Students seeking a master’s degree in library science from Wayne State University can earn one while sitting in front of their home computers, starting this fall.

The university is introducing an online option for its Master of Library and Information Science degree.

Wayne State says the goal is to make the program available to “students who cannot attend physical classes.” It says all course work for the online program will take place on line and will have the same content as its regular master’s program.

The application deadline is June 20, with admissions decisions expected by early July.

The university says it’s giving preference to people now working in Michigan libraries for the first 60 spots in the program.

Fayetteville, Ark.. — The University of Arkansas Global Campus opens a new site for Rogers to offer courses at the completion level programmes for students from the University of Arkansas track baccalaureate level.

The new Global Campus, probably in August opened in the period after 2008 fall semester, are on the fourth floor of the Centre Pinnacle a single building. The building also houses the World Trade Center, Arkansas and is directly west of Interstate 540, near the Embassy Suites hotel and John Q. Hammons Center.

The University is currently providing basic education and Business Administration Bachelor’s Degree programmes associates who deserves degree before in the Northwest Arkansas Community College (NWACC). In addition to programs Bachelor’s Degree conclusion, the Global Campus is also a graduate with programs adapted or Open Enrollment training, curriculum development and course of Executive Education.

“For some time, we discussed the need for greater presence in the middle of the emergence of joint venture in north-west of Arkansas,” said David G. Gearhart, the chancellor of the university selection. “This new initiative is, beginning with better access to the division of the superior courts and the promotion of bachelor degree diploma, and access to diplomas.”

The group Pinnacle, as a tenant for the new facility, the work required to construct, with the lease of 13000 square feet of space, and the move does not come with an investment volume of additional means of ‘University.

“The new Global Campus does not require an additional allocation of public funds, making fiscal responsibility enormous efforts and a chance to develop and improve our programs,” said Robert McMath, mid-chief and vice-chancellor of foreign academics. “As a country grant-University, University Outreach is crucial to our mission, and by this stage we allow access to our studies.”

The relocation of current offers of NWACC on the campus of the University new site of the two institutions additional space for future growth. In addition, classrooms, computer rooms and food services, as well as teachers and students, is crucial for the success of the new site.

“We value our partnership with NWACC, which should continue to grow and the amendment of the city,” said Linda Ballard Beene, dean of the University of Arkansas Global Campus and associate head of the Academic Outreach. “Through this new situation, expand our programs is a fantastic new space for synergy with the World Trade Center, Arkansas and made a University of Arkansas even more accessible education in the north-west of Arkansas. ”

In addition to the above offers are on the new website, Ballard expects to new fields of study online are developed in the near future, given that demand for these courses has risen steadily. The University of Arkansas currently has 23 curriculum for the delivery of distance by Global Campus, and more than 100 distance education courses were offered during the spring semester 2008.

“Works are often not specialists on the possibility of traditional courses on their degrees, then to their careers,” said Ballard. “Our work includes ways to identify opportunities for training and practice for students and non-traditional rapid population growth and corporate common in the north-west of Arkansas, this growth is the champion of meaning. Through this effort, we can create more learning innovative solutions for connecting the University of Arkansas and throughout the world. “

Students seeking a master’s degree in library science from Wayne State University can earn during a meeting in front of their computers at home, from this autumn.

The university is introducing an online option for his Master of Library and Information Science degree.

Wayne State said, the goal is the program available to students who can not physically attend classes. “It indicates quite naturally work for the online program will run the place and have the same content as the Master-regular program.

The deadline for applications is June 20, with many visitors decisions should begin in early July.

The university says it is the preference of the population now works in the libraries of Michigan for the first 60 places on the programme.

Our prosperity depends on our ability to adapt to all, almost all the time. We work in the early hours of the morning, on the model blackjack table 2 hours, breakfast, in the commune of Korean barbecue.

Thus, it can not, of course, that our valley public higher education are at the card 24 hours of the bid, in which competition was once the domain of victory for giants such as the University of Phoenix.

The College of Southern Nevada, 20 online degrees in the fields of accounting, to oral hygiene. He even an online program of teaching, six classes that can be carried out - online, of course - to be certified as a teacher online.

CSN-table of the Internet in the course over the past four years. The growth of Web classes UNLV has also been swift.

One of the five students at UNLV, one in four people in CSN, and a two-Henderson’s five-year-old Nevada State College, have at least one class on the Web.

Trends here the way across the country. Formalities registration and courses of the Internet is growing faster than the overall enrolment in higher education. During the fall of 2006, estimated at 3.48 million Americans were College, the website at least one classroom, according to nationality online: five years of growth of e-learning “, a report October 2007, sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a philanthropic organization.

Students say Web classes with the place and diagrams, to avoid the nightmare of researchers on campus, parking garages. The removal of the shuttle from the school, it’s good for the land and money.

But online classes require a lot of independent study, and there is no face-to-face interaction with teachers and classmates. Price of failure at the end of the online courses are often higher than in the classics.

And if Recruiter say, employers contributing to the warming of a degree online deserves to teaching, research suggests identification of classrooms even more weight. In studies published since 2004, researchers Jonathan Adams and Margaret DeFleur found employers prefer candidates traditional degrees.

Programs online access to education, “which is certainly positive,” said DeFleur, dean of the author of the study and researcher at the Louisiana State University’s school of mass communication. ” But it is an assumption that everyone, that in a positive light as well. If the level of the hand and go knocking on the doors of some employers, how that person to see, will he? ”

In separate studies, and asked Adams DeFleur health of the employer, employers and higher education institutions, as a general rule, the recruitment of the faculty members on how it would react to job seekers , who made studies on the Web. In all cases, at least 95 percent of employers prefer candidates traditional degree above those online degrees. Hiring staff were also against prejudice, candidates who have done half of their professional training courses on the Internet.

Personal Interaction between teachers and students is a real approach to learning in the world, “one respondent to a written questionnaire.” There is no work in this organization, through the Internet. ”

In another study, researchers found that a single graduate school attendance of 10 cinemas enthusiastic officers recommend the inclusion of a student with good grades, test results and a high degree Web. Schools to the Internet were actually degrees more reluctant than others to accept e-degree holder.

Internet and diploma mills Substandard Web programs have sullied the image of online education, “said Adams.

Local company Human Resources Manager, however, say that to a certain extent by a duly accredited institution is positive, regardless of whether you deserve it. Robin Eitel, head of a placement agency for Nevada of Resource Associates, said she thinks but teamwork and skills are the most learned people in education: “I did not have an employer who said: “We are not the person, which consists of a Conclusion online (program).”

Tom Haynie, Chief Financial Officer of the company Manpower recruitment of Southern Nevada, has prejudiced against e-learning are vanishing quickly as accredited universities offer digital develop. Bosses have studied, you tend to look lovingly on cyber-education, he said.

Under the Employers’ Confederation about the lack of face-to-face interaction online programs, whether candidates have the experience in the workplace, said DeFleur. Roxanna Scaglione, 45, head of quality assurance specialist in the Yucca Mountain project, an increase after the termination of their scores University of Phoenix Online Bachelor in September.

Still, Adams, a professor at Florida State University, wrote a book on distance education, believes traditionalists at the expense of others, online training is becoming increasingly exist. Citizens have knocked on the quality of distance education since college offers courses correspondence began in late 1800, “said Adams.

“If that 120 years from now, 130 years, and everyone’s perceptions again, it is roughly the same as they are now, I do not think that this will change. … We are not if you arrive at an In our society, where everyone is going to accept online courses or distance, “he said.

But, of course, with fast Internet offer two channels of communication, classes may Digital today are radically different from those push e-mail. Yolanda Hernandez scientific online classes CSN Spanish videos, oral exercises and supplements by phone or e-mail, when they need it. People are afraid to ask questions and find colleagues to discuss on the Web at less intimidating, she said.

In Internet, debates, many students write, to reflect comments might not be in the classroom, “said Gwen Sharp, sociology of education online this semester for the first time at NSC.

Participation of the Internet can be more easily than in a classroom, but the classes themselves are not simple, staff and faculty members for CSN, NSC and UNLV said. They say their campuses and online courses are as stringent, the same substance.

Fears of fraud afflicting online are exaggerated, say, e-learning gurus like Judith Osterman, director of distance learning UNLV. As in the campus, courses, the members of the faculty “how a student of the” voice “and work plan on-line, she said in an e-mail.

But many people who are simply in higher education learning. Despite all the available technical resources, a lot of courses on the Web before are based on texts based on communication methods such as e-mail and bulletin boards.

Clarion is now Summer School for on-line registration of students, courses and curriculum. All interested students are invited to apply, and financial assistance available.

Students may want online for studies on the summer until the end of their degree faster. Most courses are transferable to other institutions of higher learning. Others want online for a feasibility study for two years associate degrees, four years diploma or certificate advanced.

On Clarion, students can do during the school full-time, without coming to the university. Study online can be an ideal choice for people who are not able to travel so far on campus, the offer or commitments with family responsibilities.

Clarion programs include:

Undergraduate Programs

Associate of Arts Degree. A 64-credit-offers students a liberal arts-based education in a flexible format study. It is an excellent starting point for a large number of learners. Students can then entries in the Bachelor of Science degree in Liberal Studies.

Bachelor of Science Degree in Liberal Studies. 120-A, the credit program allows students, with great inherent in a field of interest, since they largely liberal education. Currently, there is a concentration of the library available to the science.

Early Childhood Associate of Science Degree. The 60 credit program has been specifically designed for all those who, in a career in early childhood development, child care, and for workers to the extent of continuing education.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree completion. This appropriation-60-programme is based on the background and knowledge of registered nurses (RN), and it enables them to continue their studies toward a professional level.

Radiologic Sciences condition. In this 15-credit program students, the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT), education, and then an X-ray of the programme of their choice.

Graduate Programs

Master of Science in Business Administration (MBA). Specially designed for professionals, part-time students, the program allows participants accredited anywhere from 30 months to six years, to assess the level.

Master of Science in Library Science (MSLS). The 36 credit program team graduates, professional librarians in many urban and rural areas, including public school, university libraries and specialized.

Master of Science in Mass Media Arts and Journalism (MSMMAJ). A 36-credit program for students, communications professionals in the fields of media, health, government and non-profit sector.

Master of Science in Rehabilitation Sciences (MSRS). The 33 credit program enables students to build leadership and management skills in areas such as the development of handicapped rehabilitation, geriatric and addiction.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT–(Marketwire - April 9, 2008) - If you want to become a certified special education teacher, Western Governors University now offers a new online degree program in the field. Several scholarships are also available. The Bachelor of Arts in Special Education is suited for individuals such as school paraprofessionals, unlicensed substitutes, parents, and career changers who seek a special education teaching certification that also meets the more stringent “highly-qualified” requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act.

The U.S. faces a severe shortage of teachers with a special education certification, and the situation is expected to worsen as the number of special needs students continues to grow disproportionately. WGU’s online degree — and scholarship opportunity — offer answers to the education and hiring dilemmas many school administrators are dealing with as they struggle to help special needs students.

The special education bachelor degree program includes four domains of study: Interdisciplinary Studies, Foundations of Teaching, Effective Teaching Practices (in Special Education), and Demonstration Teaching (which includes in-classroom student teaching). The degree program gives a student the content knowledge and effective teaching skills to become a special education teacher for students with mild-to-moderate cross-categorical disabilities. Enrollments are open continuously and new cohorts begin each month.

Western Governors University is a regionally-accredited online, competency-based university, and the only online university accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). NCATE, the leader in teacher education accreditation, sets robust and stringent standards for teacher training in all areas of the discipline.

The WGU Excellence in Special Education Scholarship is valued up to $5,000. The scholarship will be credited at the rate of $1,000 per six-month term, renewable up to a maximum of five terms. Multiple scholarships will be awarded and will be based on academic record, readiness for online study, and current competency, plus other considerations.

WGU’s personalized competency-based education approach makes it possible for students to accelerate their programs and complete the requirements for a bachelor’s degree in two to four years. The actual time to completion will depend on the incoming student’s prior college, professional experience, and time commitment to study. For already licensed teachers, WGU also offers a Master of Science in Special Education.

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Boise, ID April 7, 2008 – Richard Franklin thinks a lot about what online university students need. He has spent over 10 years with Almeda University, a leading provider of online college degrees, developing
programs and talking with students about what they need to select the university degree online that will help them in their careers and how to complete that college degree online in a timely and positive way. “Although each student comes with a unique set of circumstances such as family, professional and personal responsibilities, what we understand after a decade of serving online university students is
that they all can be assisted by a clear cut process” says Franklin. “So we developed that process.”

The resulting guides to university degrees online help students choose which online degree programs are right for their personal and career goals. They assist students in finding the online course of study that will further their careers or jump-start a new career. Says Franklin, “Helping a student choose the right online university degree is all about asking the right questions. At Almeda University we have been asking those questions for years with great results.”

Once an Almeda University Online student has selected the right online degree program, the guides walk them through the process of achieving that online degree. This process ensures that all requirements are completed in a way that is convenient to the online university student. “It has been my experience that making the online degree program requirements as clear as possible generates the most favorable outcome for the students,” notes Franklin. “Almeda University has truly taken the guesswork out of achieving a university degree online. Our students appreciate this detailed approach so they can complete the requirements online when it works for them.”

This guidance does not end when an Almeda University student completes the online degree requirements and receives an Associate, Bachelors, or Graduate Degree online. The online degree guides created by Almeda University offer post graduate career advice on how to land the right job or promotion as well as resume and application assistance. Richard Franklin feels that the online degree guides represent how well Almeda University understands the needs of online students. “We feel like
we are really serving our student body with these online degree guides and that they will help make those students as successful as possible.”

Almeda University is an online institute that has been serving the international community since its inception in 1997. Since that time, Almeda has evolved to educate an expanding population through cutting edge curriculum design based on students’ needs and professional service.

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Boise, ID (PRWEB) April 4, 2008 - Richard Franklin thought a lot about what students need to be online. It is more than 10 years with the University Almeda, a leading provider of online graduates, and develop programs with students to talk about what they need for college graduates online , which themselves in their careers and that the complete online - College graduate in a timely fashion and in a positive way. “Although each student comes with a number of conditions, such as the family, professional training and personal responsibility, we understand that, after a decade of service in line with the students, that they have a process clear, “says Franklin. “So we developed this process.”

The guide that follows for university diplomas online help students choose courses of study online are best suited to their personal and professional goals. It supports students seeking online in the chain of their careers or jump start a new career. Franklin said, “Helping a student choosing the right online university graduates is far from ensuring the proper questions. Almeda, at the university, we are asking these questions for years, with great results. ”

Once a university online Almeda student has the right to study online, at the head of their walk through the process to reach this conclusion online. This process ensures that all requirements in a certain way, it is more convenient for students online. “It has been my experience that the provisions of the Licensing online requirements as clearly as possible to generate the best outcome for students,” said Franklin. “Almeda University has really taken to advise, to the attainment of a diploma higher education online. Our students appreciate this approach, in order to meet the requirements online, if it works for them. ”

These guidelines have not yet been completed, if a student performs Almeda University at the end of the line and gets a Associate, Bachelor or a degree in the end. The online guide created by Almeda University offers a degree postgraduate diploma consulting career, as in the soil or good job, and the promotion of CV for help. Richard Franklin believes that the conclusion online guide shows how Almeda University understands the needs of online students. “We feel that we really serve our students to this conclusion online, and they contribute to student success if possible.”

Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) April 2, 2008 —- Embanet, a leading online education provider, is pleased to announce the formation of its new Corporate Alliance department, to be headed up by Robert Stern in the position of Vice President. The purpose of the new unit is to develop partnerships with US corporations and organizations to help them invest their tuition reimbursement dollars wisely by providing high-quality online education opportunities for employees.

“This initiative represents a tremendous opportunity for Embanet to build our business by helping other companies fulfil their commitments to employee education. We are thrilled to welcome Robert aboard to lead the charge in this area,” said Rick Ness, Chief Executive Officer, Embanet.
Stern brings to this position more than 20 years’ experience in sales and marketing, with a specialization in relationship building. After working for many years in account- and relationship-management within the B2B sector, he joined Career Education Corporation, where he held a range of senior positions directing admissions, student relations and corporate client relationships.

“Through our Corporate Alliance initiative, we will make it possible for corporations to provide their employees with easy and convenient access to online degree programs from the finest universities in America. Robert’s experience in nurturing client relationships will be an invaluable asset in making this exciting new venture a success,” said Ness.

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Hoboken, NJ (PRWEB) April 2, 2008 — Although most economists say the United States is not in a recession, the pocketbooks of many Americans would say otherwise. In fact, a recent CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll found that the majority of people in the U.S. believe we are now in a recession and inflation is their top concern. In the face of economic struggles, eLearners.com, a web resource of EducationDynamics that connects prospective students with online colleges, is seeing an increase in requests for information on online MBA degrees.

“In tough economic times people with an MBA or other advanced degree are often the ones that come out ahead,” said Terrence Thomas, Chief Marketing Officer for eLearners.com. “Those with a higher education will stand out against their competitors, making them more marketable for higher-paying jobs.”

In tough economic times people with an MBA or other advanced degree are often the ones that come out ahead
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a higher level of education equals higher overall lifetime earnings. Census Data projects that a professional degree holder (e.g. lawyer or doctor) will earn $4.4 million in the span of his or her career. The U.S. Census Bureau also found that people with an MBA or other advanced degree earned four times that of people with a high school diploma ($82,320 compared to $20,873 respectively).

“But, it’s not just about about the money, particularly in recessionary periods,” continued Thomas. “It’s about employability.”

A September 2007 College Board report titled “Education Pays” found that higher levels of education directly correspond to a lower unemployment rate. The average unemployment rate for people with at least a bachelor’s degree was around two percent, while the average unemployment rate for high school graduates was nearly five percent.

To “recession proof” their employment, many Americans are seeking advanced degrees, such as an MBA degree, to solidify their current position or to switch careers entirely. People are also looking to education to tap into jobs that may handle the hard economic times better than others. Some of those fields include education, international business, security and healthcare. For people having to juggle a career and school, online colleges are a perfect fit because of their convenience and flexibility. eLearners.com lists the following as its top ten most requested online master’s degrees: Business Administration, Counseling, Psychology, Health Administration, Criminal Justice, Nursing, Curriculum and Instruction, Special Education, K-12 Education and Educational Leadership.

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