The divide also is apparent in Silicon Valley schools. The group also will challenge colleges to make that data public in six months. The chart will measure colleges' strategic plans and funding, as well as the age of the computers and the amount of time needed for technical support. The CEO Forum expects that colleges will rate differently in many areas and that data collected will give a national snapshot of the status of teacher technology training in 1,300 teaching colleges. Internet Numerous art Web sites have appeared in the past year, selling everything from mass-produced posters to ''emerging'' artists to famous works.
Some sites sell directly to consumers while others are online auctions.
The Internet is almost certain to greatly expand the number of artists, consumers and the market itself. It is difficult to say what percentage of art sales are already taking place on the Net because sites rarely disclose buyers and sellers. Ecommerce The US Department of Commerce will announce estimates for December retail sales on Thursday, putting a solid number on the 1999 holiday sales season. The United States Customs Service seized 9,725 packages with prescription drugs last year, about 4.5 times as many as in 1998, when they confiscated 2,145 packages. The number of pills and tablets impounded by the Customs Service jumped to 1.9 million, from 760,720 in 1998.