Many parents who want to help their children with college costs are not aware that funds still are available before the fall semester begins. With PLUS Loans — Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students, funds up to the full cost of college with rates as low as 6.25 percent are available throughout the year through Phoenix-based [...]
Here’s a partial list of new programs and initiatives at colleges and universities:
• Main campus classes begin Aug. 28.
• TSU is offering a new online master’s degree in Professional Studies in Strategic Leadership. The program is offered entirely online and even provides all services online: registration, advisement, classes, homework and professor interaction, purchasing of books [...]
Joliet Junior College will seek to increase online offerings for students.
JJC now offers 52 online courses, but students can not complete the work to earn an associate degree for an entire program by taking a class over a computer. However, administrators have started studying ways to increase online offerings.
Administrators discussed the new effort Wednesday night [...]
Here’s a partial list of new programs and initiatives at colleges and universities:
• Main campus classes start Aug. 28.
• APSU will offer an online Master of Professional Studies in Strategic Leadership, in conjunction with the Regents Online Degree Program. The new degree is designed for full-time professionals who want to gain an advantage for promotional [...]
South University is launching a master of science in nursing degree (MSN), the institution’s fourth graduate degree offered online. The new degree program is designed for the registered nurse who already has a BSN degree and is interested in nursing education.
The new master’s degree program consists of 12 courses totaling 48 quarter hours, enabling students [...]
Continuing Education at the University of Kansas is adding a course to its online Independent Study curriculum. Orientation Seminar in Psychology (PSYC 102) will be available to students throughout Kansas and across the nation for one hour of academic credit.
This pioneering course, developed by Paul Atchley, associate professor of psychology at KU, will be the [...]
A Bush administration study panel has withdrawn a proposal to eliminate most federally backed student aid after protests from colleges, students and banks.
“The current situation doesn’t allow the commission an opportunity to understand the details or defend the idea,” Charles Miller, chairman of the Commission on the Future of Higher Education, wrote to fellow commissioners [...]
Jane Bishop, MA, Team Leader at HealthMark Multimedia, LLC, has been selected to present “Multiple paths to online assessment for nurses’ continuing education: Complementary Therapies & Cancer Care: online continuing education for nurses” at the upcoming national conference of the Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT®) in Washington, DC, August 23-25.
Nurses’ interactive continuing education required [...]
At some point during your college education, students may wonder whether to pursue MBA Degrees. In this day and age, prospective college students can pursue MBA degrees through an online degree program, entirely via distance education. Because online learning isn’t any different than a traditional classroom setting, you can obtain and MBA degree completely online [...]
China Education Resources Inc., announced the successful launch of a nationwide test of its proprietary Online Teacher Training Program, the first of its kind in China. The 15 day program is officially sanctioned and funded by the Chinese Government’s Ministry of Education (MOE). The initial group of 10,000 teachers from 28 provinces began training August [...]
CertiLearn Inc., a leading provider of eLearning solutions to associations, franchisors and corporations, announced that they have acquired Education Over the Net (EON!), an industry leader in professional online certification programs and systems. The merger of CertiLearn and EON! will provide clients with leading-edge e-learning solutions supported by industry-compliant delivery platforms and deliver new certification [...]
Fitch rates the following student loan-backed notes issued by SLM Student Loan Trust 2006-7:
* $159,000,000 class A-1 floating-rate notes ‘AAA’;
* $406,000,000 class A-2 floating-Rate notes ‘AAA’;
* $175,000,000 class A-3 floating-rate notes ‘AAA’;
* $457,000,000 class A-4 floating-rate notes ‘AAA’;
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