Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually involved correspondence courses wherein the student corresponded with the school via mail. Today, it usually involves online education and the learning is usually mediated by some form of technology. A distance learning program can be completely distance learning, or a combination of distance learning and traditional classroom instruction. Other modalities include distance learning with complementary virtual environment or teaching in virtual environment (e-learning).
University of Phoenix (UoPX) is a private for-profit university headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 1976, the university confers certificates and degrees at the certificate, associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree levels. It is institutionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and has an open enrollment admissions policy for many undergraduate programs. The school is owned by Apollo Global Management, an American private-equity firm.
Capitol Technology University is a private university in South Laurel, Maryland near Washington, DC. The university was founded in 1927 as the Capitol Radio Engineering Institute by a former US Navy Radioman. CREI changed its name to Capitol Institute of Technology in 1964, changed its name again to Capitol College in 1987, and assumed its present name in 2014. Capitol offers undergraduate and graduate programs specializing in engineering, computer science, information technology, and business. It is classified among "Special Focus Institutions—Schools of Engineering" and is a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.
Western Governors University (WGU) is a non-profit private, online university based in Millcreek, Utah. The university uses an online competency-based learning model as opposed to the traditional, cohort-based class model present at most universities. The university was founded by 19 U.S. governors in 1997 after the idea was formulated at a 1995 meeting of the Western Governors Association to expand education offerings to the internet. WGU degree programs are accredited by institutional and professional accreditation bodies such as the NWCCU, ACBSP, CAEP, CAHIIM, CCNE, and the NCATE.
Damelin is a private college founded by Benjamin Damelin in 1943. Damelin has 17 campuses, and is owned by Educor group. Damelin offers degrees, diplomas and other higher qualifications, but is considered a college instead of a university due to the regulations for tertiary institutions in South Africa. Damelin is the oldest and most profitable education subsidiary owned by Educor. By November 2012, over one million students had graduated from Damelin.
Intec College is a distance education centre located in South Africa. They are associated with the International Correspondence School, founded in the United States in 1896. The Cape Town branch was founded in 1906, which is the branch associated with Intec College.
Lyceum College is a college in South Africa. It is a wholly owned division of The Education Investment Corporation Limited, (EDUCOR). It is a wholly owned division of The Education Investment Corporation Limited, (EDUCOR). ICESA Education Services Purchased Educor as a going concern, and took control thereof in January 2008.
Cape Peninsula University of Technology, a university in Cape Town, South Africa, is the only university of technology in the Western Cape province, and is also the largest university in the province, with over 32,000 students. It was formed by merging the Cape Technikon and Peninsula Technikon as well as a few other independent colleges.
Penn Foster College is a private, for-profit online college headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was founded in 1890 as International Correspondence Schools and presently offers bachelor's and associate degree programs in 22 certified programs, as well as academic certificates.
Penn Foster High School is a U.S. for-profit high school for distance learning. It was founded in 1890 as the International Correspondence Schools (ICS) Penn Foster High School is the largest high school in the United States with over 60,000 students currently enrolled across all 50 states. Programs are self-paced. The school is regionally and nationally accredited. It is headquartered in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It offers a high school diploma program and several high school concentration programs including an early college program for students looking to get a head start on their college education and vocational concentrations in carpentry, plumbing, electrical, health care, or information technology.
Bay State College is a private for-profit college in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is owned by Ambow Education Holding Ltd. of the Cayman Islands and Beijing, People's Republic of China.Bay State College is regionally accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
Doncaster College and University Centre is a further and higher education college based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is an operating division of the DN Colleges Group.
Eden College Durban is an independent school for boys and girls located in Glenmore, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, in the Republic of South Africa. It comprises a pre-primary school, a preparatory school, a middle school and a college. Eden College Durban was previously called Crawford College, Durban until 2007 and Carmel College Durban before that. Eden College has just under 500 pupils.
Fairbairn College is a public, co-educational high school in Goodwood near Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Penn Foster Career School is a U.S. for-profit, regionally and nationally-accredited distance education school offering career diploma programs and certificate programs. It was founded in 1890 as International Correspondence Schools, or ICS. Penn Foster is headquartered in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Educor is a supplier of private tertiary education in South Africa. Educor is an abbreviation for the Education Investment Corporation Limited. Educor owns various brands, including Damelin, CityVarsity, ICESA, Durban Central Technical College, Intec College, Damelin Correspondence College, and Lyceum College. Educor owns over 40 campuses and has over 280 000 students in its student population, as of 2010. In January 2008, Educor was purchased from Media 24 by National Pride Trading 452 (Pty) Ltd.
Malappuram district is an education hub of the state of Kerala, India with four universities, two medical colleges, two law colleges and several engineering and arts colleges. The city has several educational institutions from the school level to higher education. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Malabar Special Police HSS, Government Girls Higher secondary school, Govt. Boys, St.Gemmas HSS, Islahiya HSS, A.U.P School, Sree Arunodaya Vidya Nigethan etc. to name a few schools. The city is lacking an Engineering College under Government despite having the largest number of students appearing and excelling in respective entrance exams. Govt. College, Malappuram, which is the oldest college in the city, started in 1972, College of Applied Science Malappuram and Govt. College for Women started this year along with many other private colleges serves the higher educational purpose. Govt.TTI and MCT TTI are few teachers training institutes. The Regional Directorate of Higher Secondary Education and Regional Office (Malabar) of State Open School are located in the city inside the Civil Station.
Uttara Town College is a college situated near Uttara at Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 1998. It is a 5-storied building and it has a big place in front of it. The play ground is available for playing. The college has total 900 seats for students. It is privately operated and this college has its official website. It is also a university. So students can graduate from HSC and read there for higher education. The college consists of morning shift. The shift starts from 8:30 am and ends at 11:50 am.
CityVarsity School of Media and Creative Arts is a private higher education institution in South Africa with campuses in Cape Town and Johannesburg. It falls under Educor and offers full-time, short, and online degrees, diplomas, and certificates in the creative arts and media.
