Archive for March, 2006

New Online College Targets Entrepreneurs

Author, lecturer and business guru Brian Tracy has joined with Andrew Jackson University to provide online courses and degree programs that emphasize entrepreneurial principles. In a joint statement, Tracy and university chief executive Joseph Schmoke announced the launch of the Brian Tracy College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Andrew Jackson University. The college’s mission is [...]

Monday, March 6th, 2006

Online charter schools attracting more students

Online charter schools are giving Idaho parents an option for educating their kids other than home schooling, private school or traditional public schools.
The Idaho Virtual Academy has about 1,800 students in kindergarten through ninth grade, while the Idaho Distance Education Academy has about 1,000 in kindergarten through grade 12.
“We’ve been very happy with it,” Kristin [...]

Monday, March 6th, 2006

Foundation endows $1M for scholarships at UA

The Thomas R. Brown Foundation on Friday announced a $1 million gift to the UA’s Eller College of Management to establish an endowment for scholarships to master’s students in technology and management.
The scholarships will start for master’s students entering this fall, with preference going to students with an engineering or science undergraduate degree.
Brown, a noted [...]

Monday, March 6th, 2006

Workshop Scholarships Offered

The Moore Soil and Water Conservation District will sponsor a conservation workshop scholarship again this year.
The scholarship will be awarded to a Moore County student interested in learning about conservation through a five-day study in management of wildlife and fisheries, soils, forests, water quality, nonagricultural uses of soils and watershed management.
The Resource Conservation Workshop, scheduled [...]

Monday, March 6th, 2006

Angelides pledges math, science, engineering scholarships

SAN JOSE - Democratic gubernatorial primary candidate Phil Angelides told Silicon Valley business executives Thursday he could reduce Silicon Valley’s dependency on skilled foreign workers by offering thousands of college scholarships to California students who study science, math and engineering.
If he were governor, Angelides told business executives, the California Tomorrow Fellowship program would award 10,000 [...]

Monday, March 6th, 2006

Online Teacher Continuing Education Makes the Grade in Illinois

The Illinois State Board of Education recently approved Professional Learning Boardâ„¢ as an authorized provider of continuing education services to Illinois teachers and education employees. Professional Learning Boardâ„¢, based in Minneapolis, provides professional development to teachers through online courses.
“We’re extremely excited that the Illinois State Board of Education has recognized our company and services as [...]

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

Officials welcome higher education in Peoria

City officials hold hopes the opening of a higher education campus in Peoria will jump-start more academic growth.
Western International University in January opened its fifth campus in the state aimed at working adults at 83rd Avenue and Thunderbird Boulevard.
The City Council, which hopes to bring in high-paying, white-collar jobs, has identified post-secondary education as a [...]

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

Behind the scenes at the NC Education Lottery office

The lottery starts in less than a month and that means the rush is on as a billion dollar business starts from scratch.
From the front desk to back rooms, phones are ringing off the hook at the education lottery offices.
“I mean, you’re on the phone and you’re taking care of one client and your phone [...]

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

GAO: Rules Were Bent on Education Grants

The Education Department bent the rules to award grants worth millions of dollars to hand-picked applicants in 2001 and 2002, congressional investigators have found. The moves were not characterized as illegal and no corrective action was required.
In a review released by a top House Democrat, the Government Accountability Office detailed three cases in which the [...]

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

Faculty go abroad to study epidemic

As some students labor to increase awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic with such events as AIDS Walk New Haven, and as scientists at the Yale School of Medicine study treatments for the disease, researchers at the Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Nursing studying how to prevent the spread of HIV are [...]

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

UMC adds second online bachelor’s degree

The University of Minnesota Board of Regents have approved UMC’s request to deliver a second degree entirely online. The Bachelor of Manufacturing Management (BMM), a 4-year career-oriented degree was approved for online delivery at the Feb. 14 Board of Regents meeting in Minneapolis. The BMM degree prepares students to manage people and machines in a [...]

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

RECORD NUMBER OF TAIWAN STUDENTS GOING ABROAD FOR STUDY: MOE

Taipei(CNA) - Thanks to encouragement and incentives offered by the government, a record number of Taiwan students went abroad for advanced study last year, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said Thursday.
Quoting visa issuance statistics released by foreign representative offices in Taiwan, MOE officials said a total of 33,734 university graduates went [...]

Sunday, March 5th, 2006