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The University of Newcastle, an online college diploma mill that was recently closed in the UK, has opened a new website which cites operations in the United States: Chicago and Washington, D.C.
Established in October of 2006 and operated out of a pub in Manchester, UK, this unaccredited university provided phony diplomas to 1,797 students—netting almost 2 million pounds (equivalent to a little over $3 million), according to a recent report in the London Times. Eight students who received these phony degrees have been arrested for alleged connections to Al-Qaeda, the Times reported.
Over the last four years, the University of Newcastle claimed distance degree operations in Ireland, the UK, and the South Pacific.
Facing prosecution in Britain, the degree mill recently moved its primary address to the U.S., citing Washington, D.C. as its chief center of operation. {{LeftSponsor53}}
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Looking for ways to improve online course design? Experienced online educators at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater have compiled a list of 10 practical tips, covering both design and the nitty-gritty of online course management.
Online business instructors Richard J. Wagner, Jeff P. Vanevenhoven, and James W. Bronson based their online course design and management tips on personal experience, research, and information from other online faculty.
Their tips include:
* "Begin each module with a roadmap.”
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 Westwood Online told teen-aged Amanda Krol in 2004 that if she earned an online Westwood bachelors degree, she could expect to make over $100,000 per year, Krol alleges in a new lawsuit against the for profit college, according to the Denver Post.
Instead, Krol says in her lawsuit, she spent $86,000 on an online criminal justice degree and has yet to find a job; she says Westwood did not live up to pre-enrollment promises to help her find employment, the Post reports.
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A new study comparing short online courses with traditional, semester-long online classes finds college students in shorter classes, also known as accelerated online classes, perform much better academically.
However, the students are dissatisfied with the amount of teacher contact they receive.
Study authors Janet Ferguson of Canisius College and Amy DeFelice of City University of New York compared a group of graduate students taking a five-week online summer intensive course with those taking the same online class for a full semester. Both the short online course and the longer course were taught by the same instructor.{{ad46}}
The study is believed to be the first comparing shorter versus longer online course formats. Among its findings:
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The U.S. Dept. of Education is considering stricter requirements covering federal student loans in the wake of an investigation into deceptive marketing practices by for-profit online colleges and on-ground schools.
The rules changes could put a dent into the profitability of the for-profit college industry, which received $26.5 billion in guaranteed federal student loans in 2009.
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Learn more about government action in the wake of the GAO report into for profit colleges
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