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Sherry, A. (2010) As for-profit colleges flourish, focus turns to grads’ success and debt Denver Post, January 17 A Denver Post examination of graduation rates, loans, default rates and other federal Department of Education data found that on many fronts, for-profit schools as a group underperform their public and nonprofit counterparts. Kolowich, S. (2010) Tuition-free, online education? Try University of the People USA Today February 22 This provides a good update on the progress of the global, tuition free University of the People. So far it has just over 300 students, and is likely to have major problems getting accreditation in the USA (which might say more [...] Keith Hampson’s Higher Education Management Group blog has an interview with Lloyd Armstrong, the Provost of the University of Southern California, on change in universities. Armstrong’s comments are what I should have written in response to the Tapscott and William’s article. This interview indicates clearly why Clayton Christensen’s theory of disruptive change is not working in the [...]
© woodleywonderworks photostream Eduventures (2009) Where Teacher Education and Online Programming Meet: Supporting Field Experiences in Online Initial Teacher Licensure Programs Boston MA: Eduventures Inc This study by a higher education research and consulting firm examines best practice in five institutions offering online teacher education: Walden University, Nova South Eastern University, University of Southern [...] Parry, M. (2010) Online Scheme Highlights Fears About Distance-Education Fraud The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 14 Every once in a while comes along a story about distance education that I love to read. This is one of them (the comments are also fun to read). The scam that the woman pulled was so elaborate and netted [...] |
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