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Enterprises like Cardean University, the Illinois-based alliance formed by several top-flight schools to give business degrees, are doing well but expansion has slowed and the long-distance approach has proven to work best for narrowly defined business or technical courses. Read the Full Story http://www.iht.com/articles/47798.html
Douglas Holleley, an educator and photographer, is the author of Digital Book Design and Publishing, recently released by the Cary Graphic Arts Press of the Rochester Institute of Technology and Mr. Holleley’s own press, Clarellen. Mr. Holleley’s manual details the ways that modern technologies and software can help aspiring authors or artists produce their own […]
Canadian authorities on Tuesday announced the creation of a “million dollar” online course intended to teach agriculture professionals about soils and fertilizers. The course, “This Land,” is available through the University of Saskatchewan’s extension department. Read the Full Story http://chronicle.com/free/2002/02/2002021301u.htm
The 2001-2002 Undergraduate Catalog and 2001-2002 Graduate Catalog are available on the Internet. Access the Catalog http://www.tamu.edu/admissions/catalogs
The Academic Senate heard the unthinkable at Tuesday’s Legislative Assembly meeting: University of California President Richard Atkinson is “committed to doing everything he can to raise student fees. Read the Full Story http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/db/articles.asp?ID=18403
Members may take advantage of 100 interactive, Web-based course titles in 17 subject areas during 2002. Subject areas include Java, project management, Cisco, Windows network security, Unix, and HTML. Many courses are focused on helping computing professionals prepare for certification exams, such as MCSE and CCNP/CCDP. Read the full story http://computer.org/DistanceLearning.
By Robert Hood, 541-737-0786 SOURCE: Mark Merickel, 541-737-3810 Oregon State University’s distance degree program in natural resources has been recognized as one of the nation’s finest by the American Distance Education Consortium. While more than 100 universities nominated distance degree programs for recognition in ADEC’s annual awards competition, OSU was one of only four programs […]
Cornell University announces two new online professional education courses in the field of Human Resources Management from its School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR): ‘Selection and Staffing’ Proven, practical techniques to build on the Human Resource professional’s skills and knowledge in recruiting, screening, hiring, succession planning, and other major performance areas. ‘Fundamentals of Compensation’ […]
Tennessee’s Belmont University is part of a growing lineup of more than a dozen out-of-state institutions considering teaching college classes in Mississippi via distance learning. Read the full story http://www.clarionledger.com/news/0202/09/m06.html
A group of university presidents here is considering legal action against the operators of two Web sites that sell fake degrees in the names of three New Zealand universities. Read the full story http://chronicle.com/free/2002/02/2002021101u.htm