Friday News Roundup – 03/27/09
It’s NCAA Tournament time!
New Online Degrees and Certificates
+ Northwestern University — ranked at #12 on the US News and World Report Top National Universities list – announces a new online Master of Arts in Public Policy and Administration.
+ Drexel University: Master of Science in Property Management.
+ Clarkson University (NY) — ranked #121 on the US News and World Report Top National Universities list — unveils an online MBA in supply chain management. Two 3-day residencies on campus are required. More coverage here.
+ University of Central Florida: new online health care informatics masters program.
+ Texas Southern University now offers an executive online MBA program. Further info is available at www.tsu.edu/emba.
+ University of Northern Colorado: new online masters in criminal justice.
+ Chester College of New Hampshire: Certificate in Creative Writing. Online tuition seems very reasonable.
In other news,
+ GetEducated.com awards another online education scholarship.
+ Tiffin University’s online “Ivy Bridge College” receives high marks in Diverse.
+ Pay attention, community college adminstrators.
These days, Green said, students have the view of “if I have one lousy experience with your college, to hell with you, I’ll go to [the University of] Phoenix.”
+ Significant stat: Rochester Institute of Technology “offers 51 online degrees or certificates, up from 47 a year ago”. RIT=plugged-in.
+ The Star-Telegram examines online degree options in and around Dallas-Fort Worth.
+ Both the Associated Press and the Kalamazoo Gazette jointly publish a piece on doing some homework before going after an online degree.
+ The FAMUAN Online (Florida A&M University student newspaper): Online degrees lack credibility.
Have a wonderful weekend!
