Online Education News Archive
11-Sep-2007
Miernowski wins national online education award (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
The 2007 "R1edu Award" for Distinguished Faculty Contributions to Online Learning has been presented to Professor Jan Miernowski of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Battles looming over charter online education in Oregon (The World)
PORTLAND (AP) ? As another school year gets under way in Oregon, the ranks of charter schools in the state continue to swell, but a dustup could surface over the expansion of online-only charter schools. Students in the News (Mineral Daily News-Tribune)
CUMBERLAND, Md. - The Allegany College of Maryland Foundation has announced the awarding of scholarships to eight students for study in the 2007-2008 academic year. PLATO's School of Hard Knocks (The Motley Fool)
The online education provider continues to struggle with its turnaround. Capella makes the grade, and its shares soar (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
As more college students take classes online, Capella Education Co. of Minneapolis has graduated with honors in the marketplace. Buoyed by a 55 percent increase in second-quarter earnings and a rising market for online education stocks, Capella's stock has more than doubled, from $20 a share at its November IPO to about $50 a share last week. Stocks of for-profit college education companies "have ... Is Online Learning For You? (Benton Evening News)
More and more college students are taking classes online, according to a new survey by the College Board and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. About 3.2 million people took at least one college course online during the fall of 2005 term, compared to 2.3 million in the fall of 2004.
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