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 [...]
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 [...]
At a recent round-table discussion with students, President Summers pledged to expand the for-credit distance education programs currently offered through the Harvard Extension School. As an alumnus of the Extension School and an adjunct professor at a community college, I have no objection to non-traditional venues of higher education. I also understand and appreciate the [...]
Michigan has become the first state in the U.S. to require students to successfully complete an online course or learning experience under new legislation signed into law on April 20, 2006, by Governor Jennifer Granholm. This action was part of a comprehensive legislative package to revamp Michigan’s high school graduation requirements beginning with incoming eighth [...]
Capella University, an accredited online university that has helped pioneer online education, is one of a select number of higher education institutions participating in a new initiative from the U.S. Army called GoArmyEd. This new tool provides a one-stop resource for active duty Army officers, enlisted soldiers, active Army National Guard, reserve, and mobilized reserve [...]
MasterCard International, in association with U21Global, the Singapore based online university, has launched the U21Global scholarship programme for Women in Travel and Tourism. The programme aims to empower women professionals to stay ahead of industry trends and realise their full potential.
The programme comprises 20 scholarships for the U21Global Executive Diploma of Business Administration that can [...]
ClassesUSA, a leading online education portal, last week joined Salary.com as an exclusive provider of information and resources about online highereducation opportunities.
Approximately 1 million adults are expected to enroll in a fully online distance education program this year, most with the goal of furthering their career endeavors and increasing their earnings. Salary.com’s readership consists of [...]
Just a week after the return of Robert Knapp to the MR scene, Dean Wiltse, former CEO of Greenfield Online, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of online consumer education company Powered. Both men left on the back of disappointing results at their online firms last year, albeit with very different histories.
Wiltse was [...]
China Education Alliance, Inc. (OTCBB:CEDA - News; “CEDA”), one of the leading e-learning enterprises engaged in the online education business in China, today announced they have hired professor Liansheng Zhang as a consultant to Harbin Zhonghelida Education & Technology Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of China Education Alliance, Inc., and Hongmei Wang as principal [...]
University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering DEN Predicts Dramatic Growth in 2006
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 21, 2006–The USC Viterbi School of Engineering, one of the top engineering schools in the U.S., forecasts dramatic growth in students and offerings at online colleges this year. Established in 1972, USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Distance Education Network [...]