Leavitt says Western Governors University on brink of accreditation
”We expect to have a full accreditation letter anytime now,” Leavitt told fellow Western governors at the National Governors Association meetings.Read the Full Article
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Sun Microsystems Will Give Its Software to Students and Faculty Members for Free
Excluded from the program are colleges’ administrative offices. They will continue to pay the usual license fees.Read the Full Article
Quality Standards in eLearning: A Matrix of Analysis
Most institutions of postsecondary and higher education are creating or adopting quality statements, standards, and criteria regarding their niche of the “eLearning enterprise.” In doing so, they have a tendency to reinvent the wheel. This article summarizes current published quality standards in the US, and analyzes and organizes them into a nine-cell matrix. It concludes […]
The University of Texas to eliminate printed schedules
The Office of the Registrar funds the printing of the course schedules with a budget determined by the University administration. About 27,000 course schedules were printed last fall and 26,000 were printed this spring, said Andy Fuertsch, a senior administrative associate in the registrar’s office. Read the Full Article
Nova Southeastern University renewed as eArmyU school for soldiers
IBM Business Consulting Services, which designed and operates eArmyU for the Army, also said it has added new academic programs and expanded to 32 the number of participating colleges and universities for 2003. Read the Full Article
Tuition hikes turn students into lobbyists
The blinds are drawn and a jar of salsa (expiration date unknown) holds a prominent place on the bookshelf. And are those cookie crumbs on the desk? Read the Full Article
The University of Alabama selected as part of program to educate troops
Two degree programs at the University of Alabama have been added to the prestigious eArmyU, the U.S. Army’s largest e-learning virtual university program, and will allow troops to work towards a degree while stationed away from campus. Read the Full Article
EASI HONORS FIRST GRADUATING CLASS TO EARN ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATE
Along these lines, we have established a listserv for our alumni, which will enable ongoing interaction and networking with EASI’s instructors and fellow students even after graduation.” EASI’s graduating class represents many distinguished institutions as well as several countries. According to Dorothy Cushway of the Canada Customs Revenue Agency, and one of the twelve students […]
Stevens’ plan raises education funding
But he remained silent about his plans for three agencies–the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education.Read the Full Article
Students manage and market digital media projects
“This kind of project creates a different kind of student,” said Joe Trimmer, director of the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry, a learning center that stresses collaborative thinking on projects that result in real products. Read the Full Article