December 31, 2007
TRADOC to review Web-based points
Army Times - Wallace stated that TRADOC became aware of the vulnerabilities in the Army Correspondence Course Program online testing ... testing system not only is vulnerable to cheating, but is so loosely managed that it allows soldiers to take courses that ...
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Posted by Ken at 12:31 PM
Courier News Online - Police: Long Island landlady, 82, is robbed, shoved by tenant
Nassau County detectives say 59-year-old Elmont resident Valentina Subbotina (sub-oh-TEEN -uh) was arrested for second-degree robbery after she grabbed rental papers out of her landlady s hand, pushed her head against a concrete wall and shoved her onto a
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Posted by Perry at 09:09 AM
Dog-training boom has tails
Providence Journal - There are many ways for trainers to enter the field, from correspondence courses to bachelor s or master s degrees in zoology or animal behavior. Fischer, who now makes up to $140 an hour, took the path most esteemed by old-timers: She spent five ...
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Posted by Murray at 09:01 AM
Some New Year's resolutions for prominent sports personalities that we ...
SLAM! Sports - I will enrol in correspondence courses to learn Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Slovenian. - Chris Rudge, Canadian Olympic Committee CEO: I will enrol in a speed-correspondence course in Chinese. - Colin Campbell, NHL executive vice-president: I ...
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Posted by Lorren at 08:16 AM
December 30, 2007
MIT leads way in free online courses
Gilbert Strang is a quiet man with a rare talent: helping others understand linear algebra. He's written a half-dozen popular college textbooks, and for years a few hundred students at the elite Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been privileged to take his
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Posted by Ryan at 03:26 PM
Ivy League Universities Open Courses to All Online
An MIT initiative called "OpenCourseWare" makes virtually all the school's courses available online for free, and more than 100 universities worldwide, including Johns Hopkins, Tufts and Notre Dame, are joining MIT in a consortium of schools promoting their own open courseware.
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Posted by Rob at 03:24 PM
Bling it
Courier News - Loyd-Rogers' husband, Andy, handles most of the administrative work, but has been studying via correspondence courses to earn his gemologist's degree. Although it will take some time to establish themselves as reputable jewelers, the husband-wife team ...
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Posted by Jim at 03:01 PM
December 29, 2007
Online textbook exchange offers book leases
Aayush Phumbhra was a student at Iowa State University in Ames four years ago when he created an online textbook exchange. He and his partners are now retooling the idea as a Web site where college students nationwide can rent
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Posted by Joe at 11:42 AM
