Open online course titled “Perspectives on Disability"

This fall, Northern Illinois University is offering its first open online course, “Perspectives on Disability,” led by College of Health and Human Sciences professor Greg Long, a Presidential Teaching Professor in the School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders. The 10-week experience is a streamlined version of the for-credit AHRS 200, a general education course entitled, “Disability in Society.”

Read about this course here.

Online nursing degree programs ranked by U.S. News

There are a growing number of online nursing degree programs. You can get an LPN, RN, BSN, & MSN by completing your coursework online.

U.S. News evaluated several factors to rank the best online nursing degree programs, including faculty credentials, graduation rates, and student services and technologies. Their "Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs" include:

#1 Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI

#2 Lamar University
Beaumont, TX

#3 University of Michigan--Flint
Flint, MI

The full U.S. News ranking list of online nursing programs can be found here.

You'll see that they ranked these online nursing schools according to:

• Faculty Credentials & Training
• Student Services & Technology
• Student Engagement
• Admissions Selectivity