Lincoln Educational Services Corporation announced that it entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Briarwood College for approximately $11.4 million in cash. Briarwood is regionally accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and currently offers two Bachelor’s degree programs and 31 Associate’s degree programs to approximately 700 students from Connecticut [...]
VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, today announced new educational services and certification programs designed to help IT professionals build world-class virtual environments. The programs are designed for varied positions, including systems administrators, design architects, operators and managers who are interested in enhancing their knowledge and [...]
In response to online training course demand, California State University, Fresno has partnered with Gatlin Education Services to provide programs in healthcare and video game design and development. The healthcare courses include administrative medical specialist; advanced coding for the physician’s office; advanced hospital coding and CCS prep; ICD-10 medical coding: preparation and instruction for implementation; [...]
In a move designed to help its approved mortgage brokers enhance their professional skills and build their businesses, Argent Mortgage Company is launching a new online education program that is convenient, affordable and flexible enough to meet the needs of a busy broker.
Argent University, powered by CampusMBA, the educational arm of the Mortgage Bankers Association, [...]
For all those text-messaging teens with video-streaming personal Web pages, Missouri’s education department is trying to keep pace.
A state-managed virtual public school is coming to a cyberspace near you — pending the governor’s approval.
The Missouri House on Tuesday approved a bill that would direct the state to start offering online courses in July 2007. The [...]
Do you or your teenager spend all a great amount of time on the computer? If so, online courses offer opportunities to learn more about computers and other areas of interest.
Continuing Education at SOSU offers hundred of programs every month that allows you to continue your education at home during times that are convenient [...]
Just what constitutes an online learning experience? Thats the question facing the Michigan Department of Education, after state legislators approved a measure requiring every Michigan high school student to have some online schooling prior to graduation.
The requirement stipulating an online experience, which was adopted March 30, along with more rigorous curricular standards across the board, [...]
Lee University is set to launch its first online degree-completion program. The program will begin in August of 2006 and will offer students the opportunity to complete the requirements for a bachelor’s degree in Christian Leadership entirely through the internet.
The program will last between 15 and 27 months, as classes will be offered in an [...]
Federal, state, and local government employees now have access, via NTIS, to the best of Cornell University’s professional online education programs. Through this partnership with the National Technical Information Service, eCornell is offering government agencies and employees substantial savings on the published course tuition.
An innovative course delivery model coupled with Cornell University’s Ivy League excellence [...]
Stanford University’s Education Program for Gifted Youth is taking the next logical step: launching what is believed to be the nation’s first online high school for gifted students.
The virtual high school will offer a full standard curriculum — and more — for students in 10th through 12th grades, leading to a high school diploma.
The only [...]