Bisk Education

Bisk Education® located in the United States, was founded by Nathan M. Bisk JD, CPA (FL) in 1971 and was the first provider of distance education programs for CPAs and other working adults. Since its inception, Bisk Education has grown to become the nation’s largest exclusive facilitator of online degree and certificate programs from the nation’s leading universities.

History

Founded in 1971, Bisk Publishing, now known as Bisk Education^[1], initially provided CPA Review seminars. Soon after, Bisk introduced Bisk CPA Review^®[2] textbooks, which gave accountants a convenient self-study test preparation for the Uniform CPA Exam. Bisk Publishing then expanded into multimedia training with the introduction of Totaltape QuikPass CPA Review and CPE courses. Bisk’s CPA Review division has helped more than 140,000 candidates pass the CPA Exam. To help accounting professionals meet their mandatory reporting requirements quickly and conveniently, and gain the knowledge to excel in their profession, Bisk CPEasy^[3] was developed. Since its inception, Bisk CPEasy has awarded over 14 million CPE credit hours and currently offers over 300 multimedia continuing professional education programs in a variety of formats, including online, CD–ROM, video, DVD, audio and text. Today, Bisk CPEasy is America’s best-selling CPE program for public and industry CPAs.

As the Internet became more popular during the mid-1990s, Bisk Education launched University Alliance^®[4] (UA) to facilitate online degree and certificate programs. This introduction allowed Bisk Education to partner with leading universities to promote and deliver associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degrees, as well as individual courses and professional certificate programs online. Currently, UA connects students to more than 20 degree and 15 certificate programs through their university partners.

Company

Bisk Education produces nationally acclaimed multimedia and web-based study programs and educational products from its company-owned 100,000 square-foot national headquarters situated on a 10-acre campus in Tampa, FL. The company has developed a proprietary online Learning Management System (LMS) and e-learning technology which is the common element for all programs, providing anytime, anywhere, 24/7 online learning. The technology is also highly customizable, giving the university and instructor the tools to establish the optimum learning environment.

Bisk is totally self-contained and has an in-house technology group consisting of web developers, software engineers, network administrators, R&D engineers, educational course designers and technical writers who ensure the quality of each step of the process. In addition, Bisk has complete state-of-the-art video production and audio recording studios. When developing a course, these studios are used to record the faculty member lectures for the partnering school. These video lectures are then digitized and compressed into a format for streaming over the Internet.

Bisk Education’s vast expertise in online learning provides working adults with end-to-end, lifelong-learning solutions, allowing them to reach their personal and professional goals through education.

References

1. Bisk Education<br>
2. CPEasy<br>
3. CPAexam<br>
4. University Alliance

External links

http://www.universityalliance.com/pdfs/ScrantonScholarship091807.pdf<br>
September 18, 2007<br>
The University of Scranton and Bisk Education Award Scholarships to Foster Development of the Nation's Most Promising Teachers


http://www.universityalliance.com/pdfs/FL Legislation PR.pdf<br>
July 17, 2007<br>
State of Florida Declares Unconditional Support for CPE Self-Study Courses


http://www.baynews9.com/VideoPlayer/index.html?Online_University_226<br>
Bay News 9 - Feb. 26, 2008<br>
Online University


http://www.tampabays10.com/news/education/article.aspx?storyid=73533<br>
WTSP TV Feb. 8, 2008<br>
Degree seekers head to the web


http://www.webcpa.com/article.cfm?articleid=26290&pg=ros<br>
Accounting Today, Jan. 7, 2008<br>
How do you want your CPE?


http://www.sptimes.com/2008/01/05/Business/Campus_on_the_compute.shtml<br>
St. Petersburg Times, Jan. 5, 2008<br>
Campus on the computer