Design MSc Degree Goes Online
Based at the Alba Centre in Livingston, Scotland, ISLI was also the first to provide a full-time postgraduate qualification in this specialised, discipline. Read the Full Article
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Report From Columbia University’s Senate Sharply Criticizes Spending for Online Venture
Company’s president says that Fathom must be judged as a work in progress, and that its spending has already been cut. Read the Full Article
Virtual University Involving Colleges From California to Thailand Aims to Open by Next Year
The virtual university is being sponsored by a consortium of 19 colleges spread across 15 countries in Asia and the Pacific region, including one college in the United States. Read the Full Article
Indiana University school facing job cutbacks
A weak economy and increasing competition have put the squeeze on Indiana University’s School of Continuing Studies. Read the Full Article
Commonwealth Nations Back a Plan for a Virtual University to Serve Smaller States
Higher-education experts from Commonwealth nations met last week in Vancouver, British Columbia, to continue their work on the proposal. Read the Entire Article
MIT course beamed to Africa
Over 190 students from eight sub-Saharan countries are taking an MIT course without leaving their continent thanks to a joint initiative of MIT’s Center for Advanced Educational Services (CAES) and the African Virtual University (AVU). Participating countries are Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. The collaboration began when AVU, a technology-facilitated higher-learning […]
Parents Ready to Pay More
Gone are the days when Nigerian universities were the delight of students from other countries in the world. Today, no foreign student itches to study in the cult and strike infested Nigerian universities. Read the Full Article http://allafrica.com/stories/200204170268.html
Connecticut State University Connecticut State University System Sets Sights On Digital Campus for its Virtual Classrooms
The Connecticut State University System announced it has signed contracts with Campus Pipeline Inc., CollegisEduprise, SCT and WebCT to extend its distance-learning arm, OnlineCSU, and enhance its online services. The CSU System includes Central Connecticut State University, Eastern Connecticut State University, Southern Connecticut State University, and Western Connecticut State University. Working together with these vendors, […]
An Online Certificate Program Trains Social Workers Who Counsel Struggling Fathers
Professors at Concordia developed the courses with assistance from the St. Paul Urban League and the National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families. Read the Full Article
Project Lets Village Doctors in Mexico Call On Medical Experts in U. of Texas System
The new program, called telemedecina in Spanish, seeks to make professors at the Texas system’s six medical schools available to doctors in one of Mexico’s main migrant-exporting states. Puebla is home to many of Mexico’s 90 poorest micro-regions, which are the focus of a new government program seeking to stem migration. Read the Full Article