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Mt. Sierra College Launches ``FlexLearn'' Program

[April 30, 2004]

Mt. Sierra College Launches ``FlexLearn'' Program

MONROVIA, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- April 30, 2004 -- Mt. Sierra College, a leading media arts and design, business, and technology college in the San Gabriel Valley, has introduced a relatively new concept in higher education called FlexLearn(TM). Mt. Sierra College's new FlexLearn is a flexible learning format that allows students to create their own schedule by interchangeably combining online and campus-based courses to fulfill their educational requirements. The new format is offered at no additional expense.


According to Vaughn Hartunian, Chairman, President, and CEO of Mt. Sierra College, recent advancements in Internet technology have enabled Mt. Sierra College to introduce its FlexLearn concept. Mt. Sierra College school officials note that this online capability is not only key to adapting to the hectic schedules of today's student, but to offering distance-learning options to students across the nation and the world.

Additionally, FlexLearn is expected to earn Mt. Sierra College the distinction as one of the first colleges in the nation to offer a media arts and design degree program in a total online learning format.

Through the FlexLearn program, Mt. Sierra College offers all of its programs through campus-based courses and via online delivery. Students may interchange online and campus-based coursework to complete degree requirements. This capability extends to students across the country, who can take advantage of the college's premier offerings at their convenience.

Mt. Sierra College is a private institution offering bachelor's degree programs in media arts and design, business, and technology. The school was founded in 1990 and has a successful record of providing students with practical, real-world skills using contemporary techniques and technologies.

In addition to on-campus instruction, the college delivers programs completely online. The focus of Mt. Sierra is on providing students a flexible, yet challenging academic environment. The College is known for providing a unique, high quality, "balanced education," combining the development of professional growth skills with the technical tools that employers demand in today's new economy. Mt. Sierra is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology. In 2002, the College was honored as a School of Distinction by the ACCSCT. For more information about Mt. Sierra College, log onto www.mtsierra.edu or www.mtsierra.edu/online.

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