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T.H.E. Journal May 2009 Rama Ramaswami	Even! But No Longer Odd Once regarded as an unconventional alternative for atypical students, virtual schools have achieved mainstream acceptance, and are now seen as providing an education equal to - if not better than - what their traditional counterpart offers.
Information Today August 23, 2010	Cengage Learning Enhances CengageBrain.com The website, which allows students to purchase or rent textbooks, ebooks, or individual echapters and download study tools, features a more intuitive interface for students
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Information Today May 19, 2015	Credo Aids Students With Science Homework Help Credo added science resources to its Homework Help solution for reading, writing, and math.
Information Today November 5, 2015	McGraw-Hill Education Studies Students and Technology Students see greater potential for technology in college than is currently being used.
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Information Today September 29, 2011	Gale Introduces Gale Business Insights: Global The resource is designed for undergraduate and graduate business school students, as well as academic faculty, librarians, and professional researchers.
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T.H.E. Journal December 1, 2009 Scott Aronowitz	Online Learning Provider Launches Virtual School Exclusively for Diploma Completion Online education provider Advanced Academics has launched a program to help high school drop-outs get their diploma.
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IEEE Spectrum April 2008 Jean Kumagai	Rensselaer to Require All Engineering Students to Study Abroad A new effort to internationalize American engineering education.
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HHMI Bulletin February 2012 Cori Vanchieri.	Susan Singer: A Magical Moment The time to entice students to be STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) teachers is during the first years of college, says Susan Singer, a professor of natural sciences at Carleton College.
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Fast Company November 2010 Stephanie Schomer	Chegg: Saving College Kids Money Through Textbook Rental Aayush Phumbhra is reforming the dysfunctional world of college textbooks by renting them to students nationwide.
Information Today August 22, 2013	New Program Offers Education Credits to Working Youth Smart Horizons Career Online Education and Cengage Learning's ed2go have partnered with the Clinton Global Initiative in a a 2-year scholarship program that encourages young adults now working in the retail and hospitality industries to complete their high-school equivalency.
Bank Systems & Technology July 15, 2009 Katherine Burger	PNC Bank Introduces Virtual Wallet Student Based on year-old Virtual Wallet offering, tool is designed to empower students to better manage their money.
Information Today November 11, 2014	World Library of Science Aims to Open Science to All Students This free, online education resource is designed to give students around the world equal access to the latest science information.
T.H.E. Journal September 1, 2010 Jennifer Demski	They're Taking Requests: Student Techs Command the Help Desk Varun Kumar, the technology coordinator at William Cullen Bryant High School in Queens, NY, has it good. His workforce consists of Bryant High students, members of the Mouse Squad, a student-based IT support program.
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T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009 Scott Aronowitz	Chile Turns to Social Media To Expand English Literacy The federal government of Chile has chosen social media service Mingoville.com to provide the tools the nation's students will need to achieve fluency in English.
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Chemistry World July 3, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Virtual conference quandary for researchers By recording the speakers, what was previously a transient medium becomes permanent, and there is a risk that those presenting unpublished results could have that work refused by journals on the grounds that it has already been 'published'.
InternetNews July 19, 2010	Microsoft Lands Cloud Deal With NYC Schools As it continues efforts to entice large, public-sector organizations to sign up for its expanding portfolio of cloud services, Microsoft lands e-mail partnership with New York City schools.
T.H.E. Journal October 19, 2009 David Nagel	Science Students Benefit from Teachers' Research Experience When high school and middle school science teachers engage in extracurricular research work, their students benefit.
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Information Today January 8, 2009	Nature Education Launches Free Educational Resource--Scitable Currently focused on genetics, Scitable combines authoritative scientific information with social media functionality.
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T.H.E. Journal August 4, 2009 David Nagel	Computer Science Courses on the Decline According to new research from the Computer Science Teachers Association, not only have the number of students enrolled in computer science has dropped significantly in the last four years and so have the number of AP computer science courses offered at high schools.
T.H.E. Journal March 17, 2010 Ruth Reynard	Real-Time Technology in Middle School Language Instruction Recently, I interviewed a German language middle school teacher and she shared with me her uses for Web 2.0 tools in foreign language instruction.
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