Pearson Announces Cite 2013 Award Recipients


Boston (PRWEB) Might 28, 2013

This years Pearson Cite 2013 award recipients are employed at Park University, Texas Christian University, Saint Leo University and Regent University. The awards are divided into two categories Excellence in On-line Administration and Excellence in Online Teaching and honor outstanding accomplishments in on the internet larger education. As component of Pearsons efforts to encourage and help excellence in on-line greater education that drives student good results, Pearson will donate $ 1,000 to the scholarship fund of every single winners decision.

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Dr. Michael Eskey (Park University) and Dr. Brian OConnell (Saint Leo University) received the Excellence in On-line Teaching award. Dr. Eskey is a tenured, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, and he serves as the Plan Coordinator of the Criminal Justice Department. As a plan coordinator, his function contains the recruitment, training and evaluation of one hundred online instructors. Furthermore, he serves on half-time release as an on the internet instructor evaluator for Park Distance Studying. This involves the formal observation of 90 on the web instructors in all disciplines, on an annual basis. Dr. Eskey has personally created ten online courses at the undergraduate level and eight courses at the graduate level for the criminal justice applications that he has taught since his retirement from the military in 2001.

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Dr. OConnell is an Associate Professor of Education in rural Madison, Florida, where he teaches in a plan that Saint Leo University offers at North Florida Community College. The system delivers 5 bachelors degrees developed for students who can not attend classes on the major campus, which includes the universitys highly respected elementary education program. In addition to teaching in the classroom, Dr. O’Connell has not too long ago completed improvement of the course, EDU427, Educational Assessment. Operating with the instructional style team, he focused on application and analysis workout routines utilizing data collected by the state, and enhanced student engagement and interest. He also models exceptional teaching by providing detailed rubrics and powerful feedback.

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The Excellence in On-line Administration award went to Ginger K. Zillges (Regent University) and Kerrie Conover (Texas Christian University). Ms. Zillges is an Assistant Vice President of On-line Finding out and Instructional Technologies at Regent University, exactly where she has served for almost 20 years in the field of distance learning. Overseeing the Center for Teaching and Learnings instructional employees, Ms. Zillges promotes faculty assistance, development and exemplar practices in online course style and teaching. Collaborating with Info Technology, Academic Affairs and Faculty, she helped launch the very first online M.B.A. and implemented the Good quality Matters Approach for on-line courses. Ms. Zillges has completed her course operate at Old Dominion University, where she is enrolled in the Ph.D. system in Instructional Design and Technologies.

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Ms. Conover has been a Finding out Management Method Administrator for over seven years at Texas Christian University. Her instructional style, instructional technologies, and troubleshooting abilities have positively impacted TCU, and provided crucial automation solutions for each face-to-face and on the web faculty members. She has created more than 100 video tutorials for faculty and students to access from the TCU web site, in order to supply quick solutions for widespread troubles and measures in adopting and using on the web understanding tools. Ms. Conover has also created on the internet orientation courses, which all distance finding out students must full, allowing students to familiarize themselves with online learning at TCU, and allowing the institution to pull essential information points for new students and determine at danger students from the starting.

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With a lot more than 6.7 million students taking at least one particular course on the web, on the internet understanding continues to supply elevated access to learners in pursuit of quality, versatile higher education, said John Dobbertin, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Operations and Services, Pearson. This years Cite award winners are outstanding examples of the driving force behind the prevalence of on the internet studying. We congratulate these leaders for their commitment to excellence in teaching and administration that promotes student achievement.

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For more info, visit http://www.pearsoncite.com.

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About Pearson&#13

Pearson is the worlds major learning company, offering educational materials and services, organization info by means of the Economic Instances Group, and customer publishing through the Penguin brand. Pearson serves learners of all ages about the globe, employing 41,000 individuals in a lot more than 70 nations. For a lot more information, pay a visit to http://www.pearson.com.

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Media Contact: Susan Aspey, susan.aspey(at)pearson(dot)com, (or) 800-745-8489

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Independent Foreclosure Review Compensation Checks Stun Recipients


Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) May 09, 2013

According to a May 8th Bloomberg report, Rust Consulting of Minneapolis, the agent responsible for compensation checks according to the Independent Foreclosure Review (IFR) Payment Agreement, said yesterday that “a clerical error led to some borrowers in the May 3, 2013, wave of payments being sent checks for less than the amount that the Federal Reserve directed those borrowers to be paid.” Rust has corrected the mistake and announced its intentions to mail supplemental checks to affected borrowers as soon as May 17, 2013, making up for the insufficient amounts qualifying homeowners were to be paid.

“Concerned recipients will have a letter explaining the reason for the error will be included with the supplemental check,” says Jenna Thuening, owner of Home Destination. “Many caught in the Minnesota foreclosure timeline are eager to gain some sense of closure to the hardships following losing their homes.”

4.2 million individuals are or will gain the Independent Foreclosure Review compensation checks they have been waiting for. Regulators are dividing $ 3.6 billion in payments among the qualifying recipients; of these, 2.4 million homeowners are receiving $ 300. The correct total foreclosure reimbursement amounts are categorized on the Federal Reserve Boards website.

The recipients of the foreclosure compensation checks are mortgage loan borrowers whose homes were in any stage of a foreclosure process during 2009 or 2010, and whose mortgage servicers were among the 13 companies, or their subsidiaries or affiliates. Compensation checks began to go out in the mail April 12.

According to the OCC website, regulators at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve board announced that all 4.4 million people who received a foreclosure notice in 2009 or 2010 could expect to receive a compensation check, regardless of whether they suffered any harm or were wronged. All things being even, the $ 3.6 billion allocated to the indicated homeowners would find a medium of everyone gaining a check just over $ 800.

Eventually, regulators established 11 categories in hopes to extend more money for homeowners who suffered greater harm. A “completed foreclosure” of a borrower protected by bankruptcy law, for example, would yield at minimum a $ 31,250 payout. Others would receive just $ 300, states Business Wire in a press release titled “Rust Provides Update on Independent Foreclosure Review Settlement Payments”. The Fed acknowledges the erroneous compensation payments have been sent, and says they will be corrected.

The OCC offers details of the IFR compensation categories. However, a recent GOA assessment of the process indicates tangles in the job and suggests lessons that can be learned from the process.

Questions remain as to the description of exactly what situations fall into which categories. The “Other ($ 3,000 & Up)” category comprises significant numbers that are unspecified.

In January, legislators seeking to help stop the foreclosure crisis, including Representative Maxine Waters,Senator Robert Menendez, together with Representatives Brad Miller and Luis Gutierrez, requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) monitor the Independent Foreclosure Review process. On April 17, 2013, the GAO issued its second report on the topic, unveiling a list of shortcomings. The report revealed that although regulators publicly released more information on the foreclosure review process than is typically disclosed in connection with a consent order, key elements of communication are missing, explaining why compensation checks stun recipients.

Compensation Categories As Outlined By The Regulators:


Modification Request Approved ($ 300 – $ 500)

Modification Request Denied ($ 1,000 – $ 6,000)

Modification Request Received – but no underwriting decision made ($ 400 – $ 800)

Servicer Did Not Engage With Borrower – in a loan modification or other loss mitigation action ($ 300 – $ 600)

Other Loans ($ 300 – $ 500)

Other Loans ($ 3,000 – $ 125,000)

Questions about the status of the check or any other inquiries regarding the Independent Foreclosure Review should be given to Rust Consulting; as they are the paying agent for the Federal Reserve Board. Rust Consulting is the agency intended to handle questions and provide answers. The Federal Reserve Board promises to continue monitoring the payments closely and encourages borrowers who have concerns or experience difficulties cashing their checks to call Rust at 1-888-952-9105.

Home Destination is a Certified Distressed Property Expert who is passionate to help Minneapolis real estate sellers and home buyers enjoy their homes; gaining a compensation check timely and in full may be part of that. Call 613-396-7832 for guidance.







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