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(U-WIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A box of Legos and K’NEX blocks can entertain children for hours on a rainy afternoon. Using these same children’s toys, students are busy assembling bridges in a college classroom. They select each piece with care because one more ounce may cause the bridge to collapse.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Palo Alto, CA (February 5, 2001) ? Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), and The Stanford University Libraries today announced that the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has provided continuation funding for an online archiving program designed to provide reliable, persistent access to academic materials published on the Internet. Begun as a collaboration between […]
Concord University School of Law, the nation’s only wholly online law school, and part of Kaplan, Inc., opened its virtual doors in the fall of 1998, and is now the nation’s second largest part-time law school. Since that time Concord has reached a number of milestones, including: A diverse, motivated, and talented student body of […]
Magellan University, one of the first online IT training providers, has adopted Wave Technologies’ acclaimed A+ and Network+ courseware for the university’s CompTIA courses. The new partnership takes effect immediately, and students who register for Magellan’s A+ and Network+ eight-week courses starting March 6 will use Wave learning materials. “The shortage of skilled IT professionals […]
Designing and presenting information in todays electronic world requires experience with applications used to communicate in increasingly visual networked environments. Whether for business, training, education, research, or personal interest, the Certificate in Web Design and Multimedia gives you the hands-on experience necessary to produce and deliver your digital message. This certificate program is production intensive […]
President William M. Bulger has appointed Jack M. Wilson, a leading national authority on distance learning and higher education innovation, as chief executive officer of UMass Online. UMass Online, the University’s system-wide distance learning initiative, is scheduled to launch Feb. 7.
Baltimore-based Sylvan Ventures LLC, the venture capital arm of Sylvan Learning Systems Inc., paid $32.8 million for 41 percent of Walden University, an online university based in Bonita Springs, Fla. The investment will be made in the next 18 months, company officials said.
(U-WIRE) EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University’s first foray into distance learning will take place Spring Quarter, said Karen Randall, senior associate dean for academic programming and distance learning in the School of Continuing Studies.
(U-WIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Although Brown University has not finalized any plans to offer distance learning, Brown is currently negotiating with the Global Education Network (GEN), a for-profit provider of online courses in the arts and sciences.
U-WIRE) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — CSUMentor, the online system that helps California State University applicants plan and apply for admission, has seen a 70 percent increase in online applications from 1999.