Universities unveil distance-learning program in nuclear engineering
Thu, Jan 31, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Virtual schooling / Distance Learning
To help meet a growing demand for nuclear engineers, a group of universities has teamed up to sponsor online courses and swap information about the students taking them. One goal is to eliminate the hassle for students to transfer credits among the participating institutions... [ Read More ]

No more study hall?
Thu, Jan 31, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Virtual schooling / Distance Learning
College students on welfare won't have to attend supervised study halls to fulfill weekly work requirements and can pursue baccalaureate, advanced degrees, or distance education under new, soon-to-be-released federal regulations for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program. (The regulations, obtained by Inside Higher Ed, were briefly available to the public last week before the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rescinded them because of clerical errors. A spokesman said the content will remain consistent, and a new version will likely be available on the Federal Register within a week)... [ Read More ]

Cal State Fullerton selects software suite for web collaboration
Thu, Jan 31, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Virtual schooling / Distance Learning
California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), has selected the iLinc software suite as the backbone for a host of projects that will connect students and faculty across multiple campuses. The university will use iLinc for offering ranging from training and distance learning to online science labs and virtual faculty office hours... [ Read More ]

At 75, a West Virginia university turns increasingly to online learning
Thu, Jan 31, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Virtual schooling / Distance Learning
Reflecting on the 75th anniversary of West Virginia's Mountain State University (nee Beckley College), the institution's president, Charles Polk, observes that distance learning has become "so important to this institution that we couldn't live without it." In the next five years, he predicts, online learning and independent study will account for up half of the institution's income... [ Read More ]

College's online Spanish courses to continue--from Spain
Thu, Jan 31, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Virtual schooling / Distance Learning
Maysville Community and Technical College in Kentucky will continue offering online Spanish courses next fall--but they will originate in Spain, after the teacher who has conducted the courses returns to her hometown in Spain after a three-year residency in the United States... [ Read More ]

U. of Phoenix helps British Columbia retain professionals
Thu, Jan 31, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Virtual schooling / Distance Learning
At its main Canadian campus, located in Burnaby, British Columbia, the University of Phoenix is giving working professionals in the province a chance to advance their education without having to give up their full-time paying jobs... [ Read More ]

Will online learning make campuses obsolete?
Thu, Jan 31, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Virtual schooling / Distance Learning
"Will campuses become obsolete due to online learning and other developments?" asked C. L. Max Nikias, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Southern California, and his online answer, in part, is that many who think so "have lost sight of what is timeless and what is timely within human culture.".. [ Read More ]

UMassOnline launches three additional online programs
Thu, Jan 31, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Virtual schooling / Distance Learning
The University of Massachusetts's UMassOnline has announced the formal launch of three new online study concentrations, including a collaborative concentration in arts administration--the first and only program of its kind in the nation--as well as concentrations in the rapidly changing fields of journalism studies, and health and human services... [ Read More ]

OAS, open campus in West Indies sign distance pact
Thu, Jan 31, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Virtual schooling / Distance Learning
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the University of the West Indies Open Campus (UWIOC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to help educators in the English-speaking Caribbean to promote democratic values and practices in their classrooms, schools, and communities... [ Read More ]