University of Maryland University College has reduced undergraduate tuition to $250 per credit for dependents of active-duty military servicemembers, as well as the spouses and dependents of reservists and National Guard members. The change goes into effect with the spring 2016 term.Continue Reading
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WOW! UMUC Wins National Award for Eliminating Textbooks in All Undergraduate Courses
Move to Open Educational Resources Ensures Up-to-Date Material, Saves UMUC Students Millions of Dollars Per Year
University of Maryland University College was recognized by the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies, known as WCET, with a WCET Outstanding Work Award, or WOW Award. The award was given for UMUC’s large-scale effort to eliminate publisher textbooks and use Open Educational Resources, or OERs, in all undergraduate courses. The move is saving UMUC’s more-than-64,000 undergraduate students millions of dollars each year.Continue Reading
The Kalb Report: Sunday Talk—A Conversation with Chuck Todd and John Dickerson
For more than 60 years, Americans have turned to network television on Sunday morning for intelligent, insightful discourse on issues of politics and public policy. A proud history, however, does not guarantee future success in a digital world and a dramatically changing television landscape.
On this edition of The Kalb Report, moderator Marvin Kalb explores the past, present, and future of Sunday talk with the hosts of the two highest-rated and longest-airing public affairs programs: Chuck Todd of NBC’s Meet the Press and John Dickerson of CBS’s Face the Nation.
The Kalb Report will take place on Monday, November 9, at 8 p.m. eastern time, in the main ballroom of the National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, in Washington, D.C.Continue Reading
UMUC Launches New MBA Program in Asia
For the first time ever, University of Maryland University College (UMUC) takes its regionally accredited and award-winning Master of Business Administration (MBA) program to military bases in Asia.Continue Reading
MEDIA ADVISORY: UMUC to Host Events During National Cyber Security Awareness Month
Activities and Events in October to Promote Online Safety and Security
University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is planning events and activities to promote online safety and security during National Cyber Security Awareness Month in October. For the second consecutive year, UMUC will join the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to promote its Stop.Think.Connect.™ campaign.Continue Reading
UMUC to Develop New Math Course as Part of “First in the World” Grant from U.S. Department of Education
UMUC part of group of University System of Maryland institutions to receive nearly $3 million to develop new math pathways to boost retention and college completion
University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is part of a group of University System of Maryland (USM) institutions and Maryland community colleges that has received a nearly $3 million U.S. Department of Education “First in the World” grant over the next four years to develop mathematics pathways that will lead to improved retention and college completion.Continue Reading
UMUC to Spin Off Data Analytics Division Into New Company Providing Business Intelligence Products and Services To Universities Nationwide
The University System of Maryland Board of Regents today approved a University of Maryland University College (UMUC) plan to spin off its Office of Analytics into a new company, HelioCampus, that will provide business intelligence products and services to universities nationwide.Continue Reading
The Kalb Report—Inside Baseball: A Conversation with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred
Event will be held on Monday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m., at the National Press Club
“Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.”
—Jacques Barzun
On January 25, 2015, Rob Manfred became just the tenth person in history to hold the office of Commissioner of Baseball.Continue Reading
Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper to Keynote UMUC Cybersecurity Scholarship Gala, Sept. 12
Event has raised more than $1.5 million to support UMUC Cybersecurity students since 2011
James R. Clapper, director of national intelligence, will be the keynote speaker at the third University of Maryland University College Cyber Gala, an event that has raised a total of $1.5 million since 2011 to fund scholarships for deserving UMUC Cybersecurity students.Continue Reading
UMUC Named Global Educator of the Year
With a personal endorsement from NBA legend Magic Johnson, University of Maryland University College (UMUC) was named Educator of the Year by the World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C., during its annual Global Education Gala on June 9.Continue Reading
