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OpenCourseWare program recognized for excellence
Share The University of Notre Dame OpenCourseWare program has received the Landmark Site Award for OpenCourseWare Excellence from the OpenCourseWare (OCW) Consortium. The award recognizes an OCW site of exemplary quality in its presentation of educational content (in breadth, depth and ... Read More »
California State University launches online degree program
Share On Monday the 23-campus Cal State University system becomes the largest public university to roll out online degree programs. It’s offering six degrees at both the bachelor and masters level in business administration, applied studies, public administration, and management ... Read More »
California State University applications hit record high for fourth year
Share Thousands more students will be clamoring to attend a California State University campus next year, but admission will likely be tough for many. For the fourth year in a row, the CSU saw record numbers of applications from new ... Read More »
Private colleges boom as California universities falter
Share California’s public higher education crisis has a flip side: swelling enrollment, expanding faculty, and state-of-the-art construction at the state’s private colleges and universities. With five years of funding cuts causing stumbles in the state’s public higher education systems, California ... Read More »
California State University, Online, coming soon
Share California State University will launch a systemwide online university in 2013 that could eventually expand enrollment by 250,000 students. About 427,000 students are enrolled at Cal State’s 23 campuses. Some students already take courses online or partially online through ... Read More »
US: Sacramento State to launch MBA program in Singapore
Share Sacramento State is joining a growing list of American institutions exporting their classrooms to Asia. The university plans to launch an MBA program in Singapore in November. The program would be the first of its kind for California State ... Read More »
US: More California students going to Oregon universities
Share California students are increasingly being courted by out-of-state colleges seeking to take advantage of cutbacks and rising tuition at the Golden State’s public universities. The Los Angeles Times reports that schools in neighboring states are stepping up recruitment of ... Read More »
US: Public universities expand web education offerings
Share Budget cutbacks to state universities appear to be speeding ongoing efforts to increase online education as resources shrink and timely access to prerequisite classes becomes more difficult. Whether taking online course material from the comfort of home, or as ... Read More »
Fewer graduates going to California universities
Share A new survey shows fewer eligible California high school graduates are enrolling in 4-year state public universities. The Sacramento-based Public Policy Institute of California report shows there have been dramatic declines in the past five years even though demand ... Read More »
California State universities to limit enrollment in fall
Share Saying they have few options left, California State University officials said they will take drastic steps to reduce enrollment next year. The state’s tax package on the November ballot will determine if doors will reopen to let those students ... Read More »
