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For-profits, student loans, new rules, and how these affect students in the USA, Canada...

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For profits are in the news again for several reasons. The Obama administration has produced new rules that determine whether for-profit institutions will qualify for...

The digital future of higher education, on video

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Videos have now been posted of presentations at two conferences in British Columbia, both looking at the future of digital learning. The digital future of...

DE in Community Colleges in the USA: 2010 in review

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Lokken, F. (2011) Trends in eLearning: Tracking the Impact of eLearning at Community Colleges: 2010 Distance Education Survey Results Washington DC: Instructional Technology Council. This carefully conducted...

An independent view of Capella University

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Kim, J. (2011) What I learned about Capella U, Inside Higher Education, February 1 Kim, J. (2011) My hopes for Capella U, Inside Higher Education,...

Understanding higher education accreditation in the USA

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Lederman, D. (2011) Mend it, Don't End It, Inside Higher Education, February 4 This is a useful article for those both inside and outside the...

Crossing state borders: the complexity of delivering online

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Kolowich, S. (2011) The states of online regulation Inside Higher Education, January 21 This is a report of a new study by Eduventures that looks...

What can the public sector learn from the for-profits?

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Wood, P. (2011) For-profits break the monopoly on what college can be Chronicle of Higher Education, January 11 A thoughtful article on the pros and...

Consolidation in the e-learning market? Why it ain’t going to be easy

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A couple of items crossed my desk recently that suggests that the e-learning market is ripe for mergers and acquisitions. See for instance: Kim, J....

How does the University of Phoenix measure up?

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University of Phoenix (2010) 2010 Annual Academic Report University of Phoenix AZ: University of Phoenix This is third academic annual report from the University of...

Skills development, credit transfer, quality assurance and the cost of technology in developing countries

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These are all topics covered in the October issue of the Commonwealth of Learning's October edition of its Connections  journal. The Commonwealth of Learning is...