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Friday, October 25, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/10/2002102502t.htm California's Community Colleges Turn to Web Conferencing to Save Travel Money FLORENCE OLSEN The California Community Colleges System will connect its 108 campuses with a Web-based teleconferencing service that meets accessibility guidelines for people with disabilities. The multimillion-dollar plan, announced Thursday, is expected to save money by cutting back on travel to meetings. Under an $11.5-million grant to Palomar College from the system chancellor's office, colleges will pay $8 per hour per person for use of the teleconferencing service. The server-based software is designed to meet the accessibility requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, according to Palomar officials, who are overseeing the project....
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