eLearners.com Celebrates National Distance Learning Week with Comprehensive Online Learning Resources (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) Online education is growing at an unprecedented rate with more than a million adults getting a college degree online. To celebrate the growing trend of distance learning, the United States Distance Learning Association created National Distance Learning week, which runs from November 12th-16th....more...FSC to offer two complete online programs (Sentinel & Enterprise) FITCHBURG -- Fitchburg State College will unveil two degree programs offered entirely online next year as part of its expanded Internet course offerings for students....more... Educators No. 1 Online Graduate School Program (Benton Evening News) (ARA) - According to U.S. News & World Report, Walden University is the nation's largest online provider of graduate-level education programs, by enrollment....more... Psychology Degrees Through Online Education (The Beaver County Times) (ARA) - According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 40 percent of psychologists are self-employed, with clinical psychologists earning anywhere from $50,000 to over $100,000. The average salary for a psychology professor was $82, 554 for the academic year of 2005-2006, according to the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources....more... Scholarships for New Graduate Students with Financial Need (The Beaver County Times) (ARA) - Walden University, an accredited online institution with 37 years of experience providing graduate-level education, has announced that it has expanded its program of need-based scholarships to now include many master's programs and its post-doctoral program in addition to its scholarships for doctoral programs....more... Criminal Justice Degrees are in Demand (Benton Evening News) (ARA) - As America wages the war on terrorism, the need for criminal justice professionals is growing quickly. From police officers to border guards to homeland security experts, there are many ways to put a criminal justice degree to work for you....more... Penn State Helps Army Recruits Move Toward College Education (PRWeb) U.S. Army recruits can now get a jump on a Penn State education as the University has joined on to be a part of the Army's Concurrent Admissions Program (ConAP). ConAP is designed to help soldiers begin to talk with a university immediately after enlistment, so they can begin and potentially complete a bachelor's or master's degree while in the Army. Since distance education through online ......more... Grantham University Awards Scholarships to Members of Several Federal Organizations (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Grantham University, http://www.grantham.edu, an online university specializing in educating working adults, today announced that the Society of American Indian Government Employees , Blacks in Government Region XI and Federally Employed Women all awarded a four-year Grantham University scholarship to one of its members....more... Nutter's pitch for jobs brings 1,000 resumes (The Philadelphia Inquirer) As of early Monday, more than 1,000 job seekers had forwarded resumes to Philadelphia Mayor-elect Michael Nutter, responding to a pitch he made last week encouraging young professionals and private-sector employees to join his administration in January. As mayor, he will have hiring power over several hundred civil-service-exempt positions....more... |