Formally launching its business, ecollege.com said 100 students and 100 colleges and universities will receive $12 million in scholarships and grants to encourage access to online education. The program will funnel money to faculties and institutions to create degree programs online, Ecollege announced. "This demonstrates our commitment to make online education available to anyone, anytime, from anywhere in the world," said ecollege.com President Rob Helmick. The grant program will include 100 student scholarships for online coursework at schools affiliated with Ecollege.com (Steve Siehr - 11 May 99)

ISI FUNDS AVAILABLE - Instructional Systems Inc. (ISI) invites your participation in a free pilot program designed to help colleges offer remedial courses over the World Wide Web. Colleges chosen to participate in the demonstration pilot will receive ISI's math, reading, and writing Mechanics courseware as well as a Web-based student management (tracking) system. Each institution will select 25 students for the program. Students will be allowed to use ISI's remedial courses for as long as they need to, until they pass the college's entrance examinations. There is no cost to the school for this pilot project. ISI offers the following four college remedial courses: College Remedial Math, College Remedial Reading, College Remedial Writing Mechanics and Foundations of College Math For more information about the "Focus on Remediation" project, visit ISI's new Web Site at: http://www.isinj.com