More and more college students are taking classes in the virtual world rather than the lecture hall -- and Solano Community College is no exception to the online education trend.Many college-age students, like day-care center operator Vicky Davis of Benicia, are learning exclusively over the Internet.

EAC awarded grant from U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (Eastern Arizona Courier)

Eastern Arizona College is the recent recipient of a $405,830 rural development grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The grant, part of USDA’s Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant program, will be used to focus on funding end-user equipment that operates via telecommunications that connect students and teachers (or medical providers and patients) in separate rural areas. The only ...

NAU seeks to triple online enrollment to 10,000 students (Rapid City Journal)

Robert Paxton will be responsible for one of National American University’s most important growth areas when he starts work next week as the distance learning campus president.

Stohl's role: dialing from long distance (The Oregonian)

University of Portland guard Jared Stohl remembers how when he was a kid, many basketball players his age tried to emulate Michael Jordan. He had a different idol. Stohl wanted to be like Gary Payton -- at least on offense....

Learning to be 'low-carbon' (China Daily)

Tian Yao, a Beijing media employee, recently replaced her electric toothbrush with a traditional one to save 30 yuan; a prudent financial move as the global economic slowdown starts to hit home. But without thinking Tian also saved 48 g of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission each day.