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org or by calling 202-336-6711. CCA's 1,270 members educate and support more than one
million students each year for employment in more than 200 occupational
fields.org. The result will be dynamic new courses
that give students a richer, more powerful learning experience and
quantifiably improved outcomes . It also
has two WebCT Certified Trainers and two more active candidates for
the designation.

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A majority
of these students are the first in their families to attend college. "By providing scholarships to more students from
low-income families, The Sallie Mae Fund is helping to increase access to
higher education for a new generation of Americans. More than half of career college students come
from families who earn less than $39,000 a year and 48 percent are ethnic
minorities."
Villanova has used the WebCT Campus Edition(TM) course management
system since 1999 to enhance traditional classes with online
components, including text, graphics, multimedia clips, discussions,
chat and assessments . "As its needs have grown,
Villanova has realized it needs to turn to an enterprise e-learning
system that can support its mission-critical e-learning initiatives.

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For the 15th
consecutive year, the University has been ranked by U.

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The program will provide $1,000
scholarships to 40 career college students, selected from a pool of 500
institutions."
Eligible career college students can obtain more information about The
Sallie Mae Fund Imagine America II Scholarships by visiting
http: //www. Eighty percent of its 8,000 students use WebCT
in their studies, including humanities, sciences and language
requirements, and more than 50 percent of classes are enhanced with
WebCT-powered online capabilities. The institution also offers special
online programs leading to a nursing doctorate , graduate degrees in
the business school, as well as advanced degrees in the College of
Engineering . The University offers a wide
variety of degree programs through four colleges: the College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Commerce and Finance, the
College of Engineering and the College of Nursing.

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Career colleges now comprise 46 percent of all postsecondary educational
institutions and educate more than one million students annually.imagine-america.

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The Sallie Mae Fund Donates $50 000 to the Career College Foundation

Villanova Faculty to Acquire New Course-Building Options with WebCT Vista; Content Management Functionality Will Enable Integration of Learning Objects from Mu

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Grant to Provide Scholarships to Career College Students

RESTON, Va.----Villanova
University, a perennial number one school in the U.

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"We are committed to ensuring that young adults with limited resources can
realize the promise of a postsecondary education," said Susan Corsini , vice
chair of The Sallie Mae Fund. As
such, it moderates a WebCT-powered Online Faculty Forum for new and
veteran instructors to share ideas."

About Villanova

Villanova University is an independent coeducational institution
of higher learning founded by the Augustinian Order of the Roman
Catholic Church which welcomes students of all faiths.

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, The Sallie Mae Fund, a charitable
organization sponsored by Sallie Mae, today announced that it will donate
$50,000 to the Career College Foundation to establish The Sallie Mae Fund
Imagine America II Scholarship Program.S.com /newug
for upcoming user events).
WebCT Vista is the perfect foundation for the university's growing
e-learning programs and plans for integration with other academic
technologies.com

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News and
World Report as No.

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Business Editors/Education Editors/High-Tech Editors

LYNNFIELD , Mass.
"Villanova has an excellent academic tradition that aggressively
incorporates e-learning to improve its education program, and the
university has had great success with WebCT Campus Edition ," said
Carol Vallone, WebCT president and CEO.

About WebCT

WebCT has set the standard for e-learning systems in higher
education. For more
information, please visit www.

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WebCT Vista is scheduled to go live at Villanova in the fall of
2006.
"We looked closely at the enterprise -scale course management
systems market and decided WebCT Vista's unique set of features and
functions were the only ones that could meet our needs," said
Villanova CIO Stephen Fugale. Along with Drexel University and Bucks County
Community College, Villanova also co-sponsors the Northeast Regional
WebCT Users Group (see NEWUG web site at http://www.

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webct. The campus is located in
a suburban community 12 miles west of Philadelphia on a picturesque
255-acre campus.

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"With more and more students now taking advantage of our career college
system, the need for financial aid is that much more urgent," said Bob Martin,
executive director of the Career College Foundation .

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The University's Center for Instructional Technologies has
facilitated the integration of WebCT Campus Edition with its homegrown
academic portal, LDAP authentication system, SCT Banner student
information system and Library e-reserves. WebCT is supplemented with a
portfolio application and synchronous collaboration tools.

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The Sallie Mae Fund, a charitable organization sponsored by Sallie Mae,
achieves its mission -- to increase access to a postsecondary education for
America 's students -- by supporting programs and initiatives that help open
doors to higher education, prepare families for their investment, and bridge
the gap when no one else can. CCA members provide career -specific educational programs and
cover the full gamut of postsecondary education; from short-term certificate
programs, to two-and four-year associate and baccalaureate degrees to masters
and doctoral programs.S. Thousands of colleges and universities around the world -
from community colleges to large university consortia - are using
WebCT to expand the boundaries of teaching and learning .

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The Career College Foundation is a voluntary membership organization of
accredited private , postsecondary schools, institutes, colleges and
universities. News + World
Report rankings, has selected the WebCT Vista(TM) academic enterprise
system to provide faculty with powerful new course development
capabilities on a scalable infrastructure to accommodate burgeoning
e-learning growth .
Villanova's 900 full- and part-time faculty members will be able
to use the system's powerful content management capabilities to mix,
match and reassemble learning objects across courses, disciplines ,
departments and even colleges.

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"
Career colleges serve a diverse economic and ethnic student body of
students who typically face the most significant academic and financial
barriers in attending college.salliemaefund . Students and faculty are
provided secure Web-based access to student services, courses,
financial information, grades and more. 1 in its region (North).

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For more information visit http://www. Further in the future, Villanova will have the option of hosting
e-learning programs of smaller schools in the Philadelphia region,
which has one of the nation's highest concentration of higher
education institutions. Villanova's
annual enrollment consists of about 6,125 undergraduate students with
a total of 10,000 students, incorporating the Law School, graduate
degree and continuing studies programs .

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In addition, it offers 35
different workshops covering effective instruction via WebCT.

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The Career College Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to
providing scholarships, conducting research, elevating public awareness and
honoring achievement in career education, will run the program . By 2010,
demand for jobs requiring postsecondary career training or an associate's
degree will grow by 24 percent, according to Department of Labor predictions.
Villanova is a WebCT Institute , part of the community of WebCT
institutions with exemplary campus-wide e-learning implementations .

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"WebCT Vista was also a superior fit
because it has relationships with Oracle, Sun and SCT, which are our
partners as well. Library
e-reserves are also housed within the WebCT environment. Based in Lynnfield, Mass., WebCT provides a highly flexible
e-learning environment that empowers institutions across the
educational spectrum with the ability to achieve their unique
objectives.

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"The Sallie Mae Fund's
contribution will go to work immediately to help career college students
throughout the United States. For more information visit
http://www.webct.

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