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Panelist Profile: Lisa Sax Mahoney

Posted on May 18, 2017 (November 19, 2018) by Jacqueline Arnold

We are pleased to have Lisa Sax Mahoney, Director, National College Credit Recommendation Service, join us at the Saylor Higher Education Summit for a panel on employer-education partnerships. Lisa has vast experience on workforce degree completion partnerships and will offer insights learned from her role as a director of corporate partnerships at a public college, […]

Need to jumpstart that minor in Craft Beer Studies? We might be able to help…

Posted on December 4, 2014 (November 19, 2018) by Sean Connor

Did you know… …that Paul Smith’s College has announced a new minor program in “craft beer studies and operations”? And did you further know… …that the craft beer minor includes “a collection of business courses in management, marketing, advertising and promotion, in addition to practical coursework in brewing and the business of beer“? And did […]

Bellevue University: New Transfer Partner and Innovative Leader in Online Education

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Devon Ritter

We are happy to announce yet another partner school willing to accept transfer of Saylor.org’s three NCCRS credit recommended college courses! Our new friends at Bellevue University have joined the ranks of our partners in the higher education space who are committed to the idea of providing students with flexible and affordable degree options. This addition […]

Saylor Summer School 2013: 10 Weeks, 9 Credits, No Excuses.

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Sean Connor

We’re pleased to announce an exciting — and experimental! — summer project. Here’s the gist: for the next ten weeks, we’re going to run sessions for three of our best courses — with the possibility of getting real, portable college credit (yeah, with caveats*). We’d call it a MOOC, but that’s soooo 2012, don’t you […]

MOOC News & Reviews: An Interview with Tina Grant, NCCRS

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Marissa Citro

If you’ve been having a slow start to your Friday morning, or just been cruising (or carousing) around for some interesting news, you might have noticed the article, MOOC Credit Watch – Q&A with the National College Credit Recommendation Service. In this piece, MOOC News & Reviews‘ Robert McGuire interviews NCCRS Director Tina Grant. The breakdown: NCCRS, affiliated with […]