University of Nebraska Celebrates 100 Years of Distance Learning
In 1909 during the era of “correspondence schooling,” the University of Nebraska at Lincoln (UNL) launched its first distance learning effort with some residents in the western reaches of the state. It would have taken a student from that area days to reach the campus on horseback. One hundred years later, students in [...]
University of Peking Takes Chinese Language Courses Online
In an interview recently Google CEO Eric Schmidt made a startling prediction: among the usual visionary list of faster broadband, faster computers and near-universal access he foresees came the comment that in five years, the predominant language used online will be Chinese. You can find many pieces of the picture that would lead to [...]
Distance Learning On the Rise in Colorado
Colorado Mountain College (CMC) is seeing a lot of growth lately. Not in the physical sense, however. Classrooms aren’t getting overcrowded, and deans aren’t scrambling to open any new lecture halls. Instead, it’s all over the internet, as online course enrollment increases by 29% compared to the previous fall semester.
By the middle of September, [...]
Rutgers Offers Free Online Certification Program for Unemployed
Rutgers University has developed an online program offering certification in a number of professional areas to residents who are unemployed and seeking to redirect their careers. The business school at Rutgers – Camden has been using online education for some time to provide continuing education opportunities to professionals holding a business degree. Now it [...]
Multi-School Online Certificate Program in Sustainability
A four- university group of schools is offering a course in climate change and what changes can be made by business and government institutions to limit their contribution to global warming. The consortium is made up of the University of Washington, Northwestern University, the University of British Columbia and the University of California at [...]
UNC Greensboro Introduces Four New Online Business Programs
According to an announcement from the school itself, University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Bryan School of Business and Economics will be introducing four new business school online programs to commence in the upcoming fall semester! The school expects to see a large jump in students in the near future, and have put together these [...]
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