By Tony Bates, on August 26th, 2010
US News (2010) The average costs of a U.S. college education US News, August 24
This is an interactive graph based on figures from the National Center for Educational Statistics for the school year 2007-8 for different types of US college.
The average annual tuition (plus expenses) at a private nonprofit four-year college is [...]
By Tony Bates, on August 23rd, 2010
Keith Hampson’s Higher Education Management Group blog, “And now, we hear from the defense.” (For-Profit Higher Education) brings together some of the arguments for and against for-profit higher education in the USA.
See also his personal post on this topic: For-Profit Higher Ed: Notes By A Sympathetic (But Impatient) Traditionalist
One of the most interesting [...]
By Tony Bates, on August 16th, 2010
Archibald, R. and Feldman, D. (2010) Why does college cost so much? Forbes, August 11
If you can fight your way past the really annoying advertisements on this site, the article is very interesting in its treatment of how technology affects the costs of higher education. The authors are promoting their new book.
They [...]
By Tony Bates, on July 20th, 2010
Smith Jaggars, S. and Bailey, T. (2010) Effectiveness of Fully Online Courses for College Students: Response to a Department of Education Meta-Analysis New York: Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University.
From the abstract:
Proponents of postsecondary online education were recently buoyed by a meta-analysis sponsored by the U.S. Department of [...]
By Tony Bates, on July 20th, 2010
Parry, M. (2010) Outsourced Ed: Colleges Hire Companies to Build Their Online Courses Chronicle of Higher Education, July 18
This article suggests a change in corporate tactics regarding the commercialization of online learning. The article argues that due to the increased pressure from the US Department of Education on for-profit online institutions such as [...]
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