Online Education Attracts Students and Profits
But when he decided to get a law degree some 20 years later, sitting in a classroom just wasn’t an option. Read the Full Article
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New master’s program begins
As the Internet faces threats of increasing sophistication and frequency, such as threats from hackers, information technology organizations often struggle to find skilled security personnel capable of handling these problems. Read the Full Article
Fisher College of Business Offers ‘Six Sigma’ Educational Product Line
The college offers two Six Sigma training options through its executive education program, as well as a Six Sigma Black Belt module that is available to students in its MBA program. Read the Full Article
UKeU launches online learning for ME students
UKeU also signed partnership agreements with four organisations – Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT)/Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training (CERT) and Stafford Associates in the UAE; Edutech Middle East for Saudi Arabia; and Syrian Virtual University (SVU) for Syria and Lebanon – all of which will have a presence in Dubai’s Knowledge Village. […]
New centre, online course to aid local learning disabled
Dr. Allyson Harrison, a Queen’s University professor, has secured about $1 million in provincial funding to create a low cost assessment centre and an online post-secondary preparatory course for students with LDs. Read the Full Article
MIT’s computer science, AI labs merge
The newly created joint laboratory, to be called the New Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, will be the largest laboratory on the MIT campus in terms of research volume (only Lincoln Lab, headquartered in Lexington, is larger), and will be home to more than 750 students, faculty and staff.Read the Full Article
Learning goes global in make or break move
This past Wednesday may have passed quietly enough in global affairs but it could yet be looked back on as a make or break date for the future of international business learning. Read the Full Article
eCollege(SM) Partners With Tata Interactive Systems to Help Institutions Enhance Online Programs With Real-World Simulations
DENVER, May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — eCollege(SM) (Nasdaq: ECLG), a leading provider of technology and services for online higher education programs, is helping institutions enhance online offerings with dynamic, real-world business simulations developed by Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), one of the world’s largest custom eLearning development companies. Read the Full Article
A Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth
After technical collaboration and wide consultation, COL will be presenting a report on the purpose, design and economics of establishing such a virtual university to Commonwealth Ministers of Education when they meet in Edinburgh in October 2003. The university, as conceived, would function on the basis of collaboration amongst a consortium of existing educational providers.Read […]
NUS partners 15 varsities to offer online MBA course
SIXTEEN well-respected universities, including the National University of Singapore, have come together to offer an online Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme.Read the Full Article