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In the 1990s, professors at Penn State were exploring how they could use the latest technological advancement, the internet, to take what they taught in their classrooms to people all over the globe who would be learning online. These senior, tenured professors at Penn State helped pioneer online learning not just at the University but in the country.

Penn State World Campus’s comprehensive portfolio of online degree programs has been included in the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs rankings. The annual rankings, which were released January 24, recognize bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in disciplines like business, engineering, and education, as well as specialties within certain programs. The list…

In 2002, Penn State offered its first online liberal arts degree program. Over the past 20 years, the majors available in the liberal arts have expanded to more than a dozen, including history, law, psychology, economics, and political science.

The fall graduates of the Penn State World Campus Class of 2022 consist of 1,376 students from 95 different programs.

For the past 15 years, the community and economic development master’s program has helped students confront the challenges faced by community economic development practitioners.

Penn State World Campus has been recognized as a Guard-Friendly School by an organization devoted to supporting the members of the Pennsylvania National Guard. The Pennsylvania National Guard Associations (PNGAS) designated Penn State World Campus as a Guard-Friendly School that creates a supportive learning environment for Guard members who are pursuing post-secondary education. This is…

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State’s 11th annual Military Appreciation Week honors all active-duty and veteran service members, and this year highlights University faculty and staff members who serve or have served in the U.S. armed forces. Military Appreciation Week features a series of events starting November 4 and concludes at the Penn State military…

READING, Pa. — When sisters and Penn State Berks graduates Nicol Varona Cancelmo, class of 2013, and Cory Varona-Corniel, class of 2011, were growing up in the Dominican Republic, they hated their curly hair, and they spent years fighting it with chemical straightening. As adults, though, they came to embrace its natural texture, and they…

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sean Collins wants his children to inherit a planet with a future, and that’s why he enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Energy and Sustainability Policy, a program offered exclusively online by the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences through Penn State World Campus. He recently participated in a trip…