The Center for Teaching & Distance Learning regularly seeks grant funding for, or participation in projects related to distance learning or technical innovation.
IONS: Innovations for On-line Nursing Students
IONS: Innovations for On-line Nursing Students, is a project designed to develop, pilot, and disseminate a unique model of distance education training for nursing faculty and create an ongoing learning community to support nursing faculty as they become expert online educators.
The IONS project is part of the Texas State Leadership Consortium for Recruitment and Retention. Funding for the Consortium and Recruitment and Retention Projects is provided by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Carl Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998.
Texas State Leadership Consortium for Recruitment and Retention
A major activity of the Consortium for 2005-06 will be to review the strategic plan and to make needed changes to reflect planning efforts in improving recruitment and retention of students in technical education programs and providing greater breadth of participation on the advisory board.
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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is dedicated to helping Texas meet the goals of the state’s higher education plan, Closing the Gaps by 2015. Meeting those goals means a bright future of economic vitality, social independence, and civic engagement for the citizens of Texas.
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/