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Updates on: Kaplan Higher Education, Concord Law School, Hamilton College, Career Education Corp, American InterContinental University, One Laptop per Child, Gallaudet University, University of Massachusetts

Kaplan Higher Education has announced it will merge with Concord Law School to create the first law school program that may be completed entirely online. — University Degree Finder

Hamilton College in Mason City, Iowa, is now a part of Kaplan University. The change will allow the school to offer a wider selection of programs and more online courses. — KIMT

Shares of Career Education Corp. rose the most in five months Thursday after an accrediting association panel said no corrective action should be taken on student records and recruiting concerns at the company’s American InterContinental University campuses. The company has battled a shareholder revolt, along with investigations and lawsuits over its admissions, financial aid and job placement practices. — Chicago Tribute

Uruguay is the first country to place an official order for child-friendly laptops from the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative, and Peru looks set to follow. — SciDev Net

Students at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, the only liberal arts university in the world for the deaf and hard of hearing, are benefiting from lecture capture software that includes closed captioning.  — Campus Technology

Fueled by a $650,000 development grant from the Sloan Foundation received last January to help expand access to the University of Massachusetts through blended learning innovations, UMassOnline announced that in addition to five inaugural course offerings launched last month, an additional round of five more certificate, degree or professional development courses will join the portfolio this January. — PR Inside