Online Education News Archive
19-Oct-2006
ECollege.com May Sell Enrollment Unit (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
ECollege.com Inc., a provider of online education courses and enrollment services, on Wednesday said it may sell struggling enrollment division Datamark Inc. because growth has been slower than expected. High schools provide online education (BG News)
By Eunnie Park MCT HACKENSACK, N.J. - John Botto can take his psychology class at 3 a.m. on a Saturday. He's never met his classmates, who live as far away as South Africa. And if he wants to ask his teacher a question? "You have to do it through PT - private thread," said the 16-year-old, scrolling through the confidential messages on his computer screen. University of Illinois plans to add another campus (Chicago Flame)
The University of Illinois has plans to create a new fourth campus, a virtual campus. Recently, U of I administrators proposed to President Joseph White to launch Global Campus. The university currently offers online education. Approximately 7,000 students registered for online courses in 2005. Sponsorship of Antarctica Marathon Focus of Capella University's Latest 'Inside Online Education' Podcast (SYS-CON Media)
Capella University ( http://www.capella.edu/ ), an accredited online university and a leader in online education, has released its latest podcast, which features an interview with Thom Gilligan, organizer of the Antarctica Marathon and president of Marathon Tours & Travel. Part of the 'Inside Online Education' podcast series, this installment discusses Capella's sponsorship of the 2007 Antarctica Hope to re-evaluate school ties (Denver Post)
The president of a string of online schools said Wednesday that she will shut down at least one school and make sweeping changes to the overall operation after revelations that taxpayer dollars are sending hundreds of students to religious schools. Site aims to build excitement for Olympics (Cambridge Evening News)
OLYMPIC fever has come to Cambridge and schoolchildren are getting in on the act by helping to launch an online education resource for teachers. Apollo Group CEO Comments on the Online Education Model (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)
Evelyn Rubin submits: Brian Mueller, President of Apollo Group, noted in the company's fiscal fourth quarter earnings call that the company "failed to meet our own expectations with regard to student and revenue growth." Polycom Leads Discussion of Best Practices to Ensure Quality in Online Education at First Annual Beijing Forum (SYS-CON Media)
Polycom, Inc. , the world's leading provider of unified collaborative communications solutions, today announced its highly visible role in the first annual fall Beijing Forum on Quality in online education at the China World Hotel in Beijing, Oct. 14-15.
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