distance learning

University of Dallas Distance Learning

by Joshua Bauer January 27, 2012

Chartered in 1910, today’s University of Dallas in Irving, Texas didn’t start coming into focus until 1956, when it opened its doors to “students of all faiths and races”, welcoming the 96 initial students to a Catholic university offering graduate and undergrads numerous degree programs. Though still very much in touch with it Catholic roots, [...]

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University of Connecticut Distance Learning

by Joshua Bauer January 20, 2012

Founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, the University of Connecticut has broadened its scope some since then, expanding to regional campuses, opening schools of Law and Graduate Business in Hartford, and becoming the reigning best school in New England for several years running (US News&World Report). Combined with UConn Health Center, that’s around [...]

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University of Colorado (Colorado Springs) Distance Learning

by Joshua Bauer January 13, 2012

The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was established in 1965 to create a permanent Colorado University campus in an area already hosting classes at various extension locations. It has since become one of the “fastest growing universities in the state and nation”, becoming one of the largest employers in Southern Colorado, as well as [...]

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University of Colorado-Boulder Distance Learning

by Joshua Bauer January 6, 2012

Established in 1876, the same year Colorado became a state, the University of Colorado at Boulder stands as the flagship school in the Colorado University system and the only Rocky Mountain member of the 34 member Association of American Universities. Originally housed in the same building as the library, the janitor, and the university president, [...]

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University of Baltimore Distance Learning

by Joshua Bauer December 20, 2011

Founded in 1925, the University of Baltimore was a first a private institution designed  to “provide low-cost, part-time evening study is business and law” with a initial class of 62 law and 114 business students. A state institution fifty years later and then a full member of the University System of Maryland by 1988, today [...]

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University of Charleston (West Virginia) Distance Learning

by Joshua Bauer December 13, 2011

The University of Charleston in West Virginia was originally conceived as a Methodist seminary and spent the first year of its existence as such before becoming a college in 1889. Disaffiliated from the church and moved in to several buildings in downtown Charleston by the Great Depression, it unified under its present name by 1978 [...]

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University of Arkansas Distance Learning

by Joshua Bauer December 8, 2011

The “flagship” of the University of Arkansas system is in Fayetteville, the largest and most prestigious of the UA schools. Founded in 1871 as Arkansas Industrial University, it has evolved to become not only a nationally renowned research university, but has grown to offer both undergrad and graduate degrees programs for learners both in Arkansas [...]

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Unviersity of Arkansas (Little Rock) Distance Learning

by Joshua Bauer December 7, 2011

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock was founded 80+ years ago as the Little Rock Junior College in 1927. Striving to “serve society through the application of knowledge and research skills”, UALR has written a history beginning with just 100 students (housed in local public schools) and evolving to a 13,000+ student body seeking [...]

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