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Lord Michael Young, a leading influence on British social policy who coined a word with his satirical account of the ruling class, “The Rise of Meritocracy,” has died at age 86, his family said Wednesday. Young, who had cancer, died at his London home Monday, his family said. The author of the Labor Party’s manifesto […]
The Stanford Center for Professional Development (SCPD), working with School of Engineering faculty, has launched another innovation in online learning for both on-campus and distance students taking Stanford graduate engineering, science and engineering management courses. SCPD will develop a comprehensive portfolio of online courselets — self-contained, integrated sets of Web-based learning materials and tools to […]
Capella University announced it has formed a distribution partnership with Informatics, a global IT training company based in Singapore, that extends the opportunity for adult learners outside the U.S. to obtain a graduate-level degree from an accredited American institution. PurpleTrain.com, the e-learning service provider by the Informatics Group, will represent Capella by marketing, recruiting, pre-screening […]
Karen Lehmann swore she would wait for the letter. But at 9:45 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 14, the pressure became too great, and Lehmann gave in. She logged on to the Yale admissions Web site — and found out she had been admitted to the Class of 2006.
Whether looking to shift careers or just understand the ins and outs of fiber-optics, UMass Lowell’s new online graduate certificate in Photonics and Optoelectronics offers a convenient solution. UMass Lowell Online Learning, the largest online course provider in New England, allows students to earn a degree or certificate from their home or office computers at […]
ALBANY, NY and LYNNFIELD, MA – January 15, 2002 –The State University of New York (SUNY), and WebCT (www.webct.com), the world’s leading provider of integrated e-learning systems for higher education, have signed a three-year agreement which allows all of SUNY’s 64 campuses and programs to license WebCT, higher education’s top course management system. The State […]
Eriksen Translations Inc. recently completed the Spanish translation of the user interface and fourteen online courses for New York University¹s School of Continuing and Professional Studies Virtual College. The courses were designed to provide cutting-edge content and delivery in the subject areas of corporate management and e-commerce. ³Eriksen Translations provided a detailed and viable proposal […]
VCampus® Corporation (Nasdaq: VCMP), the leading provider of end-to-end, web-based e-Learning solutions, and George Mason University, are launching the online workshop titled "Online Instruction: Migrating Traditional Training to Online," to help trainers deliver more effective programs by incorporating online communications techniques. The eight-week, online workshop begins February 4, 2002, and provides four Continuing Education Credits […]
January 14, 2002 — Historians at the University of Virginia will help the state’s high school teachers use the World Wide Web to make history come alive as they prepare their students for success with the Virginia Standards of Learning.
A little-known proposal by U.S. officials to remove international trade barriers to higher education has infuriated many college leaders, who say federal policy is being unfairly set by for-profit-education providers, including distance-education institutions. The college officials say the proposal could end up undermining many institutions’ independence.