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DeVry University
DeVry University (DeVry) offers flexible, career-oriented degrees, both face-to-face and online. It presently offers associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees, and seeks to become a leading global provider of career-oriented educational services/
Headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, US, DeVry has 5400 fulltime and parttime employees. Students are offered flexible scheduling and the option of taking courses either exclusively online, or via DeVry’s 80 locations across the US (and in Alberta, Canada). In 2008, there were 57,000 students enrolled.
Courses are delivered via the eCollege system. Course content may include electronic projects and exercises, CD-ROMs, study notes or lecture text, email, threaded discussion boards, and books. Courses are primarily asynchronous, though instructors may introduce a "live" chat option if they like.
Postgraduate education is pursued through DeVry’s Keller Graduate School of Management. More than 98% of postgraduate students are full-time working professionals. Postgraduate faculty members are practicing professionals hired on a course-by-course basis. DeVry Inc., is the holding company for DeVry University, Ross University, Chamberlain College of Nursing, Becker Professional Review and Advanced Academics, Inc. It is one of the largest publicly held higher education companies in North America.
The DeVry University Web site is at http://www.devry.edu/
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In 1931, Dr. Herman DeVry established a small school in Chicago to prepare students for technical work in electronics (e.g. motion pictures and radio). This school evolved into the DeVry Institute, and then finally the DeVry University of today.
DeVry Inc. was created in 1987 through the merger of DeVry Institutes and Keller Graduate School of Management, which comprise the company's largest division, DeVry University. The company completed its initial public offering in June 1991. Becker CPA Review, now the Becker Professional Review division of DeVry Inc., was acquired in 1996; Ross University was acquired in 2003; and Deaconess College of Nursing was acquired in 2005. Since 1975, 230,000 undergraduate students have graduated from DeVry.
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