NAU making right moves toward quality and accountability
Arizona Daily Sun - It has embraced its distance learning charge from the Board of Regents by aggressively developing Web-based courses. –It has championed the cause of sustainable growth and energy use to the point where it has become a recognized leader in the field.

Distance-learning classes help 544 North Alabamians
Everything Alabama - This semester, 544 North Alabama students are enrolled in classes they wouldn’t have been able to take if not for a statewide distance-learning initiative. There were 632 students enrolled during the fall semester, said Dr. Anne Davidson, coordinator

Virtual Virginia
Lynchburg News and Advance - It used to take almost 30 minutes for Clay Ellington s AP Calculus class materials to download. By the time you got to watch it, your class was over, he said. But Ellington, along with other students taking online distance-learning classes at

Koforidua Polytechnic enrolled 40 students in its doorstep … - Joy Online
Koforidua Polytechnic enrolled 40 students in its doorstep …Joy Online, Ghana - Feb 25, 2007The Koforidua Polytechnic has enrolled the first batch of 40 students in its Doorstep Education Programme in accountancy and marketing at Nkawkaw and Akim …

Senate votes to create cyber academy for distance learning (Las Cruces Sun-News)
SANTA FE The Senate, on a 35-1 vote Monday, moved to create a new statewide cyber academy to coordinate distance learning programs and ensure schools have the technology they need.

Smutz to lead Penn State Continuing and Distance Education - State College News
Smutz to lead Penn State Continuing and Distance EducationState College News, PA - Feb 22, 2007Wayne Smutz has been named to succeed Gary Miller as associate vice president for Outreach and executive director for Continuing and Distance Education. …

A (Slightly) Kinder, Gentler Higher Ed Bill
Inside Higher Ed - Call for the Education Department and National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the quality of distance education programs. Add graduate programs at three universities Fayetteville State, Langston and West Virginia State to those that

Dropping a Bomb on Accreditation
Inside Higher Ed - Even on distance education, she said, the regional groups have worked together to deal with the issue and there is no crisis that needs to be solved. Wolff of the Western group agreed, and questioned the presumption that a national system would be

Putting Higher Ed Out Of Reach
TomPaine.com - Since cost-cutting is a concern for the Spellings Commission, cheaper teaching models like distance education and online courses will increasingly replace traditional and more expensive classroom settings. While some private schools will still offer

Scrutiny for Transfer Program
Inside Higher Ed - Rather than transfer after two years, students in the 3+1 program do so after, well, three; due to the developments in distance education, they need never enter Indiana to take home an IU degree at in-state tuition rates; and, so, along those lines

A tale of two schools (The Burlington Free Press)
The two grade schools are within walking distance in the same city. Both have caring teachers and eager students. But Burlington’s Lawrence Barnes and Edmunds Elementary differ in what some school officials and observers say is a significant, and worrisome, way.

Getting a Degree—Avoiding the Fake - Fast Pitch! (press release)
Fast Pitch! (press release)Getting a Degree—Avoiding the FakeFast Pitch! (press release) - 8 hours agoPeople who graduated from high school can further their education via traditional college education or distance education from online college courses. …

Koforidua Polytechnic enrolled 40 students in its doorstep … - Joy Online
Koforidua Polytechnic enrolled 40 students in its doorstep …Joy Online, Ghana - 17 hours agoThe Koforidua Polytechnic has enrolled the first batch of 40 students in its Doorstep Education Programme in accountancy and marketing at Nkawkaw and Akim …

Smutz to lead Penn State Continuing and Distance Education - State College News
Smutz to lead Penn State Continuing and Distance EducationState College News, PA - Feb 22, 2007Wayne Smutz has been named to succeed Gary Miller as associate vice president for Outreach and executive director for Continuing and Distance Education. …

Online courses have been offered since 1992 - ChronicleHerald.ca
Online courses have been offered since 1992ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - Feb 25, 2007Distance education isn ta new thing in Nova Scotia, but it appears the province plans to expand it to more public schools and make it easier for more …

Education a priority for Band, education director (Cook County News Herald)
Anna Deschampe is a busy woman. This friendly, soft-spoken Cook County graduate with a great sense of humor has been heading up the Education Department of the Grand Portage Tribe since November and has already made her mark.

Online Education Puts Highly Valuable Psychology Degrees Within Reach (Evening Times)
(ARA) - According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 40 percent of psychologists are self-employed, with clinical psychologists earning anywhere from $50,000 to over $100,000. The average salary for a psychology professor was $82,554 for the academic year of 2005-2006, according to the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.

Online courses have been offered since 1992 - ChronicleHerald.ca
Online courses have been offered since 1992ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 9 hours agoDistance education isn ta new thing in Nova Scotia, but it appears the province plans to expand it to more public schools and make it easier for more …

Funding awarded for distance learning project (El Paso Times)
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES — The Southwest Regional Education Center received a $154,939 federal grant Wednesday to improve electronic and computer infrastructure for distance learning programs in Catron, Do a Ana, Hidalgo, Luna and Sierra counties.

Easley's $20.1B budget ups education spending - Milwaukee Business Journal
News 14 CharlotteEasley's $20.1B budget ups education spendingMilwaukee Business Journal, WI - 15 hours agoThe proposed budget provides $7.3 million to expand distance-learning programs at NC community colleges and $4.2 million for university distance-learning …Governor Proposes Nation's Most Ambitious Education Budget The Lincoln TribuneEasley's $20.1B budget ups education spending, cuts income tax for … Triangle Business Journalall 50 news articles

With healthy outlook as foundation, woman can build better life
Pioneer Press - Consider advancing your career opportunities with distance learning, where online classes and correspondence courses can open new job opportunities for you. Seek social outlets necessary to keep you from isolating yourself from other adults your age.

More Virginia Students Are Taking AP Tests
Washington Post - The number of Virginia students taking challenging Advanced Placement classes has risen by nearly 60 percent over five years, a trend driven in part by the proliferation of AP courses offered through distance-learning programs. In 2006, 44,816 public

Juniors pack Hawaiian punch,
GolfWeek - Karle teaches herself through a distance learning program, instructors are available to answer questions and grade her work. Before and after her rounds Karle can often be found studying, trying to finish up the two classes she has left for her

Online Press Release
PRWeb - Distance Learning and Technology in All the United States Computer Labs Links for Learning has begun to provide a new resource in the classroom, online tutoring for at-risk students. These tutors are able to provide additional help in Reading, Writing

Leaders push affordable education (The Mail Tribune)
ASHLAND Calling declining state support for college students “an embarrassment to the state,” Rep. Peter Buckley and members of the state’s House and Senate education committees outlined a “shared responsibility model” that would use increased business taxes to hike the state’s funding share by about a third.

Lawmaker proposes bill for NMC loan - Saipan Tribune
Lawmaker proposes bill for NMC loanSaipan Tribune, Micronesia - 14 hours ago… classroom to the School of Education, and enhance Video Teleconferencing and Distance Education course offerings to all three instructional sites. …

Distance education is a distant dream as 95 pc fail - CNN-IBN
CNN-IBNDistance education is a distant dream as 95 pc failCNN-IBN, India - Feb 16, 2007Clearly, IGNOU's role in providing accessible and affordable university education needs to be re-examined before more students lose their academic years.

Funding awarded for distance learning project (El Paso Times)
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES — The Southwest Regional Education Center received a $154,939 federal grant Wednesday to improve electronic and computer infrastructure for distance learning programs in Catron, Do a Ana, Hidalgo, Luna and Sierra counties.

Appalachian may offer planning program at UNC Asheville 
ASHEVILLE–Officials from Appalachian State University will hold a meeting Feb. 27 to determine local interest in a graduate program in community and regional planning with courses offered on the UNC Asheville campus.

The power of digital libraries 
Audio-visual medium empowers teachers to enrich their own lectures

Student counts her success 
MERREDIN resident and former Merredin High School student Olivia Grigson has won a prestigious scholarship to assist her in her tertiary studies to become an accountant.

Industrial Nanotech Retains International Law Firm of Winston & Strawn LLP 
Industrial Nanotech has retained Winston & Strawn LLP as its legal counsel. (PRWeb Feb 8, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/dingpr.php/RW1wdC1TdW1tLUZhbHUtWmV0YS1NYWduLVplcm8=

CyberDefender Issues Phishing Warning about MSN, PayPal, and EBay Scams That Threaten Users with Internet Identity Theft 
Alert urges public to be aware of latest active fake Websites that trick users into revealing personal information. (PRWeb Feb 8, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/dingpr.php/Q3Jhcy1aZXRhLUZhbHUtWmV0YS1NYWduLVplcm8=

Eric Kinney, President
PRWeb - CADE Communications And Distance Education - Live delivery, asynchronous toolset, SCORM compliance, and LMS all-in-one. Velocedge, Inc. announces its newest distance learning product, CADE, the Communications And Distance Education system. CADE

Online Press Release
PRWeb - and decoding of video streams based on the new H.264 video compression standard (MPEG-4 part 10) as well as the industry standard MPEG-2 used in the most demanding video conferencing, security and surveillance, tele-medicine, and distance education

Playing Defense and Offense
Inside Higher Ed - loads (both number of courses and number of students in a section), requirements that papers be graded in certain time periods, new curricular requirements (imposed by administrators, not designed by professors) and the push toward distance education