Digital Literacy Initiative Aims
to Help Americans Build Online Skills

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke recently launched DigitalLiteracy.gov, a new online portal to help Americans find jobs and obtain the 21st century skills being sought by today’s employers.
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DETC Honors Veteran Evaluator

The Distance Education and Training Council recently honored Ms. Nanette Swarthout, a longtime DETC Evaluator, with the DETC Distance Education Award. The award is presented to individuals primarily outside the distance education field who have distinguished themselves for their outstanding contributions and service to distance education.
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Sale to a For-Profit Company
Pulls a College Back From the Brink

It's hard to imagine a roller-coaster ride scarier that the one Waldorf College has taken in the 10 years since it switched from offering two-year degrees to a baccalaureate curriculum. Founded in 1903—primarily to fill a vacant hotel facing the Winnebago County Courthouse here—Waldorf was as much as $20-million in debt by the end of 2008, and the recession had caught up with local donors who had been keeping the Lutheran liberal-arts college alive. It was a few months away from sending its 558 students home for good when a for-profit online university expressed an interest in buying it.
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Elaborating on Online Accessibility

The Department of Education last month elaborated on a 2010 letter urging college and university presidents to make sure that the “emerging technology” on their campuses squares with federal laws protecting disabled students from discrimination.
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One Week Left to Submit Fall Workshop Proposals!

Are you interested in presenting an education session at the 2011 DETC Fall Workshop, taking place October 16-18, 2011 at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee? There's just one week left to submit your session proposal!
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