Archive for the 'Online University News' Category

Bill Gates Awards $12.9Million Towards Virtual Learning Improvements

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 in Online Education Updates, Online University News | 1 Comment »

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which was founded in 1994 and known for its charitable contributions in and out the United States to help create and spread innovations in education, technology and world health, recently donated a total of  $12.9 million dollars to several community colleges towards virtual learning improvements.
Among the college recipients were [...]

Continue reading »

Online Master Students Excel In State Exams

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 in Accredited Online Universities, Online Education Degree, Online Education Updates, Online Master Degree, Online University News, U.S. Online Universities | 1 Comment »

I just featured Lamar University’s online degree programs here and then now, I stumbled upon Lamar University’s newsletter  that their online students who took the recent state principal exam ( spring and summer of 2009) obtained 20 points higher than students statewide.
The newsletter also shared that Lamar online students who are taking Masters in education [...]

Continue reading »

The Online Psychology Programs From University of the Rockies

Thursday, July 16th, 2009 in Accredited Online Universities, Online Master Degree, Online Psychology Degree, Online Universities, Online University News | 1 Comment »

University of the Rockies offers excellent online degree programs in Psychology for professionals who yearned to take their life and profession to the next level. With University of the Rockies, you would be able to earn your Master of Arts [MA] or Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) degree focusing on Organizational Leadership or Executive Coaching.
The student [...]

Continue reading »

The Importance Of Online Associate Degrees

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 in Online Associate Programs, Online Education Updates, Online University News | No Comments »

The online Associate Degrees continuously opens a vast array of opportunity to many Americans when it comes to making a head start into employment and career advancement. Statistically, unemployment rate for those people who have an Associate Degree is 3 percent.
Whereas, for those people who are high school graduates and does not have an Associate [...]

Continue reading »

Studying High School & College Simultaneously Is Possible

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 in Online Degree Studying, Online Education Updates, Online University News | No Comments »

At first, I thought that this is very unlikely to happen because universities only accept students who already have their high school diploma, but when I read this news about Fostorian Zack Ickes, a high school lad who is about to receive his associate’s degree in general science at Owens Community College in Toledo even [...]

Continue reading »

WIU Expanded Online Learning Opportunities

Monday, May 4th, 2009 in Accredited Online Universities, Online University News, U.S. Online Universities | No Comments »

Online degree studying is indeed on the rise! I just read that Western Illinois University is expanding its online and distance learning offerings to reach more individuals who may be placebound.
 
They are currently in the process of developing new online courses such as the technical support and expertise of Western’s Center for the Application [...]

Continue reading »

U of M Now Have Their Digital Campus

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 in Accredited Online Universities, Online Degree Program, Online Education Updates, Online Master Degree, Online Universities, Online University News, U.S. Online Universities | No Comments »

The University of Minnesota unveils their digital campus together with the launching of their new website that consolidates all of its online learning opportunities. U of M is now offering more than 1,000 classes online or in a hybrid online form. In fact, tens of thousands of their students are currently using U of M [...]

Continue reading »

iPhones and iPods Hit Big Time In Online Studying

Thursday, September 11th, 2008 in Online University News | No Comments »

iPhones and iPods are surely the most popular gadgets among students nowadays aside from laptop because of versatility and connectivity. These gadgets are the student’s best buddy when it comes to online studying because it allows them to get lectures, reports and college updates anytime and anywhere.
It was mentioned here before that Abilene Christian University [...]

Continue reading »

Ellis Online College Is Now An Online University

Monday, August 25th, 2008 in Accredited Online Universities, Online Degree Program, Online Universities, Online University News, U.S. Online Universities | 1 Comment »

Ellis College which is once a collaborative partnership with the New York Institute of Technology is now known as Ellis University, an independent online university that offers accredited online degrees. The online university was granted accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Distance Education and [...]

Continue reading »

Troy University Now Have TROY Global Campus

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 in Accredited Online Universities, Military Online Degrees, Online University News, U.S. Online Universities | No Comments »

Aside from the eCampus system of Troy University that provides quality education for those who opted to attend an online schooling, the university recently launches TROY Global Campus.
TROY Global Campus is the new name for Troy University’s administrative unit that includes its 60 teaching sites, TROY eCampus and international initiatives. TROY Global Campus will serve [...]

Continue reading »