducationThis month, Black college officials attending the annual National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education conference learned of an initiative designed to help their schools become more competitive in online distance education.The founding partners of the Historically Black Cyber College Consortium (HBC3) decided to unveil their nonprofit organization at NAFEO […]

February 16, 2000

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Tech Briefs

Campus Policy Hinders Student’s Efforts to Promote Online BookstoreJOHNSTOWN, Pa. — A student at the University of Pittsburgh’s Johnstown campus says school officials reversed a decision to allow her to distribute brochures about a discount online bookstore, saying it would hurt sales at the campus shop. Lee Ann Diffendal, a freshman communications major, says her […]

February 2, 2000

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Public College Creates For-Profit Distance Ed Company

Public College Creates For-Profit Distance Ed CompanyWhen traditional, nonprofit higher education institutions opt to provide distance education, they soon discover that such an enterprise requires institutional experiences and skills not normally found among campus administrators. Recognizing its limitations in this area, the University of Maryland-University College recently won approval to create a for-profit, marketing business […]

January 5, 2000

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All They Can Be and a College Degree

All They Can Be and a College DegreeArmy hopes to boost recruitment with proposal that would expand its role in the education of its soldiers.WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has been aware of and used distance learning on the higher education level for some time. But now, the Army has plans of using the technology […]

December 22, 1999

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Financial Aid Prospecting — Online

Financial Aid Prospecting —  OnlineThe Internet Is Loaded With Valuable Financial Aid Information, but Few Campus Web Sites Are Designed to Help Them Find ItLog on to any of the hundreds of college Web sites now available on the Internet, and you’ll find everything from virtual tours to online applications. But too few of these […]

October 27, 1999