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William J. Kelly says that one of the main goals of the arts course he teaches every semester at Pennsylvania State University at University Park is to familiarize his students with art they would not normally see. Through the general-education course, which merges on-campus events and Internet discussion, he hopes to move students out of […]
When universities consider offering distance education, many questions arise. One of the most important is how much does it cost universities as compared to offering typical courses.
NYUonline, Inc.announced that Tech Resource Group (TRG), a top learning solutions provider, selected NYUonline’s iAuthor™ content management system and authoring tool to develop online learning for its Fortune 500 clients. The license agreement provides TRG with NYUonline’s leading-edge system that allows subject matter experts anywhere in the world to collaborate in creating e-learning courseware over […]
While enrollment in Virtual University has increased, some say the University of Kentucky is not as involved as expected.
The Texas Commissioner of Higher Education, Don W. Brown, fined a distance-learning institution called the Center of University Graduate Studies Graduate College $213,000 last week after he concluded that it lacked authority in Texas to grant degrees or call itself a university.
Enrollment grew at a faster pace this year at South Dakota’s private higher education facilities than in the state’s public or technical schools.
Today’s global economy demands cooperation among businesses located far from each other, but recent terrorist events have made travelers nervous and travel more uncertain. Texas A&M professor Uday Murthy thinks he’s found a way to reconcile the situation – cyber-meetings that bring project members together without anyone leaving home base.
If you are a Registered Nurse, holding a job, raising a family, and perhaps living miles away from a university, how would you ever be able to earn an advanced degree? Quite simply, with an online program like the one offered by the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota. You can earn your […]
The Institute for Connecting Science Research to the Classroom (ICSRC) is among a group of educational institutions in Virginia that will share a $3.5-million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The three-year grant will support a collaborative effort towards improving technology leadership in the Virginia public-school system through a program called the Virginia […]
Registration for Kentucky Virtual University’s 50 fully-online programs is now open for Spring. In these programs, KYVU offers hundreds of online courses for college credit and professional development from the state’s top colleges and universities. Visit the KYVU Web site to select your courses today – sections fill quickly!