Online Education News Archive
23-Oct-2008
UIS wins award for online education excellence (The State Journal-Register)
The University of Illinois at Springfield is among nine universities to win 2008 awards from a national consortium for excellence in online education. Western Governors University Offers Scholarships for Urban Mathematics and Science Educators (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Western Governors University (www.wgu.edu) is helping place more highly qualified teachers into classrooms, especially in the high needs areas of math and science, by offering the WGU Scholarship for Urban Mathematics and Science Educators. These scholarships are designed to help working adults attend college online to become mathematics or science teachers in America's urban schools. Colorado Governor's Office Urges High-School Students to Pursue Tech Education to Fill Vacant Jobs (Centre Daily Times)
In celebration of Cisco Networking Academy's 10th Anniversary, Governor Ritter's office held a press briefing today featuring the Colorado Community College System, the Colorado Department of Education, Westwood College and others. With more than 50 Front Range high-school students in attendance, Colorado's state Chief Information Officer Mike Locatis, remarked that Colorado still requires ... McCain: Education's Disruptor-in-Chief? (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
For a candidate who's been criticized as being out of touch on technology, Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) has been refreshingly ahead of the curve when it comes to disruptive innovation in education. Colorado Technical University Appoints Dr. Wallace Pond President and CEO (Centre Daily Times)
The governing board of Colorado Technical University (CTU) has appointed Dr. Wallace Pond, age 44, President and Chief Executive Officer of the CTU University system. The CTU system includes four campuses and two satellite locations, a fully online university which serves over 18,000 students worldwide, and the Institute for Advanced Studies, which offers online, on-ground and blended graduate ... Dubai International Academic City seeks to capitalise on e-learning boom (AME Info)
Dubai International Academic City (DIAC), the region's leading destination of higher education and a member of TECOM Investments, today announced its capabilities to capitalise on the prolific growth of online education that the region is currently witnessing.
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