With an increasingly competitive job market in the U.S. an augmented value is being placed on higher education. And for many who cannot afford the time or money for traditional not-for-profit public or private universities, the alternative of a for-profit university degree or certificate is becoming progressively more desirable.
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Archive for July, 2004
Each year, thousands of students begrudgingly labor through the old-English of a Shakespearian play or the complex language of A Tale of Two Cities, clutching to meager hopes of receiving a passing grade on essays evaluating tragic flaws or the symbolism of knitting. While these diligent students struggle to earn their deserved grades, some of their peers ace essays without ever opening a book. In a time when the internet is considered a household staple, students can bypass the actual reading and simply point-and-click their way to the head of the class.
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Some technology items of interest have entered the news of late.
First, a bit of news about more standardized and scriptable plug-ins for major providers like Apple, Adobe, Macromedia, and Sun. These companies, in partnership with the Mozilla Foundation, are working to develop a standardized plug-in technology that will allow greater interactivity with plug ins such as Flash, Shockwave, QuickTime and Java, resulting in a richer, more interactive web. Plugins are small programs that web browsers use to display multimedia content that the browsers themselves don’t know how to display, such as audio and video. Scriptability of plug ins is essential for building an interactive user experience on web pages that use plug ins.
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