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UMass Amherst Launches Online Master of Science in Engineering Management (MSEM) 10 Jul 2013 | 10:52 pm
On the new online program news front, this just in from UMass Amherst: their online and blended Master of Science in Engineering Management (MSEM). This ten-course program equips engineers with the fu...
See and Hear from UMass Online Students at Recent Graduation Ceremonies 19 Jun 2013 | 12:50 am
This is a wonderful time of year for most no matter where they are or what they are doing. But perhaps no time or place can be more memorable and important than a spring graduation ceremony for its ma...
See and Hear from UMass Online Students at Recent Graduation Ceremonies 19 Jun 2013 | 12:50 am
This is a wonderful time of year for most no matter where they are or what they are doing. But perhaps no time or place can be more memorable and important than a spring graduation ceremony for its ma...
Beyond the Stats of Mental Health Month 28 May 2013 | 06:48 pm
It first occurred 64 years ago. That’s when, in 1949, the month of May was first officially designated as Mental Health Month. This year, as this Department of Health and Human Services site notes, th...
UMassOnline Founder and Former UMass President Jack Wilson on “Innovation in an Era of Disruptive Change” 16 Feb 2013 | 02:21 am
Dr. Wallace E. Boston is President and Chief Executive Officer of American Public University System (APUS) and its parent company, American Public Education, Inc. In a recent blog post, he filed a rep...
A Massive OOps Calamity 16 Feb 2013 | 01:25 am
A planned, tuition-free, six-week Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) intended to reach more than 40,000 students recently unraveled in six days, the reasons for which are painfully detailed in a report...
University World News Reports on US and Global Quality Assurance Initiatives 5 Feb 2013 | 01:03 am
There are two points to this post. One, as the headline suggests, is about the growing wave of educators worldwide seeking to continue and enhance quality assurance programs, especially now in the lig...
Columbia Business School Professor Exposes Three Myths of Online Learning 24 Jan 2013 | 11:12 pm
Hitendra Wadhwa is Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Business School. For IEDP, which describes itself as a publisher of specialist information for leaders and leadership development prof...
2012 National Survey: More than 6.7 Million Students Now Taking One Online Course or More 19 Jan 2013 | 03:13 am
This is from a recent news release about the 10th annual survey of online learning trends: The 2012 Survey of Online Learning conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group reveals the number of studen...
One Perspective on 2013 Career Trends 3 Jan 2013 | 08:40 pm
Writing for VentureBeat, Gary Swart provides a guest blog post outlining his perspective on 2013 career trends. He, by the way, is the CEO of oDesk which is an organization that enables both buyers an...
