{"id":62516,"date":"2015-01-07T10:57:13","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T16:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=62516"},"modified":"2015-01-07T10:57:13","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T16:57:13","slug":"u-s-news-ranks-vcsu-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=62516","title":{"rendered":"U.S. News ranks VCSU high"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"vcsu\"<\/a>Valley City\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Both of Valley City State University\u2019s online degree programs\u2014its Master of Education (M.Ed.) and Bachelor\u2019s Degree programs\u2014have been nationally ranked in the 2015 U.S. News<\/em> Best Online Programs.<\/p>\n

VCSU\u2019s online M.Ed. is ranked 54th among 252 programs listed in the Graduate Education rankings, and in the Best Online Bachelor\u2019s Program category, VCSU is ranked in the top third, coming in 111th of 297 listed programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.S. News<\/em> online education rankings provide a moment in the spotlight,\u201d said VCSU President Tisa A. Mason, \u201cbut beyond the accolades is the solid body of work our faculty and staff do in providing these transformational programs to students who need online access to advanced educational opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur founding as a teacher\u2019s college in 1890 was predicated on the need to provide teachers for North Dakota,\u201d said President Mason. \u201cWe\u2019ve progressed in the 125 years since then, and successfully offering highly valued online instruction\u2014particularly the Master\u2019s in Education with its far-reaching impact on K-12 teachers, schools and students\u2014indicates that we\u2019ve stayed true to our mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

Criteria and weights for the Best Online Graduate Education Programs rankings include:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022 student engagement (35 percent)<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022 student services and technology (20 percent)<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022 admissions selectivity (15 percent)<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022 faculty credentials and training (15 percent)<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022 peer reputation (15 percent)<\/p>\n

Best Online Bachelor\u2019s Programs criteria and weights include:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022 student engagement (40 percent)<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022 faculty credentials and training (20 percent)<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022 peer reputation (20 percent)<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022 student services and technology (20 percent)<\/p>\n

U.S. News<\/em> surveyed colleges and universities with online programs to obtain data for the rankings. Graduation rates, class sizes, retention rates, student indebtedness, technological infrastructure, and percentage of faculty with terminal degrees and with tenure were among the many factors that were considered in ranking online programs.<\/p>\n

More information on the rankings is available at www.usnews.com\/education\/online-education<\/a>.<\/p>\n

VCSU\u2019s fully accredited M.Ed. program is offered completely online to meet the needs of practicing teachers. Concentrations in the M.Ed. program at VCSU include Elementary Education, English Education, Library and Information Technologies, Teaching and Technology, Teaching English Language Learners, and Technology Education. More information about the program is available at www.vcsu.edu\/graduate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

VCSU offers online Bachelor\u2019s Degree programs in Business Education, Business Process Integration Management, Career and Technical Education, English Education, History Education, Professional Communication, and Technology Education. More information can be found online at distancelearning.vcsu.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valley City\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Both of Valley City State University\u2019s online degree programs\u2014its Master of Education (M.Ed.) and Bachelor\u2019s Degree programs\u2014have been nationally ranked in the 2015 U.S. News Best Online Programs. VCSU\u2019s online M.Ed. is ranked 54th among 252 programs listed in the Graduate Education rankings, and in the Best […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-valley-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62516"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62518,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62516\/revisions\/62518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}