Archive for March, 2009 - Page 3

Wall Street Problems Affect Scholarships

We are all seeing our investments dump during this economic down turn with the plummeting stock market.  But how does this affect students and scholarships?  Endowed scholarships are dwindling with the market, due to the low returns on invested funds.

At Napa Valley College, investments have dropped 25 percent due to the stock market… | Read More

Scholarships Drop at North Carolina Art School

Many institutions of higher learning are experiencing large short falls in budgets, and endowments.�� This unfortunately has a negative effect on students, and their ability to afford to go to college.�� The University of North Carolina Arts School is seeing short fall of about 4 million dollars in endowment funds.

The amount of money… | Read More

Scholarship Proposed for Children of Flight 3407 Victims

New York Governor David Paterson proposed a scholarship fund for the children of the victims of February 13ths fatal crash of flight 3407 in Buffalo, New York.�� The scholarship would cover the full cost of tuition, room and board, books and other related expenses.
The scholarship would go to the children and financial dependents of… | Read More

Interview: Dr. Ted Mims & Barbara Selvaggio, University of Illinois at Springfield

Dr. Ted Mims, Computer Science Department Chair with Barbara Selvaggio, the Computer Sciences' Department's Program Online Coordinator join us today to discuss distance education.

Tell us about the distance learning programs offered at University of Illinois at Springfield.

UIS has been offering online courses since the late 1990's and was among the first "brick and mortar" institutions to offer degree and certificate programs online. We currently offer nine undergraduate degrees, eight graduate degrees, and nine certificates online.… | Read More

Unusual Scholarships - They're Out There

I've said it before, and I'll probably say it a few more times, but there are many scholarship opportunities available to students today - and even some rather unusual ones. The trick is finding the one that may oddly, suit you to a tee.
Simply having the surname Zolp makes you eligible for tens of… | Read More

Boston College Students Go the Distance to Support the American Cancer Society

Across the country, college students regularly work for charitable causes through Greek organizations and other various campus service organizations.�� Students at Boston College for example raised a great deal of money last month for the American Cancer Society.
Some 1,150 Boston College students, staff and faculty raised $110,000 for the American Cancer Society by participating… | Read More

Colloquy and Cal State Team Up For MBA

Big news for online degrees today: Colloquy, a subsection of Kaplan, has just announced a partnership with California State University of Monterey Bay (CSUMB) to bring us a fully-online executive MBA program! Classes will start at the end of April, and will cater to those looking to move up the executive ladder by the power… | Read More

Interview: Thomas M. Green, Ph.D., Provost, National University

Thomas M. Green, Ph.D., Provost at National University, joins us today to discuss distance education.

Tell us about the distance learning programs offered at National University.

National University offers more than 60 degree programs and 10 teaching credential programs completely online. Since 1996, the University has made a conscious effort to develop those programs that are appropriate for online delivery; we currently have an inventory of 1200 courses available online. The University has five schools and one… | Read More

Microlectures Bring Teaching Up to Speed of Light

Lectures: by and large, not the most enthralling portion of the college experience. Just the idea of a professor in soliloquy for upwards of an hour is enough to put many people off from returning to school. At San Juan College in New Mexico, however, course designers are hard at work, using new ideas and… | Read More

Ohio Governor Plans Online College Budget Cuts

In a highly controversial move, Ohio governor Ted Strickland has announced plans for a 75% financial aid funding cut for online schools, mandating a drastic drop over the next two years from $5,700-per-pupil down to $1,500.
"He's turning their oxygen off," said Bill Sims, president and chief executive officer of the Ohio Alliance for Public… | Read More