The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany is building a $60 million solar manufacturing plant in an old Kodak building outside Rochester as it seeks to replicate its economic model in other cities.
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5/22/2013
5/3/2013
Many institutions with a single, traditional brick-and-mortar campus are diversifying their methods for delivering programs by going online, developing hybrid courses, and even establishing centers at locations off-campus. Alan Walker, former president of Upper Iowa University, discusses the challenges and cost benefits of strategic diversification.
4/11/2013
Tanaza just announced the release of cloud management capabilities specifically designed for Wi-Fi Hotspot providers, such as captive portal, splash pages and Radius authentication support.
4/11/2013
As more and more universities seek to grow the number of overseas students that enroll, the ability to engage effectively and positively with applicants right from the point of first contact, can be the difference between securing or losing a new overseas student enrollment.
4/4/2013
The rapid rise of next-generation distance education, and what it means for educational institutions, is our theme on "Virtually Speaking Science," an hour-long talk show that goes out to listeners on BlogTalkRadio and to a live audience in the Second Life virtual world.
4/3/2013
Mediasite users nominated organizations that achieved measurable improvements in information accessibility, cost savings, efficiency and productivity through Mediasite.
3/28/2013
The University of North Texas will install the advanced Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) radar on April 2 (Tuesday), which will provide improved severe weather data and storm warnings to the North Texas region, just in time for the 2013 tornado season.
3/14/2013
Students locked out of overcrowded core courses at California's state colleges and universities should instead be able to take those classes online, according to legislation introduced Wednesday in Sacramento — sending shock waves through academia nationwide.
3/14/2013
PESA, a leading U.S.-based custom design and build manufacturing company for professional audio and video signal distribution, today announced that Georgia Tech Online (formerly Distance Learning) is using a new PESA Cheetah 288XE digital video router at its Global Learning Center in Atlanta as part of its migration to HD production for its online professional education coursework.
3/10/2013
Harvard secretly searched the e-mail accounts of several of its staff members last fall, looking for the source of news media leaks about its recent cheating scandal, but did not tell them about the searches for several months.
3/7/2013
Students applying to get into the University of Illinois' Urbana-Champaign campus will be able to apply online next year. But they won't be using an online process that allows students to apply to many colleges with one application.
3/3/2013
The "flipped classroom" model is going viral across Wisconsin and the nation. It's being employed not only in local elementary and high schools, but also at Madison Area Technical College, UW-Madison and even the Madison Fire Department.
3/2/2013
Millions of students worldwide have signed up in the last year for MOOCs, but when it comes time for exams, how will professors know that the test-takers on their distant laptops are doing their own work, and not asking Mr. Google for help?
2/15/2013
University Business sat down with Tony Bates, author of 11 books in the field of online learning and distance education, to hear his thoughts about the growing importance and necessity of online learning technologies -- including MOOCs -- to higher ed institutions.
2/12/2013
A look at the modern network’s watchful eye, powered by tools to tag, clean, and clear devices used across campus for safe network access
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