Key points from OECD’s 2011 ‘Education at a Glance’
OECD (2011) Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators Paris: OECD
For those of you interested in educational statistics (and for masochists in general), here's your...
Canada cuts funding for the University of the Arctic
I'm just catching up with some of the e-learning news I missed while away in Norway two weeks ago, and ironically I just came...
Why the current professional development model is broken
Introduction
The faculty development workshops and conferences have ended, and most faculty and instructors have headed off for a well earned vacation. Many thousands will...
Demand for online learning likely to grow in British Columbia
Last week the BC Provincial government released two reports critical to the economic future of the province, and which have implicit implications for online...
20 million more graduates needed in the USA
Carnavale, A. and Rose, S. (2011) The Undereducated American Washington DC: Georgetown University Centre n Education and the Workforce
This short report by two prestigious...
Tuition costs vs middle class income in the USA
Censky, A, (2011) Surging college costs price out middle class CNN Money, June 13
Drawing on data from the IRS and the College Board, this...
Trends in Canadian higher education
AUCC (2011) Trends in Higher Education: Vol. 1, Enrolment Ottawa: AUCC
This publication of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada is packed full...
Is e-learning the food-bank of education?
Bitti, M. T. (2011) Student loans a hard lesson National Post, June 4
This article provides some sobering statistics about student debt in Canada:
$26,680 Average...
For-profits, student loans, new rules, and how these affect students in the USA, Canada...
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...
China’s telecommunications activities in Africa
Marshall, A. (2011) China’s Mighty Telecom Footprint in Africa e-Learning Africa News Portal, February 15
For those interested in infrastructure for e-learning, this extensive article...