Thursday, January 24, 2002

A Digest of Recent Corporate News in Distance Education By BROCK READ A partnership between George Mason University and VCampus, an online learning provider, will create a Web-based course in online instruction. The course will offer advice to corporate trainers looking to move their programs to the Internet. (Link to press release.) Eriksen Translations Inc. has translated into Spanish 14 online courses offered by New York University. The translations aim to make instruction in corporate management and e-commerce available to an international audience. (Link to press release.) The State University of New York System will use software from WebCT to manage online courses from all of its campuses. The university system will conduct a series of regional meetings to help professors and administrators determine how to use the software. (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

Drug and alcohol arrests increased on campuses in 2000 Foundation concedes errors in report on college accessibility but defends its conclusions State labor commission frees RAs at UMass to vote on union question NCAA places U. of Nebraska on 2 years' probation President of Bennett College quits after 7 months Family of MIT student who committed suicide plans to file lawsuit Farmer accuses U. of Iowa Foundation of illegally selling bequeathed land National Academy of Sciences to present top award to noted food scientist 2 Japanese universities begin planning a merger Stanford U. will test a  computerized transcription system A digest of recent corporate news in distance education