Tuesday, August 14, 2001

A Digest of Recent Corporate News in Distance Education By BROCK READ Northern Virginia Community College will use software from Centra to expand its online continuing-education program and develop live and collaborative learning technology. Centra will also train the college's faculty members to use a new student-information system. (Link to press release.) NYUOnline, the for-profit online-learning branch of New York University, has agreed to integrate its software with that of Generation21 Learning Systems. The university's iAuthor, a content-development program, will be used in conjunction with the company's Total Knowledge Management System. (Link to press release.) The Skillsoft Corporation will provide 450 of its online business courses to a consortium of 10 institutions in the California State University System. The courses will serve as part of the system's continuing-education program. (Link to press release.) Submissions for this column can be sent by e-mail to itdigest@chronicle.com Easy-to-print version E-mail this article

Education Dept. may relax provision denying student aid to those with drug convictions University of Florida expects a decrease in black enrollment this fall Yale plays up abolitionist history and ignores its ties to slave trade, graduate students say OPINION: Bush's stem-cell decision may have unexpected -- and unintended -- consequences Majority of Ireland's medical students are from outside of Europe Cal State system throws its weight around in negotiating an e-book deal A digest of recent corporate news in distance education