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Some interesting information in a striking graphical form about college students in the USA, and the cost of their education – and not just dollars, from ‘The Guide to Online Colleges and Universities‘. Thanks to Burkhard Lehmann for directing this to me. Kolowich, S. (2009) The new diagnostics, Inside Higher Education, September 30 An article about three institutions, Rio Salado Community College, Purdue University, and Capella University, using data from their learning management systems to flag students ‘at risk’ of dropping out, as early as one or two weeks into a course. See also: http://www.tonybates.ca/2009/10/28/lms-wars-e-learnings-third-phase/ Bowen, G., McPherson, M., and Chingos, M. (2009) Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities Princeton: Princeton University Press From the publisher’s synopsis: ‘A sobering fact–less than 60 percent of the students entering four-year colleges in America today are graduating. Why is this happening and what can be done? Crossing the Finish Line… provides [...] Jaschik, S. (2009) Rise in Distance Enrollments Inside Higher Education, April 6 Extracts: ‘A national survey of colleges by the Instructional Technology Council, an affiliate of the community college group, found that distance enrollments grew 11.3 percent from fall 2006 to fall 2007, the most recent period for which full data are available. Last year, the survey [...] Giguère, L. (2009) The Impact of ‘Virtualization’ on Independent Study Course Completion Rates: The British Columbia Open University Experiment Journal of Distance Education, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 49-70 This carefully conducted study compares the impact of offering an online component (virtualisation) to print-based ‘independent learning’ courses. A main conclusion: ‘Online SCRBs (successful completion rates) are consistently [...] |
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