Between the Lines

Alumna moves up...

• Gayle Colston Barge, M.A.S.C.L., learning team 19 has accepted the position of Assistant Vice Chancellor for University Advancement and Chief Marketing and Communication Officer at Winston-Salem University.  Read more...

• Seton Hall University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, one of the six regional accrediting agencies recognized by the National Board of Education, which is the surest way to have your graduate program and course credits recognized and accepted by employers and other universities. The Middle States Commission has quality standards for distance education programs that all SetonWorldWide online programs must follow.
• Nearly 3.2 million students in the United States were taking at least one online course during the fall 2005 term, a substantial increase over the 2.3 million reported the previous year. (Making the Grade: Online Education in the United States, 2006 - Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Babson Survey Research Group)
• A 2005 report issued by the Sloan Consortium, a collaborative of colleges that offer instruction online, estimated that online enrollments reached 2.35 million nationwide in 2004, the most recent year for which survey data are available.