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Center for Transforming Student Services (CENTSS) Names Capella University's Career Services a Best Practice.


Online University Serves More Than 16,000 Online Degree Students

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Center for Transforming Student Services (CENTSS) has identified the career services provided by Capella University Capella University is a private for-profit distance institution of higher learning. Capella University offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral (PhD and PsyD) degrees in business, technology, education, human services and psychology.  (www.capella.edu) as a best practice in providing student services online, specifically the online university's career services related to resume development and CV training.

Capella, which is an accredited accredited

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 online university and a leader in online education, offers its 16,000 online degree students career planning and development from enrollment through graduation, including one-on-one career guidance and job search assistance. Capella staff members Julie Ofstedal and Amy Olmscheid have been instrumental in Capella's efforts in this area.

"Upon making these tools available to our students, we saw an immediate improvement in the quality of resume and CV drafts being submitted for review. They have been tremendously helpful in providing guidance to a large number of students simultaneously," Ofstedal said.

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 CENTSS, "these services demonstrate ways in which institutions make effective services available over the Internet, providing models for other institutions to emulate."

The Center for Transforming Student Services (www.centss.org) is a virtual resource for 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.
 institutions interested in assessing the quality of their student services offered via the Web.

More than 120 companiesCosuch as Boeing, Johnson & Johnson, Farmers Insurance, and XeroxCohave selected Capella University as an education provider and offer tuition discounts and reimbursement Reimbursement

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 for their employees.

About Capella University

Founded in 1993, Capella University is an accredited(a) online university that offers graduate degree programs in business, information technology, education, human services, and psychology, and bachelor's degree programs in business and information technology. Within those areas, Capella offers 76 graduate and undergraduate specializations and 16 certificate specializations. The online university currently serves 16,000 students from all 50 states and 63 countries. It is a national leader in online education, committed to providing high-caliber academic excellence and pursuing balanced business growth. Capella University is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Capella Education Company Capella Education Company (NASDAQ: CPLA) is an education services holding company which owns for-profit, online Capella University and other assets.

What is now the Capella Education Company was founded in 1991 by Stephen Shank, former CEO of Tonka Corporation.
, headquartered in Minneapolis. For more information, please visit http://www.capella.edu or call 1-888-CAPELLA (227-3552).

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 Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) is one of six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and Council for Higher Education Accreditation. , located at 30 N. LaSalle Street LaSalle Street is a major north-south street in Chicago named for Sieur de La Salle, an early explorer of Illinois. The portion that runs through the Loop is considered to be Chicago's financial district. For most of its length, the street has the address 150 West. , Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602-2504, (312) 263-0456, www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org.

Learn more about earning an online degree at Capella University:

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distance learning (http://www.capella.edu/distance_learning.aspx),

online university (http://www.capella.edu/online_university.aspx),

online learning (http://www.capella.edu/online-learning-degree-programs.aspx).
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