Everyone was talking about the MOOC this past year as the notion of an online course offering with infinite capacity captured the attention and imagination of the education industry.
Of course, offering to "engage" state and local officials of an area slated for detainee transfer after the "final decision" has been made is hardly an offer to do anything.
Facebook isn't alone, of course, in offering this seductive fantasy of a radically transparent digital society in which our self esteem is determined by our updates, tweets and check-ins.
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The other potential crack in the cable armor: Apple could put a broadcast tuner inside an Apple TV, of course, while offering a way for broadcast network shows to be recorded in iCloud, like a DVR in the sky.
Stephenson says rival schools are watching the changes with interest and she expects others to begin offering similar course structures in the not-too-distant future.
Universities are beginning to feel threatened by the privatization of higher education by fast-moving technology companies that are putting course material online and offering it at worldwide electronic campuses, Levine said.
Thrum was captivated and decided to launch an experiment with his fall Artificial Intelligence course at Stanford, offering a parallel online version free to anyone. 160, 000 students in 190 countries enrolled.
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But next semester, the vaunted Harvard Business School is offering a new course on the finances of the humble American household.
Which is, of course, why it is offering a 400% return.
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The State University of New Jersey's Rutgers Business School has also been busy, carving out a niche by offering an MBA course specialising in pharmaceutical management.
Of course, other companies are offering enterprise mobile solutions.
As a 20-year-old in 1984, Mr. Rong moved to Jinan and began offering a motorcycle maintenance course.
Of course, international airlines have been offering comfortable in-flight sleeping options for years.
Whenever a company trading at a premium to book value issues new shares, whether from a secondary offering or in the course of an acquisition, the book value per share goes up.
There will be the obvious booking fee revenue stream, of course, but in the process of offering consumers massively more information to guide travel decisions, Routehappy will also be building a completely unparalleled collection of consumer preference data.
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A-levels no longer dovetail neatly into the intensive three-year degree course that is still British universities' main offering.
And some of the companies that reportedly planned to stop offering policies for children have reversed course and committed to continuing to provide coverage for the youngest Americans.
This is the first time SAS has supported a massive online course using SAS On Demand, its free offering, said Jerry Oglesby, senior director for global academic and certification programs at the company.
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Package includes two seders, Glatt-Kosher meals, on-site synagogue, a wide assortment of Passover wines and cordials, a festive barbecue, entertainment, a youth program, and four to 10 nights at this renovated Palm Beach resort, offering a casino, spa, golf course, and activities from scuba diving to deep-sea fishing.
Of course those allies may also be competitors since they are offering authors unprecedented ways of accessing the public.
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There are, of course, some companies where everyone works from home, offering up a greater possibility of moving up the corporate ladder.
Obamacare mandates and penalties may even force many job-creators to just stop offering health insurance altogether, unless, of course, yours is one of the more than 222 privileged companies, or unions, that's already received a government waiver under Obamacare.
It seemed smart and hip, offering a journalistic appetizer of political news, a main course of international stories and pop culture for dessert.
Besides gambling, there is a ton of golf here, with nearly every casino owning a course and many independent courses as well, 32 in all, many offering stay and play packages.
Of course, alternatives from RIM, Apple, and Android aren't offering carrier billing here either -- but this was a cool opportunity to get a leg up, so here's hoping they end up getting this one worked out.
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Of course, a highly motivated carrier could decide to take a major hit by offering big rebates or promotions.
But of course we're now expanding the medical training places, we're now offering far better incentives for people to come into the profession, I hope we are also able to give people a better chance to be retained also as doctors too.
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Representative TANCREDO: It does but it certainly also is hoping to get to the real root of the problem and the root of the problem is, of course, the magnet that is created by the employers who are, who are offering the jobs that people are taking and people who are here illegally are taking.
Of course, Sony will probably still have to follow the precedent it set on PS3 by offering multiplayer and video streaming without a subscription, thus putting even more pressure on developing robust, valuable offerings to justify yearly fees.
It is when the two words are combined, and attached to a department in a consultancy, or a professor's course, or a book chapter, or a series of publications, that the eyebrows start offering a spot of leading-edge scepticism (benchmarked to best scepticism practice).
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