University’s relationship with Pearson remains cloudy

Diane Newberry, Editor-in-Chief
April 30, 2018
In November 2017, Strategic Plan Goal Three Project Manager Jeffrey Holm said the fall 2018 semester was the “go-live watch date” for the University of North Dakota’s digital push. Four months later, the university has signed a contract with Pearson Online Learning Services and two UND gr...
Pearson still in play

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer
January 23, 2018
Last December, the Dakota Student reported that UND was in talks with academic resource giant Pearson in regards to revamping online education. The deal, if agreed on, would involve Pearson taking part in online education marketing as well as creating infrastructure for the classes themselves. When we s...
Digital classroom

Diane Newberry and Jacob Notermann
November 29, 2017
As the semester comes to a close, faculty have begun to be notified about the potential for the University of North Dakota to enlist the help of Pearson Online Services in the infrastructure of online classes. This move would be in an effort to fulfill Goal Three of the university’s Strategic Plan,...