Cenquest Partners With Hungry Minds.com to Provide Business School Knowledge to Corporate Leaders.Business Editors PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2000 Working with the learning portal broadens Cenquest's reach to deliver 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. business school content worldwide Cenquest, a leading e-learning company delivering Web-based accredited business degrees, courses and content, today announced a partnership agreement with Hungry Minds.com, the revolutionary online learning portal. The partnership will expand Cenquest's reach to potential students seeking business knowledge or full degrees. Hungry Minds.com will be one of the channels that Cenquest uses to promote its e-learning programs from University of Texas at Austin's IC2 Institute and Oregon Oregon, city, United States Oregon, city (1990 pop. 18,334), Lucas co., NW Ohio, a suburb adjacent to Toledo, on Lake Erie; inc. 1958. It is a port with railroad-owned and -operated docks. The city has industries producing oil, chemicals, and metal products. Graduate Institute of Science and Technology. Cenquest delivers cutting-edge, immediately useful, accredited business content in short, easily accessible courses based on curriculum from leading universities via the Internet. More than an education provider, Cenquest works with corporations to ensure tangible and visible results from their educational investment in employees. &uot;There is significant demand for accredited coursework coursework Noun work done by a student and assessed as part of an educational course Noun 1. coursework - work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's , especially among working professionals who may not find traditional graduate education feasible,&uot; said LaVonne Reimer Young, Cenquest president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . &uot;Many professionals are looking to online programs to help advance both their careers and, in some cases, their progress toward a graduate degree. Hungry Minds.com attracts knowledge seekers who are interested in alternative learning experiences and who could benefit from Cenquest's high-quality courses.&uot; The online education market is experiencing explosive growth, as working adults' increasingly busy schedules demand greater flexibility than can be offered by traditional on-campus graduate programs. International Data Corporation predicts that online education sales will reach $9.3 billion by 2003. &uot;As the leading online learning marketplace, Hungry Minds.com must continue to update and add to its database high quality accredited courseware Educational software. See CBT and OpenCourseWare. (application) courseware - Programs and data used in Computer-Based Training. for graduate-level learners,&uot; said Senior VP of Business Development &Sales Gary Millrood. &uot;Cenquest's innovative course offerings, directed toward the educational needs of busy professionals, will add tremendous value as we increase our customer base.&uot; About HungryMinds.com Hungry Minds.com, a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , is the online learning portal geared Portal axles are an offroad technology where the axle tube is above the centre of the wheel hub. Compared to normal layout, this enables the vehicle to gain a higher ground clearance, as both the axle tube and differential casing are tucked up higher under the vehicle. toward lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organisations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. for adults. Stuart Skorman Stuart Skorman is a serial entrepreneur who founded four companies - Empire Video, Reel.com, HungryMinds.com, and Elephant Pharmacy. He is best known for pioneering new business models and marketing them to baby boomers. , founder and CEO of Hungry Minds.com and founder and former CEO of Reel.com, is one of the first successful entrepreneurs starting his second Internet company. This rapidly growing start-up has 70 full-time employees from a variety of backgrounds including techies, editors, writers, researchers, instructional designers, teachers and a variety of Internet executives and producers. The company has already secured partnerships with many top Internet, media and publishing companies, and prominent universities, including UC Berkeley Extension, Monster.com and Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. Press. For more information, visit the Hungry Minds.com Web site at www.hungryminds.com. About Cenquest Cenquest's e-learning solutions set the standard for graduate-level online business education through a high-quality, Web-based learning experience. The company provides a viable, productive alternative to traditional on-campus study and delivers industry-responsive graduate degrees and courseware granted through respected universities worldwide. More than an education provider, Cenquest works with corporations to ensure tangible and visible results from their education investment. By providing and administering courses that target specific knowledge and skills needs, Cenquest reduces overall corporate costs. The immediate and long-term benefit of this focused approach is a return-on-investment unparalleled among corporate education alternatives. For more information on Cenquest, visit www.cenquest.com. Hungry Minds.com is a trademark of The Knowledge Project, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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