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SAN DIEGO, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE: BPI) and its Mobile Classroom Product and Development Team have just released a significant update for Ashford Mobile and Rockies Mobile app users on both Apple® and Android®-powered tablets. These online classroom apps offer an expansive connection with the online learning experience to students and faculty of Ashford University and University of the Rockies, academic institutions owned by Bridgepoint....
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Improvisational comedy, also known as improv, is a form of performance art in which participants use acting techniques to perform spontaneously. Dr. Allen Cornelius, a psychology professor at University of the Rockies, an online and on-campus university offering master's and doctoral degree programs in social and behavioral sciences, has discovered distinct parallels between improvisational comedy and professional counseling...
SAN DIEGO, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE: BPI), a provider of innovative solutions that advance learning, has announced that executives from the company will participate in the Credit Suisse 14(th) Annual Global Services Conference on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Arizona. The company's presentation will be at 12:30 p.m. Arizona/Pacific Time, and will be audio webcast live on the Investor Relations section of the...
SAN DIEGO, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities (APSCU) awarded its highest honor, the Graduate Recognition for Excellence, Achievement and Talent (GREAT) Award, to Ohio's Debra Stewart in a March 7 ceremony on Capitol Hill. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120308/LA67109) "I am speechless. I am very excited, honored and humbled to receive this award," said Stewart. "I can only imagine that there are so many...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- University of the Rockies, an online and on-campus graduate university specializing in social and behavioral sciences, has further established itself as a research-based institution providing students with extensive exploration and publishing opportunities. Dr. Debora Scheffel, who has more than 30 years higher education experience, has been named the university's first dean of research. She will be responsible for the new...
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE: BPI) has announced that Andrew "Andy" Miller has joined its board of directors. Miller brings more than 28 years of experience in leading and growing innovative companies to the board of Bridgepoint Education. He currently serves as the president and chief executive officer of Polycom, Inc., the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC) and a provider of video collaboration, voice and...
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgepoint Education (NYSE: BPI) will release its fourth quarter 2011 financial results before market open on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. The Company will host a conference call and webcast for investors and analysts to discuss these results at 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Time)/8:30 a.m. (Pacific Time) the same day. Participants should call 888-245-0988 (United States/Canada) or 913-312-1429 (International) and request the Bridgepoint Education call or...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Charlita Shelton, University of the Rockies president, will moderate "Embracing Change: How to Get Unstuck and Uncover Your Next Move" at the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit on Feb. 17 in Orlando, Fla. The seventh annual event, offering professional and lifestyle success strategies to executive women of color through an array of sessions and personal assessment workshops, is being held Feb. 15-18 at the Ritz...
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Andrew Clark, chief executive officer of Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE: BPI), will join fellow tech visionaries in higher education for a panel discussion titled "Innovation in Higher Education: Disruptive or Destructive?" (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120111/LA33976) The...
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgepoint Education (NYSE: BPI), today unveiled Thuze, a digital learning environment, at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Thuze is a cloud-based, multi-platform, collaborative learning environment for students to interact with their etextbooks and each other, providing them the resources to work from their desktops one minute and on the go with their tablets and smartphones the next. Beth Aguiar, vice president of...
