Nova Southeastern University Announces it will Offer Degree Programs in Southeast Asia; NSU's Fischler School of Education and Human Services Signs Online Teaching Agreements with Malaysian Universities.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla. -- Nova Southeastern University History Originally named Nova University of Advanced Technology,[7] the university was chartered by the state of Florida in 1964[8][9] as a graduate institution in the physical and social sciences. has become the first American First American may refer to:
In the winter term of 2006, students at two Malaysian universities, HELP University College in Kuala Lumpur, the capital, and Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) is the previous Sultan Idris Training College for Malay Teachers. The Training College was founded by R. O. Winstedt and was officiated by Sir W. George Maxwell on November 29, 1922. in Selangor, the country's largest and most populous state, will be able to take courses at NSU's Fischler School of Education and Human Services. Under the historic agreements, NSU's Fischler School will offer master's and doctoral degrees to students and faculty at the two leading Malaysian institutions. At least some of the instruction will be in the field of instructional technology and distance education, offering graduate-level training in how to design curriculum and use technology to teach at a distance. Upon graduation, students will receive degrees from both NSU NSU Nonspecific urethritis, see there and their home institutions. NSU faculty will also work collaboratively with Malaysian professors to infuse in·fuse v. 1. To steep or soak without boiling in order to extract soluble elements or active principles. 2. To introduce a solution into the body through a vein for therapeutic purposes. technology into Malaysian classrooms. "The agreements with HELP and UPSI UPSI Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris UPSI Universal Power Systems Inc UPSI Unprotected Sexual Intercourse UPSI United Property Services, Inc. (Exton, Pennsylvania) UPSI Universities Police Science Institute fit neatly with the Fischler School's strategic plan for expanding offerings and training into the Southeast Asian market, a region which is widely reported as the most promising opportunity for U.S. and other universities with expertise in distance education," said H. Wells Singleton, Ph.D., University Provost/Education Dean. In 2004, NSU became the first and only non-Korean university to partner with a South Korean cyber university when its Fischler School signed an agreement with Daegu Cyber University Daegu Cyber University is an accredited South Korean online university. Its physical headquarters is located near Daegu in neighboring Gyeongsan City, North Gyeongsang province. in Daegu, South Korea. As a result of that agreement, a dozen South Korean students in Daegu are progressing through the university's Master of Science program in Instructional Technology and Distance Education. Malaysia is the technology and economic center of a region which includes 500 million people. Government officials and business leaders there see education as key to expanding the country's economy. Earlier this year, Singleton joined NSU President Ray Ferrero, Jr., and other university administrators on Opportunity Malaysia 2005, a South Florida trade delegation which visited the country to foster cultural and economic ties. NSU has a strong international student body, as well as global representation in its academic faculty and staff. In 2004, roughly 1,200 NSU students attended classes in international sites as far-flung as Korea, and as nearby as the Bahamas. |
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