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The basic idea is nothing new. Penn State has provided management training to businesses and organizations since 1915. What’s different about the new World Campus Supervisory Leadership Certificate Program is that, instead of requiring business people to travel across the country, or overseas, to acquire the training they need, now they can do it in […]
NEW YORK, Jan 30, 2001 — Kaplan, Inc. and its Quest Education unit today announced that Quest College in Davenport, Iowa, the school charged with spearheading distance education initiatives, will be renamed Kaplan College. The Davenport school is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and […]
A national authority on distance learning has been named to head up UMassOnline, a new educational initiative that will be launched Feb. 7. Read the UMass Press Release
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Educations Board of Governors has approved nine new degree programs designed to respond to the Commonwealths changing workforce needs. The programs cover a range of areas, including education, business administration, computer engineering and the emerging field of nanotechnology, with two programs to be offered at a disance. The new […]
booktech.com, a first mover in digital and on-demand publishing for education and training, announced today that the Company has secured a series of service agreements with 14 college bookstores throughout the Mid- and South-Atlantic states, focusing on North Carolina and Virginia. The service agreements establish booktech.com as the vendor of customized textbooks and other materials […]
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A degree from Middle Tennessee State University can be earned without ever stepping into a classroom now that a Bachelor of University Studies is offered completely online. The degree offers flexible hours and course selection, and provides students with a choice of more than 30 electives. Prior course work also can apply […]
Golden, CO — ActiveEducation, Inc. (ActiveEducation), an innovator in the e-learning industry that provides training on the latest information technologies, announced today that its e-learning courses would be offered by Western Governors University (WGU). ActiveEducation courses will be mapped to a variety of competency tracks, so that learners can obtain certification or credit for what […]
Matt Pittinsky is barely out of Harvard grad school himself, but already he’s planning significant changes for American higher education. His company, Blackboard.com, is trying to cure a long-standing headache for students and faculty: college bureaucracy.
Rutgers and Trautman Wasserman & Company, Inc., a private equity firm, jointly announced the formation of Connotate Technologies, which will focus on content management and wireless application software that makes dynamic content accessible through user-defined notifications and wireless access.
Deborah Stipek was invested as the School of Education’s ninth dean in a ceremony on Monday. On Jan. 19, Stipek spoke to Stanford Report about her interests and goals as the school’s new dean.