The business of higher education

Lederman, D. (2009) The business of higher education Inside Higher Education, December 2

An interview with the authors of a new book:

Knapp, J. and Siegel, D. (2009) The Business of Higher Education Santa Barbara CA: Praeger

The book appears to raise some important issues about cost-effectiveness and what lessons may (or may not) be learned from business. [...]

Using IT to improve cost-effectiveness

Briggs, L. (2009) Massive IT overhaul helps Ivy Tech handle growth Campus Technology, October 29

This is an example of how IT can increase cost-effectiveness, this time mainly on the administrative side. Many two year colleges in the same state or province use Banner or a similar common system as their major student information management and [...]

So: is e-learning really failing in higher education? An answer

Background

This is the last in a series of ten blogs on the topic: ‘Is e-learning failing in higher education?’ My blogs on this topic were prompted by my dissatisfaction with the Canadian Council on Learning’s report on ‘The State of e-Learning in Canada.’ (Click here to see my review of their report.)

I suggested that in [...]

Barriers to change: Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 3

The story so far

In an earlier post (Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 1), I argued that higher education institutions were suffering systemic problems trying to deal with the challenge of increasing access, increasing or even maintaining quality, and lowering costs, despite extensive use of ICTs.

In the second post in this [...]

Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 1

Is e-learning failing in higher education?

In previous blogs, I have discussed whether e-learning is failing in higher education. To answer the question, I have examined the expectations or goals for e-learning, and whether they are being achieved.

Finally, I come to the last goal or expectation: that e-learning will increase the cost-effectiveness of higher education.  I [...]