Western Government University Launches Scholarship Program
Western Governors University has decided to invest in continuing education for small business employees and owners with a scholarship plan for people who want to complete their education with an online degree in business. Each scholarship is $3,000 and the University intends to award up to thirty of them each year.
The program is [...]
College Grads Changing Careers to the NYPD
The ranks of New York City’s finest are being joined by increasing numbers of refugees from other New York career sectors, notably the financial services area. Applications to the Police Academy rose 54 percent in 2008 over 2007, when there were 17,212 applicants. The wider pool of candidates has enabled the department to become [...]
New Employment Survey Report in the News
Exhibiting an uncanny grasp of the obvious, CNN’s Money section, is carrying a story about the difficult job market for 2010 college graduates: Job Outlook: Still Stinks. “Hiring for graduates will remain near its lowest level in decades after 40% plunge last year, new survey says. But hiring will spike 15% at smaller companies.”
This is [...]
Midwest Coalition of States Proposes College Credit Bank
According to the Chicago Tribune and several other news sources today, a dozen Midwestern states are studying the creation of a college-credit exchange that could make it easier for college dropouts to finally complete their degrees.
The project would create an electronic database where people could post documentation about the college credits they have earned [...]
Further Accreditation for DeVry Project Management Programs
DeVry University and its Keller Graduate School of Management recently announced additional accreditation for several of their degree programs from the Project Management Institute’s Global Accreditation Center (GAC).
The Institute recognized DeVry’s MBA with concentration in Project Management and their Master of Information Systems Management. In addition, the GAC conferred accreditation to DeVry University’s project management [...]
University of Scranton Adds Online HR Degree
The human resources profession has undergone a dramatic expansion in the scope of duties over the past twenty years. Human resource directors who were at one time simply responsible for hiring and firing personnel are now in the business of employee development, training and recruitment. As a result the opportunities for recently graduated [...]
Online Enrollment Setting the Pace at Penn State
Pennsylvania State University is among the acknowledged leaders for online education in the ranks of top tier traditional universities. The University’s World Campus accounted for two thirds of the increase in undergraduate enrollment this academic year, according to University V.P. for Undergraduate Education Robert Pangborn.
“Pennsylvania resident enrollments have grown very modestly,” Pangborn [...]
Five Texas Schools – One Campus
In the Dallas area sixty minute commutes are common on a good day. One of the educational options for the monster commutes in major Texas cities is the pursuit of online degrees, but many students who prefer classrooms can be frustrated by distance issues or by cost. For those who are planning to [...]
Supply Chain Management – the Hot Ticket for Business Majors
The logistics of business operations has become a field where things go a lot faster with a lot more precision than they did ten years ago. Inventory management is an area where manufacturing concerns put major emphasis on the savings that can be realized with empty warehouse shelves. Raw materials and parts that [...]
Two New Online Business Degrees at U of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota at Crookston has introduced two new business degrees that incorporate some of the recent shifts in business functionality. The Crookston Daily Times is reporting that the University’s business school has expanded their degree offerings to include a marketing degree along with Bachelor of Manufacturing Management in Quality Management.
Both are online [...]
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