The University of Phoenix views its admissions approach as being inclusive, arguing that bricks-and-mortar universities exert a form of elitism by using grades and standardised testing as a way of restricting class size, whereas the distance-learning university can offer places to a wider student body whose priority is simply to move ahead.
Dr. MICHAEL WOLF (Professor of Medicine, Director of Health Literacy and Learning, Northwestern University): Thank you, Neal.
This event was hosted by the UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC) Scotland Committee in partnership with the Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning ( CRADALL) at Glasgow University, Stirling University, the Communities Teams in Learning Teaching Scotland and the Scottish Government Directorate for Lifelong Learning.
Ruth Northway, professor of learning disability nursing at the University of Glamorgan, said the impetus for the research came from the people with learning disabilities.
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Also with us, Michael Wolf, assistant professor of medicine and director of Health Literacy and Learning Program at Northwestern University.
Joining us now to talk about this glut of information is Michael Wolf, assistant professor of medicine, director of health literacy and learning at the Northwestern University.
Once you're hired, there are other hurdles (namely, weeks of training at LRA University, learning the intricacies of each luxury brand.) The coursework is hush hush, of course, but it may be among the cushiest of educational experiences on the planet.
Also thanks to Michael Wolf, assistant professor of medicine and director of Health Literacy and Learning Program at the Northwestern University.
David Reynolds, a professor of education at Plymouth University, said learning Welsh had "really taken off" and that any reservations about learning the local language seemed to have disappeared.
Professor Seth Grant, an expert in the molecular mechanism of learning and memory at Edinburgh University, told BBC News Online that PKM was a particular version of an enzyme called protein kinase C (PKC) that had long been implicated in learning.
The students are participating in an annual culture and language learning trip to China through the University of Maryland's Confucius Institute.
And then there's Michael Milken's UNext, a distance-learning company that has enlisted the University of Chicago and the Columbia School of Business.
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The author of the report, Arjen Wals, UNESCO Chair of Social Learning and Sustainable Development at Wageningen University, The Netherlands, presented the publication.
Changes in teaching methods or technology "have had very little influence, " says Henry Levin, an economist and expert on learning at Teachers College, Columbia University.
For instance, in 1993, Jones International University became the first fully online university accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
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The sporting event for people with learning disabilities is being hosted by the University of Bath this year and will run from 28 August to 1 September.
She said the university was using technology to create an "edgeless university" so students could access learning resources wherever they were.
One of the more unique aspects of the university is the way Deloitte integrates learning with giving back to the community.
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The announcement from the FutureLearn project sees the first major challenge from the UK, headed by the Open University, which has pioneered distance learning.
Melissa was considering institutions of higher learning with a healthy party component: the University of California at Santa Barbara, the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The planned University for Industry and the Individual Learning Accounts could transform attitudes to adult education, although the government seems to believe it can do this relatively cheaply.
"Education is more than technical learning, " says Alfred Vernis, director of university programs at Esade.
The synthesis of Windows Phone features and Lumia 900 hardware are a natural enhancement to the University's commitment to teaching and learning with technology.
Kennan spent two years in Berlin, learning Russian at Friedrich Wilhelm (now Humboldt) University and taking classes in Russian history at the University of Berlin.
Turner got the idea while teaching at McGill University in Montreal in 1992, after learning that scientists had isolated three spider genes that code for silk proteins.
The tech industry and university administrators are flooding institutions with online learning platforms, filling classrooms with new smart tools, and trying to equip their students with the digital skills that appeal to corporate employers.
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Millions of youths, from university graduates to waiters in cafes, are learning about computers these days.
Up to 15 full-time jobs are at risk as the University of Sussex proposes to axe some adult learning courses.
Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller said online university networks could "offer a high quality learning experience to anyone who wants it".
Researchers at Stanford University and MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory had activated light-sensitive neurons in the brain's hippocampus involved in the memory of fright.
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