Fine Arts Teaching Degrees from Boston University Online
Boston University is one of the traditional academic institutions in this country that has embraced online education. Their new Master’s in Art Education is an example of what a school with deep resources can do with the online experience when they try. Students who are artists or have a love of the arts [...]
Texas School Receives Grant to Support Hispanic Graduate Students Online
The U.S. Department of Education awarded the School of Education at the University of St. Thomas in Houston a $2.8 million Title V Education Grant to fund the Promoting Post Baccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) Program. The purpose of the education grant is to implement programs to achieve parity among Hispanic graduate students and [...]
Florida Community College an Online Innovator
Gulf Coast Community College has seen a dramatic increase in online learning, which is has developed through the gradual development of online courses now numbering over one thousand. The school is now taking the next step, enrolling students for the upcoming spring semester for six fully online degree programs.
The impressive aspect of this step [...]
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 [...]
Tennessee Public Universities in Online Campus Collaboration
We are starting to see state university programs embrace online education technology and in the process, create some interesting academic options for their students. In Tennessee, total enrollment in distance education courses is growing an average of 30% each semester at the Tennessee Board of Regents’ six universities, 13 community colleges and 27 technology [...]
Ashford Special Ed Dept. Rolls out New Toddler Specialization
Ashford University has expanded its online degree program in the special education field to include a specialization component focused on infants and toddlers. As early education has become a “childcare plus” concept in many facilities, professionals in the special education field need to learn about the needs, caring and educational opportunities associated with very [...]
University of Phoenix Picks Portland Teacher for Mentor of the Year
Teaching in a classroom can be a challenge on its own, but mentoring is another thing altogether — the amount of energy and one-on-one intensity is something to be commended. This month, one man was recognized for exactly that. Russ Kinyon, a fourth grade teacher at Glenfair Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, was honored by [...]
Online Growth and Online Teaching Degrees at University of Georgia
The Atlanta Business Journal weighs in this week with a report on what’s new at the University of Georgia. Acting on the reality that most undergraduates take over five years to complete a bachelor’s program, the Board of Regents for the state schools changed the core curriculum to allow for a more rapid pace [...]
USC Online Teaching Degree a Hit
The University of Southern California has slowly moved into the elite educational institution column, in large part because of the quality of its law school, medical school, film school and other focused departments like their Rossier School of Education. Like most high-end traditional schools, USC has been leery of online education due to questions [...]
Texas Educators Going Back to School
Lamar University in eastern Texas has opened up an online degree program that is targeted at people who are working in the public education system and want to upgrade their credentials. Brian Bowman, spokesman for the Longview School district, is working on a master’s in education administration and certification status for the position of [...]
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