05/14/2009

Epsilen, the online education company of is today naming Jim Bowler as chief executive officer. Bowler joined Epsilen in January as an executive consultant working with the company’s board of directors. Prior to joining Epsilen, he was chief executive officer and president of two online entities: Cl
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01/26/2009

In the middle of a class on retail and trade accounting, Ayyalusamy Kanagaraj pauses to quiz a student about gross sales and closing book inventory. Mr Kanagaraj is teaching this class from the elite Indian Institute of Management in Indore,
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12/13/2008

If you want to see the world and gain qualifications, why not study while you travel, says Julie Ferry. A typical day for Jannie Armstrong starts with a short walk to work. Nothing remarkable there, but his walk is through the streets of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. His office? The
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10/30/2008

Rather than succumb to the national trends affecting college access, North Carolina decided to reverse them. Stung by declines in manufacturing, textiles and tobacco but emboldened by the possibilities of newer, skills-based industries in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, the state tried a novel approach
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09/12/2008

John Katzman has never aimed low. The first company he founded, the Princeton Review, went head on at the standardized testing industry and its assertion that the SAT and other exams couldn’t be “coached.” Hundreds of thousands of students (and hundreds of mill
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05/22/2008

The advantages of learning by distance have long been recognised by students, but now new research among the people providing the training reveals that they too benefit from the flexibility and freedom.

Trainers imparting knowledge and skills to their students dressed only
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04/09/2008

Instead of sifting through existing texts to find case studies suitable for his course, Matt Cookson decided to go straight to the source. In his Introduction to Public Relations class, which he teaches as an adjunct at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester, he uses content
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02/21/2008

Who did Miller's Health Systems Inc. — a leading statewide provider of nursing homes and assisted living facilities — call to increase its number of registered nurses? Ball State University's School of Nursing.

Indiana, and the rest of the nation, is in the midst of a nu
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