Globalisation and Higher Education: Automobiles, Bananas, Courses, Degrees…
Automobiles, Bananas, Courses, Degrees… By: John Daniel UNESCO Assistant Director-General Read the Full Text of Speech
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USDA awards $432K to UNM branch
The campus will use the funding to enhance its advancement placement classes for students, allow more teachers to take continuing education courses, and provide the community with access to GED programs. Read the Full Article
Many colleges use the Web to teach Alcohol 101
But campuses are finding that the best way to reach students is on their own turf and on their own time, so an increasing number of colleges, including many in Massachusetts, are turning to the Internet to get the word out about the risks of drinking alcohol. Read the Full Article
OUBS Certificate Wins Professional Accreditation
OUBS Certificate Wins Professional Accreditation The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has granted the Open University Business School (OUBS) official recognition for its Professional Certificate in Management. The accreditation means that the 1,600 students who have completed the Certificate since November 2000 will automatically be granted licentiate membership of the CIPD – Europe’s […]
Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota Announces a New E-learning Graduate Program
In the Spring of 2001, the South Dakota Board of Regents established an E-learning Center at Northern State University. with master teachers who provide K-12 classes daily to more than 50 school districts across the state. This fall, 2002, Northern State University accepted its graduate students into the project-based master’s program. The program is designed […]
Comparing Library and User Related Costs of Print and Electronic Journal Collections
Drexel University’s W. W. Hagerty Library received funding [1] in the Fall of 2000 from the U.S. Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to study the impact of a library’s shift to electronic journals on staff and costs. Read the Full Article
U. of Nebraska Backs Away From Shared Rural Facility in Favor of Online Courses
Several Nebraska institutions have been offering courses in classrooms at College Park, an educational center in Grand Island created in 1992 to teach undergraduate- and graduate-level coursework to students in rural Nebraska. The three University of Nebraska campuses have offered the lion’s share of College Park’s courses and staff of instructors. Read the Full Article
Marshall marks 135 years of turning out teachers
During the anniversary celebration, the college will dedicate a new reading center Friday that will connect to six schools in Wayne County and one in Mingo County through distance learning technology. Read the Full Article
The Michigan Virtual University board of directors seated four new members at its October 3 meeting
Ray-Taylor, superintendent of Ann Arbor Public Schools and former deputy superintendent for instruction for Lansing Public Schools, offers a long history in education and community service. She is vice president of the Minority Student Achievement Network, a coalition of 15 school districts nationwide that are addressing issues of equity in achievement. She is also a […]
TIM expands master’s degree offerings online
TIM announces “eTIM,” offering master’s program courses online and allowing hotel executives and others to obtain their UH graduate-level certificate in travel industry management from anywhere in the world. Read the Full Article