University of Houston-Victoria (UHV) will offer an online Master of Education in Adult and Higher Education program this fall. This Master of Education program is aimed at meeting needs of educators desiring to teach or work with adults, but requiring online offerings to work within time slots more convenient for them.
Approved by The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Master of Education program offers three concentration areas – adult education, higher education and instruction. It will enable educators to qualify for the positions of athletic director, curriculum specialist, department chairman, program director, health educator, human resources director and more.
The online Master of Education program requires 36 semester credit hours with 15 core course hours, three hours of research and a combination of 18 hours in adult or higher education. A requirement of 39 semester credit hours has to be met for the instruction concentration.

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The University of Kansas is in the process of expanding it's online education offerings via distance education courses. The University's Continuing Education department already offers 150 independent study courses with about 120 offered online, but they don't want to stop there. The department is doing a self-evaluation, trying to determine how they can organize their distance education program in a the best way to facilitate the offering of more courses through online media.

The distance learning classes allow students to receive KU credit and utilize the same materials and methods that on-campus classes offer. The tuition rates are also the same, except for some additional course fees of $30 per credit hour. The revenue from this fee helps to fund the independent study program and goes towards developing and offering new classes.

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The Higher Education Ministry of Saudi Arabia on Monday announced plans to establish an electronic university shortly. This is something that has been in the planning stages for almost two years, with the goal of providing distance education master's and bachelor's degrees. The proposed university would work hand-in-hand with internationally renowned electronic universities, and education centers will be established in different parts of the Kingdom to serve students who join the university.

The second international conference on electronic and distance education will be held in Riyadh next week, so the timing seemed right to unveil the electronic university plans to the public. The conference will feature 109 international speakers discussing over 70 research topics, and is a great opportunity to prepare the Kingdom for electronic and distance education of the future.