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OpenUW free courses registered over 8,000 students in 2003

The OpenUW currently offers 13 short, noncredit online courses, covering topics from Greek mythology to HTML. These mini courses are based on current UW online credit courses, shortened and redesigned to give students quick and useful information. Students who want to pursue the full fee course can follow links to the UW registration websites. They […]

Area colleges show record enrollments

At the University of Arkansas Community College of Hope, there was a 9 percent increase over the enrollment last year. The enrollment, at just over 1,000 students, is even more dramatic compared to the 251 students who enrolled in 1991.Read the Full Story

Distance learning spreads State, community colleges go online

The goal is to pool courses and programs and offer one-stop shopping for students who are looking for online education. More than 500 credit courses offered by the 15 community colleges and nine state colleges can be found on the Web site: www.mco.mass.edu.Read the Full Story

Online class offerings picking up at Columbia

Troesser, a 43-year-old controller at Callaway Community Hospital, is one of thousands of students who take online courses at Columbia College. She said she loves the convenience of not having to commute to Columbia from her home in Fulton.Read the Full Story

Support for Students at a Distance Survey 2003

Student support center contacts at all forty-eight community colleges in Illinois were emailed in late October 2003 with a request to complete a survey asking about services provided to students participating in distance education courses.Read the Full Story

Fake universities thrive on the web

Among those currently trading on the UK’s reputation for academic excellence, to offer courses over the internet, is “Shepperton University”, purportedly in London. Read the Full Story

Penn State/Defense Department partnership benefits logistics workforce

From his perspective, fighting a war in real time means pushing a lot of supplies and products — such as tanks, helicopters and trucks, and their spare parts — as quickly as possible.Read the Full Story

250 UMass Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell online courses are now open for registration

Access Spring 2004, Winter 2004 Courses Open for Registration

PC [Porterville College] offers first-of-its-kind nursing program

Recognizing the severe shortage of registered nurses in the central San Joaquin Valley, the Bakersfield College nursing program, in collaboration with PC and West Hills College, is offering a new distance education nursing program. Read the Full Story

Oswego BOCES Distance Learning Offers College Courses

Oswego County BOCES and Onondaga Community College (OCC) have teamed up to offer students from the Altmar-Parish-Williamstown, Central Square, Phoenix and Sandy Creek school districts the opportunity to earn college credits before they graduate from high school. Read the Full Story