New Research Center to Focus on Ed. Technology

Congress has authorized a new federal research center that will be charged with helping to develop innovative ways to use digital technology at schools and in universities.

The National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies was included as part of the latest reauthorization Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader of the Higher Education Act, approved last month. President Bush signed the law on Aug. 14.

The center will be charged with supporting research and development of new education technologies, including internet-based technologies. It will also help adapt techniques already widely used in other sectors, such as advertising and the...

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