A recent article in the Chronical addressed the growing online education market and the opportunity for for-profit institutions.

Analysts speaking at a conference on the business of higher education this week argued that the market for online learning, though often downplayed relative to other topics, is thriving and represents the future of for-profit education.

I would submit that given decreasing state and federal funding and the growing reliance on developing market smart services by non-profit institutions, the environment is evolving opportunites that are ripe for both sectors. The non-profits cannot ignore the methods which are enabling for-profits to succeeed.

This is an interesting approach. The Park School of Communications at Ithaca is sponsoring a contest for college and high school students to submit a 30-second movie shot entirely on a cell phone. The Associate Press picked up story which has subsequently been carried by other media outlets such as ABCnews

This is great exposure for Ithaca and the Park School. The impact is not lost on the Dean of the School who has posted some thoughts at her blog site.
I spent a few minutes checking out the Park School site. Hats off to our colleagues at Ithaca, they are doing some good work.

According to the numbers in a recent Business Week article  it appears that Java is losing momemtum.   From my observations, I wouldn't go so far as to say that Java is going the way of Cobol, APA, et.al.,  but if the numbers are correct, it does appear to be losing steam.  From my observations, my programming colleagues seem to enjoy the LAMP environement and the rate at which they can bring projects to fruition. 

A recent article in the chronicle spoke of the growing market for online courses. Off course this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone give the time-shifting nature of our society.

Analysts speaking at a conference on the business of higher education this week argued that the market for online learning, though often downplayed relative to other topics, is thriving and represents the future of for-profit education.

Given, state and federal funding and the consequent movement by Higher Ed. institutions to be more market focus to compensate, I would say the opportunity exists for non-profits as well.