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How does the University of Phoenix measure up?

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...

Interpreting international comparisons in academic achievement

OECD (2010) OECD Program for International Assessment Paris: OECD The media, worldwide, have been having a field day interpreting the latest OECD PISA results, which...

Analytics: the next buzz word in e-learning?

MIT Sloan Management Review (2010) Analytics: the New Path to Value Cambridge MA: MIT/IBM At the moment, this is a publication likely to be of...

Why technology does not lead to lower cost in higher education

Archibald, R. and Feldman, D.  (2001) Why Does College Cost So Much? New York: Oxford University Press Fish, S. (2010) There is no college cost...

Main findings from the 2010 Campus Computing Project

Green, K. C. (2010) Managing Online Education, Encino CA: The Campus Computing Project,/WCET Kolowich, S. (2010) Internal barriers to online expansion, Inside Higher Education, November...

Data analytics and online learning

Business intelligence data display: Oracle Inc. Kolowich, S. (2010) Technology and the completion agenda Inside Higher Education, November 9 This article highlights what I...

Hope and despair: managing technological change

In a very funny low budget British movie called 'Clockwise', John Cleese plays a school principal with an obsession about punctuality who is asked...

Book review: Taking Stock: Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Christensen Hughes, J. and Mighty, J. (eds.) (2010) Taking Stock: Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Montreal QC and Kingston ON: McGill-Queen's...

World University Rankings: A reality based on a fraud

I am still seething with outrage at the methodology used by the THES World University Rankings. Under a headline 'University rankings key tool in recruiting...

How much does teaching count in World University Rankings?

And the answer is: 30%. The UK's Times Higher Education Supplement has produced a new set of world rankings using a new method that provides...