American Public University System Honored by Renowned International Nonprofit Group Committed to Excellence in Online Higher Education.The Sloan Consortium to Present APUS with the 2009 Ralph E. Gomory Trained as a mathematician, Dr. Ralph E. Gomory first became a researcher and then an executive at IBM. Through his own research he created new areas of applied mathematics and later, both participated in and oversaw, the development of a broad range of critical new technologies. Award for Quality Online Education at Annual Conference CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- In recognition of outstanding quality in online learning, The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) will present American Public University System The American Public University System (APUS) is an online learning university that includes American Military University and American Public University. APUS maintains corporate and academic offices in Charles Town, West Virginia and administrative offices in Manassas, (APUS) with the 2009 Ralph E. Gomory Award for Quality Online Education at the 15th Sloan-C Annual International Conference in October. APUS is a regionally and nationally accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. online institution of higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. operating through two universities, American Military University American Military University (AMU) is a private, for profit online university and a member institution of the American Public University System. It is one of the oldest and largest online universities. and American Public University, which educate more than 53,000 adult learners Adult learner is a term used to describe any person socially accepted as an adult who is in a learning process, whether it is formal education, informal learning, or corporate-sponsored learning. worldwide. The Ralph E. Gomory Award for Quality Online Education honors the institution that best demonstrates its commitment to assessing and improving the quality of its online education programs through quantitative application of the Sloan-C Quality Pillars; specific characteristics that exemplify best practices in online higher education. The five interdependent pillars, upon which quality online education practices are based, include: access, learning effectiveness, scale, student satisfaction and faculty satisfaction. "The consortium recognized American Public University System primarily for its excellence in collecting analytics across the enterprise - from managing enrollment and retention to assessing outcomes in student learning and faculty satisfaction," said Dr. Burks Oakley III of Sloan-C. "APUS has designed and implemented a sound and effective data-driven approach to managing all aspects of the learning enterprise in a manner that is exemplary of the world's best online educational practices." The Sloan Consortium is an organization of universities, colleges and institutions committed to advancing effective practices in online education and expanding the quality of online higher education. "It is a tremendous honor to be recognized by this prestigious community of higher education institutions," said Dr. Frank McCluskey, Provost of APUS. "We shaped our institutional practices around the Sloan-C Quality Pillars and they have become an integral part of our institution and mission. We believe that they accurately represent the foundation by which online students are best served and through their application, learning is most effective." "The heart of our university's approach to academic quality is data-driven decision-making to measure learning. Each day we utilize our data warehouse, graphical dashboards, standard statistical measures, semantic analysis Semantic analysis may refer to:
APUS embraces the Community of Inquiry Framework survey as an end of course survey to measure student engagement and learning, as part of its daily effort to improve learning. In addition, the institution uses many nationally benchmarked tools such as the Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress (MAPP MAPP Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential MAPP Mid-Continent Area Power Pool MAPP Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (Palm Beach County Health Department) MAPP Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting ), National Survey of Student Engagement The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) (pronounced: nessie) is a survey instrument used to gauge the level of student participation at universities and colleges in Canada and the United States as it relates to learning. (NSSE NSSE National Survey of Student Engagement (Indiana University) NSSE National Study of School Evaluation NSSE National Special Security Event (US) NSSE National Security Special Event ) and the Major Field Test--a comprehensive outcomes assessment designed to measure the critical knowledge in a particular field--to benchmark students against national norms for continuous improvement. Dr. Phil Dr. Phil may refer to:
Wallace E. Boston, Jr., President of APUS, stated, "Congratulations to our faculty and staff who continually apply best practices to the classroom and remain dedicated to providing the best possible higher education to students. Our university community is grateful for their hard work and unyielding commitment to student success." "I respect and appreciate the Sloan Consortium's leadership in researching and promoting best practices in online higher education and I am grateful that our university has been recognized by this talented community of higher education leaders," added Mr. Boston. The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) is an institutional and professional leadership organization dedicated to integrating online education into the mainstream of higher education, helping institutions and individual educators improve the quality, scale, and breadth of online education. Sloan-C supports the collaborative sharing of knowledge and effective practices to improve online education in learning effectiveness, access, affordability for learning and providers, and students and faculty satisfaction. For more information, visit www.sloan-c.org. About American Public University System American Public University System (APUS) includes American Public University and American Military University and educates more than 53,000 adult learners worldwide. APUS's relevant curriculum, affordability and flexibility helps working adults pursue degrees in subjects ranging from homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States to management and liberal arts liberal arts, term originally used to designate the arts or studies suited to freemen. It was applied in the Middle Ages to seven branches of learning, the trivium of grammar, logic, and rhetoric, and the quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. . A university book grant supplies textbooks at no cost for eligible undergraduate students. For more information, visit www.apus.edu. |
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