With government debt becoming an increasingly prevalent source of concern among both American lawmakers and citizens, U.S. federal agencies are looking for ways to cut costs. Usually, trimming an agency's budget means dropping programs or personnel, but one government organization is using technological advancements to reduce spending while maintaining its staff and pr...
Surgeries - even when they involve routine procedures - are rife with risks. Besides the possibility of complications involving anesthesia, anytime a surgeon cuts into a patient with a scalpel, there is the risk of infection or an errant motion causing greater damage to an organ, nerve or artery. Surgical success has always depended on the precise movements of the operato...
With technological advancements becoming more integrated into education standards, each year experts predict that the tipping point is coming, when digital resources such as online coursesand tablet-based teaching implements become so intertwinedthat they become inseparable from our notion of basic education. While those predictions have yet to fully pan out, Dr. Michael F...
Online education has rapidly evolved within the last decade, and Babson College's Survey Research Group has been tracking these developments in great detail. This year's comprehensive report...