“WSU to offer online degrees” plus 2 more |
- WSU to offer online degrees
- Career Education Corporation's MUSE Learning Platform Earns the Career College Association "2010 Innovative Best ...
- Cohort with the University of North Texas establishes master’s degree program in Library and Information Sciences at ...
| Posted: 30 Jun 2010 10:50 AM PDT 
Credit: WSU WSU to offer online degrees krem.com Posted on June 30, 2010 at 10:45 AM
(PULLMAN) -- This fall, students can start working on a degree from Washington State University without ever having to set foot on campus. The university announced Wednesday morning it is expanding its online degree program to include freshman. WSU offers online bachelor's degrees in business administration (with majors in accounting, management and operations, and management information systems), criminal justice, human development, social sciences, and humanities. A variety of undergraduate certificates is available, including organic agriculture, professional writing, and early childhood development and care. Several graduate programs are also available online, including certificates in early childhood leadership and administration, molecular biosciences, and bioethics, and a Professional Science Master's offered by the School of Molecular Biosciences.
For information about online degree and certificate programs at WSU, visit http://online.wsu.edu.
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| Posted: 30 Jun 2010 12:48 PM PDT HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ:CECO - News), an international provider of post-secondary education programs, received the Career College Association (CCA) 2010 Innovative Best Practice/New Program award for MUSE, or "My Unique Student Experience," an innovative, student-focused course content delivery system. MUSE, which serves several CEC online campuses and programs, was created by a team led by Judy Komar, CEC vice president of education technology. Komar accepted the recognition on behalf of CEC during the CCA Annual Achievement Awards at the industry association's annual convention in Las Vegas. "CEC schools strive to offer high-quality, supportive education to its students," said Komar. "Through MUSE, our schools are equipped with a powerful learning tool that is not only accessible and intuitive, but assists the student in a way that conforms to individual learning styles." MUSE is an interactive learning platform that presents supplemental course material through 11 learning options including try it, read it, hear it, view it, create it, direct it and more. These options are designed to accommodate a variety of learning styles, allowing students to interact with curriculum in a way that fits their learning needs. MUSE presents lessons within the context of real-world situations. This format encourages distance learners --who often come to the online classroom with more life and work experience compared to the traditional college student--to use their personal experience and knowledge to guide them to topics they want to focus on. As a result, students engage in a richer, more rewarding learning experience. "The award selection committee felt MUSE was an overwhelming choice for this award," said Harris Miller, president of CCA. "Education technology will play a big role in the life of the next generation learner, and MUSE demonstrates that career schools are poised to quickly respond and adapt to new learning methods." The CCA Innovative Best Practices/New Program Award recognizes institutions that have contributed to the private, post-secondary career school sector though successful implementation of innovative methods that benefited an institution, student, the career school sector, or the community at-large during the 2009 calendar year. To be considered, nominations must be related to curriculum, instruction, retention, placement or recruitment and show success through innovation. Candidates are evaluated on general factors of success as they related to general best practices or new programs as well as the level of innovation. First launched in 2009, MUSE is now used by several CEC schools, including: American InterContinental University, Colorado Technical University, International Academy of Design & Technology, Missouri College and Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts North America. For more information on CEC schools, please visit: www.careered.com. About Career Education Corporation The colleges, schools and universities that are part of the Career Education Corporation ("CEC") family offer high-quality education to a diverse student population of over 116,000 students across the world in a variety of career-oriented disciplines. The approximately 90 campuses that serve these students are located throughout the U.S. and in France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Monaco, and offer doctoral, master's, bachelor's and associate degrees and diploma and certificate programs. Approximately 40% of our students attend the web-based virtual campuses of American InterContinental University, Colorado Technical University, International Academy of Design & Technology and Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts. CEC is an industry leader whose brands are recognized globally. Those brands include, among others, American InterContinental University ("AIU"); Brooks Institute; Colorado Technical University ("CTU"); Harrington College of Design; INSEEC Group ("INSEEC") Schools, including the International University of Monaco ("IUM"); International Academy of Design & Technology ("IADT"); Istituto Marangoni; Le Cordon Bleu North America ("LCB"); and Sanford-Brown Institutes and Colleges. Through our schools, CEC is committed to providing quality education, enabling students to graduate and pursue rewarding career opportunities. For more information, see CEC's website at www.careered.com. The website includes a detailed listing of individual campus locations and web links to CEC's colleges, schools, and universities. CEC does not guarantee employment or salary. About Career Colleges Association The Career College Association is a voluntary membership organization of accredited, private postsecondary schools, institutes, colleges and universities that provide career-specific educational programs. CCA has 1800 members that educate and support over one million students each year for employment in over 200 occupational fields. CCA member institutions provide the full range of higher education programs: master's and doctoral degree programs, two- and four-year associate and baccalaureate degree programs, and short-term certificate and diploma programs. Visit CCA at www.career.org or follow us on Twitter: @ccanow. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. 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| Posted: 30 Jun 2010 02:58 PM PDT Registration for the 2011 masters' degree program in Library and Information Sciences begins in August marking the second time this program will be offered at CSUN. Oviatt Library officials established the program in 2009 in conjunction with the University of North Texas (UNT). Dr. Susan Curzon, Oviatt Library dean said she worked with a team of librarian employers from around the area to create the program. "It had been a dream of mine," Curzon said. Concern about a librarian shortage sparked Curzon's interest in the matter, she said. "There are only about 150,000 librarians nationwide and 50 percent of the profession is expected to retire in the next three to four years," Curzon said. "I knew it was important to put more librarians in the workplace." Curzon said she wished to create the degree at CSUN but acquiring American Library Association accreditation was a long process. In order to produce new librarians quickly, she said, her team looked to a program already established, resulting in a cohort with UNT. Dr. Philip Turner, UNT director of the CSUN Greater Los Angeles Masters of Library Information Sciences Program, coordinates the cohort. "We work with CSUN and various other schools around the country that have a demand for this degree," Turner said. Students take online classes through UNT and participate in institutes, projects and student meetings at CSUN, Turner added. "The degree is awarded by the University of North Texas but students will graduate at CSUN, on the steps of the Oviatt Library," he said. The degree is completed in two years with a new cohort beginning every other year, Turner said, adding that during that time students take a total of 12 classes. Students start each semester with a four-day institute on campus and complete the majority of their classes at home, Turner said. There are two other such programs in California, UCLA and San Jose State, and both are full time, he said. The design of CSUN's program allows students to work around their schedules. Shawn Stamm, who has a full-time job, is one of those students. "A lot of people work while doing the program," Stamm said. "It's really convenient because it's mostly online." Grace Rosales, a student who works at a law firm during the day, said she likes the program's flexibility. "I'm able to do it at night after work," Rosales said. Having worked in their current jobs for several years, both Stamm and Rosales said they are enrolled in the program to further their education. The degree trains people to be librarians, however the skills they acquire are useful in a variety of careers, Stamm said, adding that a lot of his classes focus on managerial skills. It is a generalist degree that allows graduates to seek employment in libraries but also in many other places like law firms and hospitals, Turner said. Demand for the new program, which Turner said costs a total of $15,000, has been high. At least one student writes inquiring each week, said Turner, who added that many people applied for the first program but enrollment was limited at 45 students to keep it "small and focused." So far, the program has worked well. "I'm so pleased to see the success of the program," Curzon said. "Students often say how much they enjoy it."  Related posts: Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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