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Remington College Online Offers New Medical Assisting Diploma Program

Enrollment now open for 9-month program - May 04, 2019 - Remington College

Grok Global Launches Global Access Service

Grok Global Services, a global higher education service company, launches Global Access, a new line of service for institutions seeking to diversify their recruitment efforts. - May 01, 2019 - Grok Global

Medicare Supplement Insurance Association Announces Online Education Discount Offer

The American Association for Medicare Supplement Insurance has announced the annual discount for insurance agents who want to view any of the 101 online videos focused on selling Medicare and senior insurance products. - April 24, 2019 - American Association for Medicare Supplement Insurance

IntellADAPT Event: Management of Identity and Credentials for Students Using Blockchain Technology

IntellADAPT to host event at UMass Boston's Venture Development Center on Thursday, May 16th, 2019. - April 22, 2019 - IntellADAPT

HIRED Schools Announces Start of New Pre-licensing Classroom/Live Streaming Session

Recognized Real Estate License School, HIRED Schools, announced their next session which started April 17 at their DTC classroom, April 29 at Colorado Springs, and May 7 at Highlands Ranch classroom. Classes are available in two formats - Guided Classroom Study combined with Online Video Study and... - April 19, 2019 - HIRED Schools

Reinventing Modern Recruiting for Colleges and Universities in the Digital Age - Thompson Rivers University

LinkedIn and other social networks are becoming the bridge between millenial students and the academic world. Dean Mike Henry of Thompson Rivers University demonstrates how modern recruiting works without geographic boundaries and time zones. Under his watch and initiatives, enrolment soared by over 500%. - April 16, 2019 - Thompson Rivers University

Exam Edge to Add Institutional Partnership Program

Exam Edge, a leading test preparation website, has partnered with prestigious learning institutions to offer them a wide variety of practice tests for their users. Institutions will be able to purchase practice exams in bulk and offer them to their users so that they can learn the testing skills... - April 02, 2019 - Exam Edge

Best Association Website to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 23rd Annual WebAward Competition

The Best Association Website of 2019 will be named as part of their 23rd annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at the WebAward Web site. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including association websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. The deadline for association web sites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2019. - April 02, 2019 - Web Marketing Association

Edalex Selected for Amazon’s AWS EdStart Program

Edalex, an educational technology company, has been selected to join Amazon’s AWS EdStart Program. AWS EdStart is a program designed to help innovative companies build the next generation of online learning, analytics, and education management solutions, incorporating cloud technologies. - March 29, 2019 - Edalex

Patrick Henry College Announces New Dean of Academic Affairs

Dr. Mark T. Mitchell, a prolific scholar, has been named Patrick Henry College's new Dean of Academic Affairs. - March 29, 2019 - Patrick Henry College

iGrad Creates First Financial Wellness Personality Assessment

iGrad/Enrich has created a first-of-its-kind financial behavior assessment, now available on its interactive financial wellness platforms. - March 29, 2019 - iGrad

Utah Legislature Approves 3-Year Bachelor Degree Program at SUU

Southern Utah University is excited to announce that Governor Gary Herbert and the Utah State Legislature have approved and funded a three-year bachelor’s degree pilot program. SUU received $3.8 million ongoing funding for the project and will be ready to launch the program in January... - March 28, 2019 - Southern Utah University

Creative Brain Learning Celebrates PI Day (pi=3.14...) with STEM Learning and Fruit Pies for All

Creative Brian Learning After School program provider distributes thousands of fruit pies to students in celebration of PI Day. - March 28, 2019 - Creative Brain Learning

Distance Learning Systems Expands Online Learning Program with New Brandman University Partnership

Distance Learning Systems and Brandman University join forces to offer an affordable and flexible learning format for students to earn an accredited degree online. - March 26, 2019 - Distance Learning Systems

Best Education Websites to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 23rd Annual WebAward Competition

The Best Education Website of 2019 will be named as part of the 23rd annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including education, schools and university websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for education websites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2019. - March 25, 2019 - Web Marketing Association

Indian Express Covers the Success Stories of G-Cube in Delivering Innovative E-learning Solutions

On the occasion of National Science Day, The Indian Express, a renowned publication, puts the spotlight on the success stories of G-Cube and its contributions in the e-learning industry. - March 16, 2019 - G-Cube

ABA Tech and FIT Launch a New Two-Part Continuing Education Course on Teaching Pretend and Imaginative Play Skills for Behavior Analysts

ABA Technologies, Inc. in partnership with Florida Institute of Technology, announces the launch of a new two-part continuing education course on teaching pretend and imaginative play skills. The courses prepare participants to assess and develop the imaginative play repertoires of young children. - March 12, 2019 - ABA Technologies, Inc.

Youth Charity MyShoolROCKS Receives Grand Challenges Exploration Grant for Groundbreaking Research in Global Health and Development

MySchoolROCKS is the winner of a Grand Challenges Exploration Grant - an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. - March 08, 2019 - MySchoolROCKS

WebCE® Acquires Online Real Estate CE Company RealEstateCE.com

WebCE Expands to Offer Real Estate Training, License Renewal and CE Courses in 34 States. - March 05, 2019 - WebCE

Inspection Certification Associates Announce Free Add-on Bonus Courses

Inspection Certification Associates (ICA), the company training people to become home inspectors, announces bonus courses to add on to current classes for no additional cost. Students can add subjects like “Pool and Spa Inspection,” “Septic Inspection,” and “Thermal... - March 04, 2019 - Inspection Certification Associates

Edtech Tool Citationsy Hits 100K Users

New citation tool makes referencing and bibliographies easy. - March 04, 2019 - Citationsy

PMP - Project Management Professional PMI Certification Now Available on certxpert.com

Certxpert.com which is a well-known IT certification provider for various vendors such as CompTIA, Cisco, Microsoft, ITIL, SAP, Oracle, Prince2, Six Sigma, EC-Council etc. today announced the availability of PMP (Project Management Professional) PMI exam certification. Project management is one... - March 02, 2019 - Certxpert.com

Lancaster Theological Seminary Launches Ministerial Institute, Offers New 3-Year Program

Lancaster Theological Seminary is launching the new Ministerial Institute of the Pennsylvania Academy of Ministry that will offer a new, non-degree program to prepare people for ministerial leadership. The Ministerial Institute’s three-year program includes online classes plus an on-campus... - February 27, 2019 - Lancaster Theological Seminary

Khalti Digital Wallet Launches Smart Daughter Program to Promote Digital and Financial Literacy Among Girls and Young Women Across Nepal

Khalti, a digital payment platform in Nepal has announced the launch of a special "Smart Daughter" program today. The program is aimed at empowering girls and young women in Nepal through financial knowledge and skills. As part of this initiative, 10,000 adolescent girls and women from... - February 25, 2019 - Khalti Digital Wallet

CertifyMe.net Releases Shocking New Study on OSHA Fines and Penalties

A survey of 100 businesses uncovers massive fines due to non-compliance, increased enforcement and a high demand for annual certification renewals. - February 20, 2019 - CertifyMe.net

Ooona Toolkit Announced as the Official GOSUB Subtitling Software

GOSUB is pleased to announce that their subtitling and closed captioning courses are now available on OOONA’s web-based Toolkit. This transition represents a pooling of the expertise in the subtitling industry. - February 18, 2019 - GOSUB.tv E-Learning

CMR Institute Announces Webinar to Present a Trainer’s Guide to Preparing Sales Team in 2019

Discover key policies and market developments that will require you to rethink your training in 2019. - February 14, 2019 - CMR Institute

Teamzy CRM Receives Endorsement from Juice Plus+ Company as the CRM of Choice for Juice Plus Distributors

Teamzy is excited to announce a new partnership with leading health and nutrition company, Juice Plus+. Teamzy is the only Direct Sales CRM endorsed by Juice Plus+. - February 12, 2019 - Teamzy Inc.

eLearning Trends Webinar – an iSpring and CommLab India Collaboration

CommLab India, the most sought-after rapid eLearning solutions provider hosted a webinar on the eLearning trends for 2019 in collaboration with iSpring. The webinar was attended by almost 100 eLearning professionals from across the world. - February 07, 2019 - CommLab India

Former NFLer Dale Moss Partners with The Lonely Entrepreneur Program to Empower Women, Minorities, Youth and Former Athletes

The Lonely Entrepreneur and former NFLer Dale Moss are announcing today their partnership to empower women, minorities, athletes and those less fortunate with the entrepreneurial skills they’ll need to succeed in today’s hypercompetitive world. The Lonely Entrepreneur, founded by... - January 31, 2019 - The Lonely Entrepreneur

Career Ready Training for New College Graduates

Millennial Den offers a proprietary online training program that provides laser-focused career training, to successfully transition new and recent college grads from student to career-ready employee. - January 31, 2019 - Millennial Den

Californian App Makers Bring History Back in Context

Downshift LLC has recently launched version 5.0 of its app, Today in History. An educational iOS mobile application that features iconic global events that transpired on this day in history. The app also brings quotes from famous personalities, as well as, compelling images and headlines that are of historical significance. The new version of the app comes with improved notifications & reminders, better onboarding, along with additions in categories and link details. - January 28, 2019 - Downshift LLC

LeakTronics Offers a Free Video Series for Turning Leak Detections Into Repair Work

A free series of instructional videos from LeakTronics offers an inside view on turning leak detection into paid repair work. - January 27, 2019 - LeakTronics

CASE President, Phyllis Wolfram to Give Webinar on "Reinventing Special Education in 2019" as Part of the eLuma Webinar Series

Phyllis Wolfram, the president of the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE), will join eLuma to present a webinar entitled, "Reinventing Special Education in 2019." The presentation will focus on the current state of special education, what national organizations like CASE & the CEC are doing to make it better, and how special educators can become more involved. - January 25, 2019 - eLuma Online Therapy

Greater Than Gatsby Seeking Scholarship Applicants for $10,000 Annual Scholarship

Greater Than Gatsby announces its $10,000 Annual Scholarship for the 2019 scholarship year. - January 25, 2019 - Greater Than Gatsby

VeryViz Launches EQUS to Prevent Spreadsheet Mistakes and Misinterpretations

To help ensure that spreadsheets provide the value they’re intended to provide, Sheffield Hallam University has developed visualization plug-in software called "Ensuring the Quality and Usability of Spreadsheets" (EQUS). - January 25, 2019 - VeryViz Ltd

Austin Startup Tackles Literacy Rights for Under-Served Communities

An Austin, TX start-up wants to make literacy free. - January 24, 2019 - Starcrossers LLC

Teacher Enrichment Program Wins STEM Education Excellence Award

The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE)’s Teacher Enrichment Program (TEP) was one of 12 recipients to receive an award from the Virginia Mathematics and Science Coalition’s (VMSC) 2019 Programs That Work. The award was presented at the VMSC Conference and Recognition Ceremony held... - January 18, 2019 - Center for Excellence in Education (CEE)

TG CampusTM Relaunch Website with New Design & More Pathbreaking Online Prep Courses

Relaunch Website with new design, interface & new courses. - January 17, 2019 - Tomorrows Genius India Pvt Ltd

Tom Kirlin Wins the 2019 William Meredith Award for Poetry

"Enabling Love" traces Tom Kirlin’s long journey toward a deep understanding and empathy for the poetry of William Meredith. It is an appreciation based on years of friendship between the two poets in a format that is as complex as the mind of Meredith himself. The award comes during the centenary year of Meredith's birth and is only one of a number of events celebrating the life of this great American spirit. - January 09, 2019 - The William Meredith Foundation

Organizational Achievements of NDT Consultancy Services Inc. (NDTCS).

NDTCS is consistently providing excellent training and certification in the field of non-destructive testing of materials and has been certified as ISO 9001:2015 Company. Owing to the success of NDTCS training program, it has acquired approval from the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act... - January 07, 2019 - NDT Consultancy Services Inc.

Galileo Announces Winners of First Ever Spark Innovation Scholarship

Three university students who are aspiring educators have been awarded Galileo Learning’s first ever Spark Innovation Scholarship. Each winning student will receive $1000 to apply to their own educational endeavors. This year’s winners are Salina Ibrahim of Loyola University in Chicago, Thanh-Nguyen Nguyen of University of California, Davis and Mayrna Dababneh of Northwestern University. - December 22, 2018 - Galileo Learning

"Spirituality for EVERYONE": A Free Gift of Multimedia Universal and Personal Spirituality

"Spirituality for Dummies" is now the "Spirituality for EVERYONE Multimedia Course," available free worldwide to schools, military, caregivers, parents, life coaches, friends, churches, and everyone. - December 21, 2018 - Sharon Janis

Johnson & Wales University Launches Student Financial Literacy Class with iGrad’s New Classroom Integration Resources

Classes Complement iGrad’s Online Financial Wellness Platform. - December 18, 2018 - iGrad

Matt Jesser Joins Beyond the Data as Co-Founder and Data Coach

Matt Jesser will join Beyond the Data to help accelerate its mission to provide fundamental data literacy skills to organizations and business professionals. - December 17, 2018 - Beyond the Data

Second Oldest Nationally-Accredited Distance Education School Gains Regional Accreditation

Citizens' High School, the second oldest Nationally-Accredited Distance Education High School has gained Regional Accreditation through the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. - December 14, 2018 - Citizens' High School

Distance Learning Systems Bolsters College Partnership Program by Adding Indiana Wesleyan University