Friday News Roundup – 10/30/09
The Yankees versus The Phillies.
+ University of Minnesota Crookston was approved to offer two new bachelor’s degree programs ”on campus as well as entirely online”. One is a BS in Marketing. The other is a “Bachelor of Manufacturing Management in Quality Management”.
+ Fun Harvard Extension fact:
Last year, one of Extension’s online courses netted 385 registrants.
+ A nice report concerning online opportunities at Yakima Valley Community College, Heritage University, and Central Washington University.
+ Bowling Green State University (OH) recognized for e-learning excellence.
+ Campus Technology: “Most College Students To Take Classes Online by 2014″.
+ Competition for faculty.
….New England College, according to court documents, created the country’s first low-residency, all-poetry track in 2001. Low-residency creative writing programs — which now number about 50 — involve online learning, except for two brief periods in tiny classes…
+ Austin Peay State University will celebrate National Distance Learning Week.
+ Calling all prospective teachers. Read this:
There is a critical need for teachers in several subject areas such as math, English, chemistry, biology and history, Stephens said, and that doesn’t change even with the economy.
More from the abcte.org web site:
On the first day of the 2007-08 school year, 2,345 classrooms in Florida, South Carolina and Mississippi were lacking teachers. Thousands of students began the school year without the qualified teacher they deserve.
You can be the difference.
We are looking for committed individuals to teach for three years in select school districts in Florida, Mississippi or South Carolina.
Perhaps worth checking out.
+ From The Underground (The Unofficial Student Publication of Missouri State University): “Many rack up debt for degrees they will never use or need”.
+ This article states that online education may not necessarily be more profitable.
Have a wonderful weekend!
