By Tony Bates, on December 18th, 2009
Kelderman, E. (2009) Inspector General Warns Accreditor Over Online College, Raising Fears Among For-Profit Institutions Chronicle of Higher Education, December 17
From the article:
The inspector general of the U.S. Education Department has issued a harsh assessment of the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, one of the nation’s [...]
By Tony Bates, on December 8th, 2009
Downey, G. (2009) ED’s new tech chief previews national plan eSchool News, December 2
This is a report of a recent speech by Karen Cator, the new director of education technology at the US Department of Education. The new National Education Technology Plan will have four areas of focus: access, assessment, learning support, improving cost-effectiveness/productivity.
Cator said [...]
By Tony Bates, on November 30th, 2009
Lederman, D. (2009) Catching Up to Canada Inside Higher Education, November 6
An interesting article discussing the different participation and graduation rates between Canada and the USA. Don’t be fooled by the article’s title; it is much more complicated than the US catching up.
One factor that [...]
By Tony Bates, on November 18th, 2009
eSchool News (2009) Stakeholders advise on national ed-tech plan eSchool News, November 17
U.S. Department of Education (ED) is preparing a new National Education Technology Plan and is accepting public feedback as it develops the new plan. A department spokesman did not know how long the public comment period would remain open, saying only that ED [...]
By Tony Bates, on October 30th, 2009
Bristow, S. (2009) Understanding Postsecondary Educational Accreditation in the United States Re.Vica Newsletter, October 2009
A very useful, brief introduction to a complex topic with carefully selected online references/links, from a European Commission project on virtual campuses.
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