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National University to Offer Spanish MBA Program Online

“By translating all of our coursework to Spanish we will serving an enormous yet underserved market, both domestically and internationally,” said Dr. Thomas Green, interim dean of National University’s School of Business and Information Management. Read the Full Story

Capella University to Relocate Downtown Minneapolis Headquarters to 225 South Sixth Building

To enable its headquarters to remain in downtown Minneapolis, Capella University, an accredited online university, will move to the 225 South Sixth Street building in the second half of 2004. The new location will allow Capella to more than double its current space. Currently, Capella occupies four floors of office space in the Campbell Mithun […]

Using Activity Theory to Design Constructivist Online Learning Environments for Higher Order Thinking: A Retrospective Analysis

Process outcomes such as a high level of collaboration and active peer facilitation as well as demonstration by participants of a variety of holistic thinking skills were observed via a transcript analysis of online interactions. This led to speculations that the particular design features embedded within the context of the online collaborative issues analysis project […]

State of Michigan and HP [Hewlett Packard] Partner on FTL [Freedom to Learn]

The statewide program, designed to enhance students’ academic performance through technology, provides computer access to thousands of public school children throughout the state. The contract is valued at up to $68 million over four years. “I am very happy to have this contract finalized and our statewide partner, HP, onboard with Freedom to Learn,” Michigan […]

eCollege(SM) Announces 2004 Student Enrollment Projections

The projections are in addition to and consistent with the Company’s 2004 financial guidance provided in January. Read the Full Story

Nationally Accredited American Public University System Earns Regional Accreditation Candidacy From North Central Association

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ — The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), a regional accrediting body, has granted initial candidacy status to the American Public University System, whose three member institutions serve 11,000 students in all 50 states and 65 countries. Read the Full Story

University of Washington delivers Internet program to Bering Sea community

UW Extension and the Information School are teaching the online Certificate in Web Technology Solutions to a group of 17 students in St. Paul Island, a 40-square-mile island north of the Aleutian chain. The program has been sponsored by Tanadgusix Corporation (TDX), an Aleut native corporation, through a grant by the U.S. Department of Education. […]

Open University Now a Reality

In the mammoth crowd were the ‘Doubting Thomases’, the frustrated and those who were taking their second and perhaps last chances to get a degree, writes Bukola Olatunji Read the Full Story

New education push targets rural youths

Education officials Friday launched the programme — namely “one college student in one village.” Read the Full Story

Annual report finds number of for-profit schools continues to increase as virtual charter schools emerge as new trend in for-profit education

The report documents the continued growth of the for-profit management of charter schools. Of 463 for-profit schools listed in the directory, 375 (81 percent) were identified as charter schools. The percentage of Education Management Organization (EMO)-managed schools that are charter schools is up from the figure of 74 percent reported in the 2002-2003 Profiles. Read […]