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July 2010
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Delivering Education Direct to Desktops! —
By Chris Braunlich Polls indicate that the vast majority of Virginians are unfamiliar with online learning. Yet, today more than 70 percent of school districts in the United States offer online courses to students. Online eduation offers a variety of new opportunities to students and school systems. Here are some of the ways it can, and does, deliver a better and more efficient education product in Virginia. (7/28/2010) Read It Here!
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April 2008
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Guide to Communications Policy —
The most recent federal law affecting the communications industry as a whole was the Telecommunications Act of 1996. It failed to anticipate the widespread adoption of wireless communicationns and new applications like Instant Messaging and Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP), let alone the broad substitution for traditional "land line" phone service. Never has there been a clearer example of the inability of law to keep pace with technology. This Guide to Communications Policy explains in plain language the issues and opportunities facing policymakers considering the future of the U.S. communications industry, supplying legislators with the tools to make intelligent and principled decisions that will lead to investment, job creation, and new products and services for consumers. View Policy Guide
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September 2001
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The Commonwealth Information Technology Program —
Part of the Jefferson Institute's "Campaign 2001 Briefing Book" supplied to all candidates, these papers offer proposals to expand the "New Dominion's" technology base. Part I focuses on a concept for a Virginia-wide Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, detailing the need and the way such a degree could be offered statewide. Part II discusses the need for a special scholarship program that would enable more of our college students in Virginia to take advantage of the proposed degree, as well as degrees in other "critical need" areas necessary for the economic development of Virginia.
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