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Free Online Global University to Debut This April
03 February 09 04:51 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

This fall, Israeli entrepreneur Shai Reshef will open the world’s first tuition-free internet university called the University of the People , reports The New York Times (“ Israeli Entrepreneur Plans a Free Global University That Will Be Online Only ,” Read More...

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Down Economy May Be Driving Students to Online Education
15 January 09 02:05 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As jobs continue to disappear and unemployment soars, large numbers of adult learners may soon be enrolling in online programs, particularly at two-year colleges and for-profit institutions, according to a new online education survey (“ Recession May Read More...

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Yahoo! Website Finds of the Year 2007: Weird & Wonderful
21 January 08 06:11 AM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

Annually since 2003, Yahoo! UK & Ireland has been handing out their “ Finds of the Year ” awards to the most interesting and innovative websites of the year. Yahoo! UK’s panel of judges chooses a winner and several runners-up in nine categories: Charity Read More...

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Online Ordering Causing Mailroom Mayhem on College Campuses
27 December 07 11:46 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The internet has completely changed the way college campuses operate, from class offerings and registration to college admissions and financial aid services. Now the technology is changing the way campuses deliver and receive mail. As more college students Read More...

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Could Google Go Obsolete?
04 October 07 05:29 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The programmers and executives at San Francisco–based startup Powerset are hoping that the answer to this question will be “yes” once they debut their search engine that operates on natural-language technology. Powerset finally offered its first public Read More...

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Happy Birthday to :-)
28 September 07 01:13 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To send e-mails or chat online without emoticons would be like listening to your computer’s artificial voice read an excerpt from the Harry Potter books—you may get the plot, but Harry’s spells are no longer frantic and Voldemort’s hissed threats no longer Read More...

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