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the Gilfus Education Group is a sponsor at the HEUG in 2010 and presenting on Shared Service Models in Education & Government. If you are going to be there feel free to visit our booth (number 346)

During the Webinar you will learn how a new paradigm of community, context and content can fulfill the greater promise of community learning through increasing student engagement and academic achievement. The robust capabilities made possible by a Community Platform for Education could supersede and altogether displace the very notion of an LMS.

Attending Datatel’s inaugural Partner Summit will give you access to Datatel’s executive leadership, product managers, and sales force and provide your company with the necessary tools to make the most of your partnership with us.

The administration wants to help an additional 1 million college students by increasing the Pell Grant tuition program by $17 billion, to just under $35 billion. Pell Grants are the main form of college aid to the poor. The maximum grant would increase by $160 to $5,710.
Obama is seeking an increase in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a $3 billion jump to $28 billion. There could be $1 billion more if Congress agrees to some major changes in the law.