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Culinary & Restaurant Management

January 1st, 2012

A Culinary Arts Management degree program not only prepares students important skills in communication and group behavior but also trains them to achieve success in culinary arts.  After completing this program, students may have sharpened management skills they can use to achieve upward success in their career.

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    The Art Institute Online
    Program
    • Culinary Management (BS)
    • Hotel & Restaurant Management (BS)

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    Ashworth College
    Program
    • Hotel/Restaurant Management

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    Penn Foster
    Program
    • Hotel/Restaurant Management

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    Long Island
    Program
    • Hotel and Restaurant Management

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Operations Management Degrees and Training Programs

December 15th, 2011

Operations management professionals are employed by businesses to ensure the efficiency and safety of the production process. The on-site job of an operations manager requires him or her to wear safety hats and equipment as they engages in planning, directing and coordinating production activities. Apart from maximizing the efficiency of production personnel and keeping the production within schedule, operation managers also meet quotas and quality standards without crossing the budget limits.

Because of the supervisory nature of their job, operation managers have to work closely with other managers and financial departments. This team works towards achieving the company’s goals by developing spending plans. Hence, an operation manager must have excellent communication skill, work efficiency and organization power.

A candidate aspiring to become an operations manager must pursue college courses on supply chain management, production and inventory, customer service, accounting and finance, and management case studies. Due to the increasingly sophisticated nature of their jobs, employers prefer operations managers with the expertise to handle the changing trends. Acquiring degrees in industrial management or business administration is essential for high-level positions in this career path.

Online operations management degree programs help working adults to keep up their professional training without compromising with their current job prospects. On completing their graduation degree courses on operations management, students can pursue a career in industrial production and inventory management. Aspiring operations managers must learn to distribute their working time between production sites and office settings and handle overdue work hours for meeting production deadlines.

The job prospect of operation managers is a promising one, with near about 1,733,100 employment opportunities available throughout US. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that industrial production managers holding relevant college degrees can earn $94,400 annually.

Figures courtesy of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Employment & Wages database.

Featured Operations Management Programs

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    Boston University Online
    Program
    • Master of Science in Business Continuity, Security, & Risk Management
    • Master of Science in Banking and Financial Services Management (MSBFSM)

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    Salem International University
    Program
    • Business Administration (AS)
    • Business Administration (BS)

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    Brookline College Online
    Program
    • Bachelor of Science - Management

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    Rasmussen College Online - Accelerated
    Program
    • Business Management Bachelor's - Marketing
    • Business Management Bachelor's - Human Resources and Organizational Leadership

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    Ashford University Online - Bachelor's
    Program
    • BA/Sustainable Enterprise Management
    • BA/Service Mgmt. - Mass-Market Retail Enterprise Mgmt.
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Public Safety Admin.
    • BA/Service Mgmt. - Hospitality Enterprise
    • BA/Sports and Recreation Mgmt.
    • BA/Operations Mgmt. and Analysis
    • BA/Sports and Recreation Mgmt. - Finance
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt.
    • BA/Service Mgmt. - Non-Profit Enterprise
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Applied Behavioral Science
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Sociology
    • BA/Supply Chain Mgmt.
    • BA/Sports and Recreation Mgmt. - Entrepreneurship
    • BA/Sports and Recreation Mgmt. - Project Mgmt.
    • BA/Service Mgmt. - Restaurant Enterprise Mgmt.
    • BA/Sports and Recreation Mgmt. - Marketing
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Communications
    • BA/Sports and Recreation Mgmt. - Information Systems
    • BA/Service Mgmt.
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Public Admin.
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Health Care Admin.
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - History
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Project Mgmt.
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Liberal Studies
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Political Science
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Mgmt.
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Marketing
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Human Services Admin.
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Business
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - English/Language Arts
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Early Childhood Education
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Business Admin.
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Child Study
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Education
    • BA/Organizational Mgmt. - Environmental Science

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    Capella University
    Program
    • BS - Retail Management
    • BS - Emergency Management
    • BS - Management and Leadership
    • DBA - Global Operations and Supply Chain Management
    • DBA - Strategy and Innovation
    • DBA - Business Intelligence

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    Anthem College Online
    Program
    • Business Management
    • Business Management

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    Everest University Online
    Program
    • Applied Management
    • Applied Management

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    The Art Institute Online
    Program
    • Event Management (C)

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    Argosy University Online
    Program
    • Human Resource Management (BS)
    • Healthcare Management (BS)
    • Organizational Management (BS)
    • Health Service Management (MS)
    • Management (MS)

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Education on the Social Web

December 14th, 2011

Table of Contents

  1. Education Blogs and News Sites
  2. Education in Social News
  3. Education in Social Bookmarking
  4. Education on Twitter
  5. Education Technology Startups
  6. Opensource Education
  7. Education on YouTube

Education Blogs and News Sites

Popular News Sites

  • Inside Highered – The online source for news, opinion and jobs for all of higher education.
  • Edutopia – Success stories about what works in public education.
  • Education Week – American education’s newspaper of record.
  • The Chronicle – The No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.
  • Education News – Committed to delivering premium news content where conventional news sources do not suffice.
  • New York Times Education – The education section of The New York Times
  • USA Today Education – The education section of USA Today which includes college rankings and resources
  • The Chronicle Education – A very rich and expansive resource for higher education news and blogs

Teacher Blogs

Student Blogs

Educational Resource Blogs

  • Study Hacks – The Study Hacks blog teaches students how to do (very) well without excessive stress.
  • College v2 - College v2 aims to arm students with the tricks, tips, and knowledge to put them ahead of the pack.

Education in Social News

  • Edu cats and tags on digg, reddit, mixx, stumbleupon

Education in Social Bookmarking

  • Edu tag on delicious, furl, magnolia, etc

Education on Twitter

  • university twitter accounts, teachers, students, professors, edu start ups
  • Harvard PressCambridge, New York, London. Publishes nonfiction in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
  • Yale PressFounded in 1908, Yale University Press is one of the oldest and largest American University Presses.
  • Princeton ReviewBetter Scores. Better Schools.
  • UCLA NewsroomGet the latest UCLA news delivered to you right on Twitter
  • Education WeekEducation Week, American education’s newspaper of record.
  • BusinessSchoolsA financial education and Business School Twitter Stream from MoneyScience
  • DEN (Discovery Educator Network)Connecting teachers to their most valuable resource… Each other!
  • Students 2.0We are the new horizon. We are the future of education. We are Students 2.0.
  • StudentsCreative resource for Media and Multimedia students.

Education Technology Startups

  • find edu start ups in crunch base
  • Edmodo – microblogging for students and professors only (registration required)
  • CollegeNet – Social networking with financial incentives such as financial aid and scholarships
  • SchoolNet IncEducation thought leaders and practitioners investigating, discussing and debating hot topics in education.
  • Academic EarthAn organization building a platform for video and other educational resources from top universities, think tanks, and conferences.
  • Cramster – An online study community of students, educators and subject enthusiasts.
  • Communiversity – A place for students to share their college experience so that others can learn what post-high school is really like.
  • CollegeBrain – A free Web 2.0 Course Management Service (CMS).
  • Campus Explorer – A college search engine and provides online search services for post secondary education.
  • TeacherTube – An online community for sharing instructional videos.
  • Grokit – Grockit believes that people learn better through peer-to-peer situations instead of teacher-to-student, and they are building their companies’ products around this idea.
  • Big Think – A global forum connecting people and ideas.
  • EduFire – Live video classes.
  • italki – An online language learning community.
  • LearnHub – Combines user generated content with social networking, all focused on academic education.
  • LectureShare – An e-learning environment which allows instructors to manage their course content so students can easily access course information.
  • Arabicollege – The leading provider of online Arabic courses using the most advanced technology.
  • ePals – A collaborative learning and literacy community, focused specifically on fostering reading, writing and critical thinking skills across the curriculum.
  • Supercool School – A web based system that allows users to coordinate and hold live and interactive online classes.
  • Knetwit – A proprietary platform that uses the Internet to enhance the existing educational process for students and professors.
  • TutorJam – An e-learning environment where K-12 students can connect with a tutor, anytime, 24/7, to get one-on-one homework help in math, science, English, and social studies.
  • Livemocha – An ad-supported language learning website that allows users to subscribe and complete language courses at various levels of expertise for German, English, Spanish, French, Hindi, and Mandarin Chinese.
  • Guaranteach – Provides students with quick and easy access to a variety of explanations on any given math topic.
  • learnpipe – Whatever you need, if it is learning related, learnpipe will help you to connect with the companies / people who offer the products and services that you require.

Opensource Education

  • open course ware, free online classes, etc

Education on YouTube

  • UC Berkeley – The University of California, Berkeley is the preeminent public research and teaching institution in the nation.
  • Discovery Networks – Amazing stories and experiences from the world of science, natural history, anthropology, geography, and engineering.
  • TED Talks – TEDTalks shares the best ideas from the TED Conference with the world
  • AtGoogleTalks – Featuring everyone from newsmakers to bestselling authors.
  • CareerTV - CareerTV is a website aimed at helping college grads and undergrads get their career off on the right foot.

eCornell – Online Degrees from Cornell University

December 10th, 2011

eCornell - Online Degrees from Cornell University

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eCornell, which is a party of the prestigious Cornell University, offers students an opportunity to receive an Ivy League education from the convenience of their own home. The online programs offered through eCornell are designed with working professionals in mind. New online courses start frequently and students can work through these courses at their own pace. Students can choose to pursue a variety of business programs including finance, leadership, management, and human resources. There are also several certification options for students as well.

Online courses at eCornell vary although most are typically between two and four weeks long. Students will be able to log in to their online classroom and communicate with the other students and the professor through discussion boards. These boards are always available through the online classroom which means you are not limited in the amount of your participation.

Every course that you take at eCornell has a number of assignments that each student will have to complete. Professors will help to ensure that students remain on track throughout the duration of the online course and email notifications are frequently used in this process. While the material that you will study is provided in your online classroom, students can also choose to download the information for use as an additional reference.

eCornell has been accredited by The Higher Learning Commission through the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Although the entire university is accredited, some of the specific programs at this school receive additional accreditation from specific sources.

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