One year update on the University of the People

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 [...]

Social networking in two year colleges in the USA

Marklein, M. B. (2009) Social networks could help community college students USA Today, November 16

This is a news report on a study just released by theĀ  Texas-based Center for Community College Student Engagement. The study is based on a survey of more than 400,000 students from 663 institutions that assesses how much effort students invest [...]