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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 [...] Dwyer, M. (2010) 2010 Student Surveys Macleans.Ca OnCampus, February 15 This article provides results of two student surveys conducted by Canadian universities. One is the NSSE, a survey developed primarily for United States students. The NSSE is a study of best educational practices and an assessment of the degree to which each university follows those practices. [...] I’m currently writing a book with Albert Sangra of the Open University of Catalonia on the integration of technology within post-secondary institutions.The book is being published by Jossey-Bass and should be out by the end of the year. The book is based on a variety of sources, but in particular we have drawn on case studies [...] |
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