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| Jones International University Ranked Fourth Among World Online Universities Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:03 AM PDT Message from Five Filters: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Denver - | DENVER —Jones International University (JIU), the first fully online accredited* university, is ranked the world's fourth Best Online University, according to the latest edition of the BEST & WORST IN ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAMS. JIU improved upon their sixth highest rating achieved the previous year. The ratings were conducted by Professor Fred DiUlus, an online higher education pioneer. DiUlus, CEO and Founder of Global Academy Online, has rated online colleges since 2002. He began rating them when there were only 20 online institutions in existence and notes the list is growing rapidly. Of JIU's ranking, he said, "Jones International University's online program delivery can match or excel beyond any virtual campus that ventures to offer similar degree programs." Jones International University moved into the #2 American school position because it is what DiUlus calls a "no-nonsense fast riser." He says Jones has a "steadfast concentration on excelling in its Business and Education programs." Because of this, he states, "They attract high-end professionals that include students who want to attend and faculty who want to teach at Jones." Each school's rating is based on the online program's overall quality of content and delivery using a five point rating system that puts significant emphasis on the experience of each institution's faculty. The most recent ranking of the Top Ten Online universities in the world: The study also found that the current generation of students entering into higher education for the first time are far more comfortable with web 2.0 applications than any of their predecessors and account for the exponential growth in online classes among traditional colleges and universities worldwide. "The hype that a degree from an online university somehow doesn't measure up to a degree acquired by sitting in a traditional classroom for years, just doesn't add up," said DiUlus. The survey results show students who have experienced both traditional and online types of learning rate an online education equal to or better than that of a traditional experience 70% of the time and prefer online learning to the classroom three to one. DiUlus says he leaves the measurement of a school's social value, research capabilities, sports programs, student popularity, curb appeal and latest technology advancements to the rating services that measure traditional schools. "Window dressing," DiUlus states, "is not one of our considerations." Jones International University offers a range of certificate, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs taught by an international group of professors.
"To achieve such a high ranking among such respected global institutions is highly gratifying to all of us at Jones International University," said Terry Rawls, vice chancellor at JIU. "The commitment we have made to provide the highest quality online educational experience has been recognized. In addition, the essential tools and strategies we make available to students have been identified as among the best in the world."
Additional Findings: Traditional Brick and Mortar Universities Seeing the Light
The study said that almost all the newly rated online degree providers have offered complete online degree programs for less than five years. DiUlus said that he sees many of these new entrants in online education as primarily traditional brick and mortar institutions that have "seen the light." He points out that many have rushed to put programs in place and, as a result, suffer from severe inadequacies. DiUlus notes that their online faculty, for example, may have been recruited from a traditional faculty base that is reluctant to teach online, or worse, they pepper their ranks with unproven new hires that have never taught either online or in a traditional classroom. The quality, experience and support of the faculty, he offers, determines what they really think about online education.
*Jones International University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association. The HLC may be contacted at 800.621.7440 or www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org.
About Jones International University®, Ltd. (JIU®) As the pioneer in online education, Jones International University offers an unparalleled online educational experience that provides essential tools and strategies for career starters, career changers, and career advancers around the globe. It offers an array of online undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees and professional certificate programs in the fields of business administration, education, and business communication and employs some of the greatest minds from many of the world's leading universities. JIU was the first entirely virtual university in the U.S. to be granted regional accreditation and continues to make its mark as the Gold Standard Online University®. Visit www.jiu.edu. Five Filters featured article: Into the Abyss. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Posted: 23 May 2010 02:35 PM PDT Message from Five Filters: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. San Antonio - GetEducated.com, an online education research group that reviews online degree graduate programs, has released its 2010 online business school rankings of the Top 34 Best Values Online Masters in Management.
| The online university cost and affordability rankings are based on a comprehensive review of 56 regionally accredited business schools that offer 96 distance learning management masters degrees. Western Carolina University ranked #1 in affordability for online students in North Carolina for its Online Masters of Project Management. Degree costs for North Carolina residents: $5,692. Non-residents pay $18,805. By comparison, average cost for an online masters in management (regionally accredited) is $21,705. The most expensive distance learning masters in management, in International Management, comes from Purdue University (Indiana), a public university, and costs about $45,650 for online students nationwide. GetEducated.com's Top 10 Ranked Best Values Under $21,000 1. Western Carolina University (NC) "Public universities and state colleges dominate the online degree rankings in cost and affordability," says Vicky Phillips, GetEducated.com's Chief Online Education analyst. "Most people do not realize the depth and breadth of affordable online masters degrees available through distance learning," says Phillips. "They would be amazed to learn that almost 100 online masters degrees are available in management alone, or that online graduate degrees can cost as little as $6,000 and come from name-brand residential colleges." GetEducated.com has posted a ranking list of the Top 34 Best Online Masters in Management. Online students can review and compare all 96 online masters in the national survey by visiting GetEducated.com's online degree program directory. The free directory allows students to find and compare online degrees along 13 dimensions, ranging from cost to accreditation to residency requirements. Founded in 1989, GetEducated.com is a consumer group that publishes free online education rankings and online degree reviews. Five Filters featured article: Into the Abyss. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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