Sylvan Ventures Completes Acquisition of National Technological University. Snippet: ... Ms. Singer added that while Sylvan is likely to announce new initiatives in the months to come that will underscore those commitments, neither those announcements nor today's would alter NTU's mission, its student-centered focus or the breadth of its educational offerings. "From an academic and programming standpoint, our students and university partners will see few changes," she said. NTU, which offers a range of master's degree programs in partnership with more than 50 of the nation's top-ranked university programs in engineering, information technology and management, recently began its Fall, 2002 with an enrollment of 588 degree-seeking students, and 368 non-degree students. ... National Technological University, a pioneering and leading distance-learning organization, was founded in 1984 as the first accredited "virtual" university. ... NTU is unique and truly impressive. In my personal view, it's one of the bright stars in the generally rather bleak DL universe. But enormously expensive, and thus really only accessible to people with full corporate sponsorship.
