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Capella University, a regionally accredited, online university based in Minneapolis, has introduced a new Education Specialist (EdS) online degree program, as well as a Master of Science in Public Health. Twelve new graduate and undergraduate specializations are also being launched in the career fields of emergency management, retail management, school counseling, educational leadership, health information management, human resource management, information security, and project management. Enrollment is open now, with classes beginning fall quarter 2007.   

 

 

Corinthian Schools has agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the for-profit engaged in false advertising and unlawful business practices by presenting inaccurate salary and employment information to its students. Corinthian, one of the nations largest for-profit educational chains, offers diploma courses and degrees in health and high profile careers to students at its 14 California campuses of Bryman College, Everest College, and the National Institute of Technology.

 

The California Attorney General alleged that Corinthian engaged in unlawful and fraudulent business practices, and that several of its programs did not meet the minimum standards for promised subsequent employment. The settlement provides for $1.5 million in debt cancellation and $4.3 million of refunds to former students. Corinthian must also cease operation of 11 substandard programs offered in California in the medical tech career area.

 

Consumers who believe they have been victimized by Corinthian or any other educational programs operating in California are urged to submit a formal complaint to the Public Inquiry Unit of the California Attorney General's Office.

 

Corinthian Colleges has been under investigation by the Attorney General in Florida since 2005 for allegations that it's Florida Metropolitan University division (FMU), which offers residential and online degrees, may have mislead students about the transferability of its courses. Other allegations accuse FMU officials of grade changing in order to receive government financial aid on behalf of students who might otherwise face academic dismissal. FMU is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, but is not regionally accredited. Many regionally accredited colleges do not accept ACICS accredited learning as the equivalent of their own in tranfer.

 

 

The Seborga Times, the official press of the tiny Italian Principality of Seborga, has denounced a fake college accrediting agency supposedly operating from a basement storage cellar in the center of that tiny Principality. The paper claims that the Antico Principato di Seborgas Council for Distance Education, Culture and Faith and Council of Accreditation is a scam. The Press could find no evidence that either the Seborga Council (from the Mayor downward) or the Seborga Crown (from the Prince downward) had ever issued this organization the permission to oversee college accreditations. The "Council de Accreditation" claims to oversee the educational efficacy of a number of e-universities including the now closed by legal action James Monroe International University, Pebble Hills University, and a new USA initiative entitled the DiUlus Institute and University.

 

 

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Ever wonder about the prevalence of ed tech in China?   Need a reliable summary of the educational structure and teacher training system in Turkey?  Curious about the barriers to e-education implementation in Kenya? 

 

The World Almanac of Educational Technologies, a free Wiki style academic reference catalogs the answers to these questions and invites ed tech experts worldwide to contribute entries to help build this worldwide knowledge base. 

The goal of the World Almanac (WAET) is to provide  insight into the uses of technological tools in education across the globe. Though the chapters are organized around nations, the division is not strict. The editors welcome contributions that inquire into the use of educational technologies by other forms of political/social organization.

WAET is a scholarly, editor-reviewed publication. Nevertheless, it intends to reach a wide audience of practitioners in the field of education. Therefore its tone and design are more approachable and practical than traditional journals and books in the field of educational technology.

Scholars and practitioners are encouraged to submit chapters. Chapters are traditionally written by a pair: a scholar (professor, graduate student) and a practitioner (teacher, student-teacher, assistant, administrator). This pairing is not a necessary condition, though it is strongly encouraged that a local voice be an integral part of the work.