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However, thanks to the proliferation of high speed telecommunications networks, organizations are looking at new ways to use distance learning. Training that once required instructors and students to travel long distances can now be conducted via videoconferencing. Workshops that once required employees to take time off work can now be taken online. Libraries are only one of many kinds of organizations that are taking advantage of the potential of distance learning.

* SirsiDynix Institute: free live online seminars by library industry leaders on timely topics; also features free archive of past seminars

* Library of Congress Professional Development Videoconferencing Programs

* Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science: offers fee-based online workshops on a variety of topics with an emphasis on new technology and young adult topics

Market Wire - NextStudent Private Loans Can Supplement Educational Financial Aid Plans

August 6, 2007 -- As parents and students finalize their educational budgets for the upcoming school year, they may be faced with a budget that doesn't stretch quite far enough. Even with financial aid packages that

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(Columbia) State, The - Lottery scholarships may be cut

August 5, 2007 -- South Carolina college freshmen receiving $5,000 LIFE scholarships this fall could see their lottery-funded grants reduced before they graduate if demand ...

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Akron Beacon Journal - College money aid plan expands

July 30, 2007 -- Recent Barberton graduate Amy Beitel applied for lots of scholarships but got very few. That made the one she received this spring from the Barberton ...

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Akron Beacon Journal - Community news

July 30, 2007 -- The Junior League of Akron gave President's Sustainer Inspiration Awards to Susan Pavloff and the late Carole Gould for their contributions to the ...

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PR Newswire - Ilitch Charities for Children Awards Scholarships to Little Caesars Amateur Hockey League Players

July 27, 2007 -- DETROIT, July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Ilitch Charities for Children (ICC), a non-profit, charitable foundation established by the Ilitch family in 2000 to support children's causes in the areas of heal

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Philadelphia Inquirer, The - College ranking dropouts

July 23, 2007 -- Gettysburg College, within firing distance of the famed battlefield, has a strong commitment to public service with many students joining the Peace Corps ...

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Wichita Eagle, The - Decide who's paying what for college, and how

July 22, 2007 -- Perhaps your teenage daughter has her heart set on attending a selective liberal-arts college that carries a sticker price north of $40,000. Or maybe ...

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Kansas City Star, The - STEVE ROSEN KIDS & MONEY - KIDS & MONEY: Paying for college should be a family partnership

July 15, 2007 -- Perhaps your teenage daughter has her heart set on attending a selective liberal-arts college that carries a sticker price north of $40,000. Or maybe ...

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Topeka Capital-Journal, The - The Life of a Grad(ual) Student

July 8, 2007 -- "So, how much longer before you finish your Ph.D.?" I confess that this particular, seemingly innocent, question is one of the most difficult questions ...

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Family on Wimbledon adventure wins game, set, match

July 6, 2007 -- Local cancer doctor Al DiStefano and his son, Michael , got to see tennis at its best last week when they sat center court at Wimbledon. The two got ...

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