- A study of more than 400 campus leaders from 195 colleges and universities has
concluded that students are the driving force behind the technology-related decisions
of college and university presidents. The study was sponsored by Collegis Leadership
Alliance and conducted by the Sara Fine Institute at the University of Pittsburgh.
Collegis is a higher education services company that sponsors the Alliance, a forum
for higher education executives that provides members with research and information
about emerging trends in higher education - http://www.leadershipedu.org

- The education research group, the Concord Consortium, received $10 million from
the National Science Foundation to establish a Center on Teaching and Learning
focused on research and applications of technology to science education. Based at
the University of California at Berkeley, the Center will focus on training graduate
students in educational technology. The grant will provide $3M over five years to
the Education Accelerator at the Concord Consortium to provide its technology,
curriculum, and expertise to the new center in support of applied research on the
educational impacts on science of information and computer technologies. The
Accelerator focuses on research that is needed by policy-makers before they will
undertake major changes that can take advantage of technology - http://info.101com.com/default.asp?id=2919 (Syllabus 26 Sept 03)