By Colleen Flaherty. Linfield College is moving forward with a plan to cut its faculty -- apparently with or without professors' input. More...
2 mars 2019
2 mars 2019
Mexican Business School to Start Online MBA With 2U
By Doug Lederman. EGADE Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey, in Mexico, is working with 2U to establish an online M.B.A. for working professionals, beginning next fall, the two announced. More...
2 mars 2019
Laureate Education Won't Sell Walden University
By Doug Lederman. After weighing a sale of Walden University, Laureate Education has decided not to sell the online institution, the for-profit higher education company announced Tuesday. More...
2 mars 2019
Mercy College Will Help New Rochelle Students
By Scott Jaschik. When the College of New Rochelle announced on Friday that it would probably close this year, it indicated that it was working with a college it did not name about helping students finish degrees. More...
2 mars 2019
Another Private College May Close
By Scott Jaschik. College of New Rochelle has been unable to recover from scandal involving false budgets and unpaid payroll taxes. More...
1 mars 2019
Nokia and Microsoft Bridge OMA-WMA Gap for Mobile Devices
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Nokia and Microsoft Bridge OMA-WMA Gap for Mobile Devices
This announcement is, as the author suggests, a bombshell - on several fronts. One front is the obvious: the mobile device industry is no longer banding together to keep Microsoft out of its back yard. On another front, it gives Microsoft leverage against proprietary formats being offered by Apple and Sony. More...
1 mars 2019
Out Firefoxed
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Out Firefoxed
So Microsoft has announced that - after a long period of "frozen" browser development, it is going to upgrade Internet Explorer. Having just spent the last few weeks in a design project (more on this in a couple of days) I can only say: it's about time. Maybe IE will actually implement CSS as written, instead of doing things that are downright weird. More...
1 mars 2019
Google Toolbar, Desktop Search, and API Topics
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Google Toolbar, Desktop Search, and API Topics
A new feature in the Google Toolbar, one which inserts links to useful resources into web pages - whether the webpage author wants them there or not - is drawing the ifre of webpage designers. More...
1 mars 2019
Times Company to Buy About.com for $410 Million
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Times Company to Buy About.com for $410 Million
I remember considering way back when whether it would be worth my while to become an About.com 'guide'. I launched this newsletter instead. More...
1 mars 2019
Real Software Slams Microsoft's Patent Effort
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Real Software Slams Microsoft's Patent Effort
Presumably unaware of Aristotle, Microsoft is attempting to patent the 'ISNOT' construction in basic. More...
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