The case for for-profit colleges

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 [...]

Low use of web 2.0 in e-learning

Parry, M. (2009) Online Programs: Profits Are There, Technological Innovation Is Not Chronicle of Higher Education, October 19

A news report of a study by the consulting firm Eduventures, “Benchmarking Online Operations: Snapshots of an Emerging Industry,” (not yet available as of November 28, 2009, except to Eduventures members).

From the Chronicle’s news report

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Online graduate teacher education

Lederman, D. (2008) Online learning, up-scale (and scaled up) Inside Higher Education, Sept. 12

This interesting article examines the pros and cons of a proposed partnership between a private company, 2tor, and the University of Southern California, to offer a for-profit, nationally-available, online Masters of Arts in Education.