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 [...]
What’s a Jobless Recovery?
If you have been watching the headlines parade by in recent weeks you’d think the American economy has once again surfaced, sputtering for air. It’s been record days on Wall Street, a $1 billion quarter from Ford, as well as banks (B of A) and insurance companies (AIG) who took billions in federal subsidies [...]
Grantham University Announces Four New Options in Criminal Justice
Grantham University announced today that it has added four new Criminal Justice Certificates of Learning to its curriculum. Grantham is a 100% online education institution that specializes in educating working adults; it was established in 1951. It is heavily involved in the education programs sponsored by the four military branches and has been considered [...]
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 [...]
Ashford University Announces Tuition Agreement for Police Professionals
Ashford University is an online education provider based in Clinton, Iowa where the school also has a campus facility, first opened in 1918. Today the school announced a national alliance agreement with the International Union of Police Associations (IUPA). Most police offers in cities of any size belong to a police association that [...]
Utica College Hosts Cyber-Crime Conference
On October 1st, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the authorization for the agency to hire up to 1,000 new information security workers during the next three years to analyze risks to computer networks, determine how to respond to cyber attacks, detect security holes in systems, investigate attacks, and manage network and system [...]
California College Fast Tracks Criminal Justice Degree
Hartnell College in Salinas, CA has found a way to compete with online schools and new campuses in its area by offering a criminal justice degree that can be completed in three semesters – or one year, including a summer session.
Hartnell is a community college near the Monterey Peninsula in Central California, established [...]
University of Cincinnati Anticipates Upswing in Enrollment for Online Classes
Good news for the University of Cincinnati! In another banner year, the university is projecting a marked increase in its online course enrollment numbers, compared to fall of last year.
According to Campus Technology, the University of Cincinnati (UC) is currently projecting a 6.8% increase in enrollment. Impressive enough on its own, but the school [...]
Upgrading That Law Enforcement Services Degree
Northern Arizona University (NAU) is one of the state’s three major state universities, alongside the University of Arizona and Arizona State. Their Extended Campuses program has developed an interesting niche offering of online education programs that provide government employees an opportunity to expand and polish their educational credentials in order to move into management [...]
Penn State Criminal Justice System Awarded First ACJS Certification for an Online School
Congratulations, Penn State! This month their World Campus online criminal justice program was officially awarded certification through the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. According to Dr. Barbara Sims, professor of criminal justice and chair of the department at Penn State Harrisburg, the certification comes as a major source of validation, helping to boost the image [...]
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