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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 California 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.
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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

Adult Learners Going Back to School Online Outperform Younger Students

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Adult learners going back to school online can be as successful as younger students — or even more so — if they receive training in online educational technology, according to a new study in the Journal of Online Learning and Teaching. Researchers at the University of Kansas compared three age groups of teachers enrolled in an online graduate course in special education. One segment of the class consisted of adult learners, ages 50 to 65, who were classified as “late-career” adults. The class also included early-career students (ages 21 to 35) and mid-career adults (ages 36 to 49).
Read more about the success of adult learners over 50 in online classes

Nontraditional Student Drop-out Rate Improved by Distance Learning?

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Distance learning classes are likely to improve the drop out rate for nontraditional students and physically disabled students in college, says a new study. Researchers at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ, found in a meta-analysis that some undergraduate students preferred face-to-face courses, but that others preferred distance learning classes—and were more satisfied with them. Those students who liked online learning shared some common characteristics—traits that also are more prevalent among students who have higher drop out rates:
Learn more about the new online education research into college drop out rates and distance learning

Executive Online MBA Program in Ghana Needs Better Instructor Feedback, Say Distance Learning Students

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Nearly 700 distance learning students in an executive online MBA program at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana were surveyed recently about their perceptions of the e-learning degree program. The graduate business students said they liked online learning because it allowed them to combine work and study. Most of the online students were older than 30, married, male, and working. They reported that the online executive masters in business administration program was a better fit with their lifestyles.
Executive online MBA program students in Ghana also had complaints...

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