Clarifying How Accreditation Works for Programs Marketed by UMassOnline
Here’s an online site that recently highlighted UMassOnline and the programs offered through our consortium on behalf of the five University of Massachusetts campuses. And while we’re grateful for the attention, as always, there’s just one technical thing that should be noted. The site says: Accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, […]
USDLA 2010 National Conference Keynote
USDLA is the United States Distance Learning Association. If you’re not that familiar with the organization, here’s a brief introduction from their own description: The United States Distance Learning Association was the first nonprofit Distance Learning association in the United States to support Distance Learning research, development and praxis across the complete arena of education, […]
UMassOnline Reaches Milestone of 90 Degree and Certificate Programs Online
OK, this isn’t exactly ‘Stop the Presses’ news for the mainstream media, but this past week our 90th online program was launched. In a way, numbers can mean very little. Is a person, for example, who has seen 100 foreign countries more worldly than one who has been to fewer? Not necessarily. And, as a […]
Sloan Study of Online Learning, Chaired by UMass President Jack Wilson, Gains Key Faculty Insights
More than one-third of public university faculty have taught an online course while more than one-half have recommended an online course to students, according to an unprecedented study of administrative and faculty views toward online learning released today by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities-Sloan National Commission on Online Learning.
Those facts come from the 2-volumne […]



