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Clayton College of Natural Health - Unaccredited Online School - to Close
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Unaccredited Online School, Clayton College ClosesClayton College of Natural Health — an unaccredited online school in Birmingham, AL — is closing.

The private, for-profit online school had been offering bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees in holistic health and nutrition since the late 1990s. About 3,000 students across the U.S. were enrolled in the non-accredited school at the time of the announcement in July.
Learn more about the history of Clayton College and why it is closing
 
Virtual Online Learning Rated Key By College IT Staff, Not Faculty
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A new educational technology study shows virtual online learning is rated as a key part of higher education by college information technology staff—but not by faculty.

The 21st Century Campus Report from CDW Government LLC shows college faculty lag far behind IT staff in rating online education technology on campus. Also, poor faculty understanding of technology in higher education is the top concern among students surveyed. {{LeftSponsor46}}

The survey of 1,000 students, faculty, and IT professionals found:
Findings of the 21st Century Campus report on educational technologies in higher education
 
Free Distance Education Courses and Online Course Creation Tools From Nixty.com
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Nixty.com Free Distance Education Courses


A new website is offering free distance education courses, plus tools for users to create and sell online courses.

Nixty.com is an open courseware site that lets users take more than 200 non-credit college courses free online from about 10 universities, including MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Harvard University, Yale and others. {{LeftSponsor53}}

However, it goes beyond other open courseware aggregation websites in several ways.
Read more about Nixty.com's free online distance education courses and online course tools
 
New Online Bachelors Degree Program Considered for University of California
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A new online bachelors degree soon may be offered by the University of CaUniversity of California logolifornia Berkeley. The university’s Board of Regents has informally endorsed a plan to bring the school its first online undergraduate degree program.

The school already awards an online masters degree in engineering, while its UC extension campuses offer more than 1,000 online classes. Other state universities, such as the University of Southern California and California State University, provide a variety of distance masters degrees.

However, this would be the first “highly selective” online bachelors degree offered by a top-ranked, prestigious research university, says Christopher Edley Jr., the University of California Berkeley law school dean who is leading the movement for the online undergraduate degree.{{LeftSponsor46}}
More information about University of California's proposed new online bachelors degree program
 
Free Online Classes to Expand With Gates Foundation Grants
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You may soon have more access to free online classes through a new program supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grants.

The new “Next Gen Learning Challenges” initiative aims to increase the level of college education among Americans, using technology to improve college readiness and completion, especially among low-income young adults. This is needed because 64 percent of jobs by 2018 will require college degrees—yet only about 30 percent of Americans have college degrees.
Learn more about grants for free online classes and open courseware through Gates Foundation grants
 
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