Is distance education stealing on-campus students?
Poulin, R. (2018) Distance Ed Growth - Access is a Big Motivator, but it's Complicated, WCET Frontiers, February 1
This post is essential reading for...
Distance education on a roll in the USA
Seaman, J.E., Allen, I.E., and Seaman, J. (2018) Grade Increase: Tracking Distance Education in the United States Wellesley MA: The Babson Survey Research Group
Boy, does...
Corruption in higher education: a wake-up call
Daniel, J. (2016) Combatting Corruption and Enhancing Integrity: A Contemporary Challenge for the Quality and Integrity of Higher Education: Advisory Statement for Effective International...
State support for public higher education is declining in the USA
Young Invincibles (2015) 2016 State Report Cards Washington DC: Young Invincibles
This is a very interesting state by state report card on the support for...
In the USA, fully online enrollments continue to grow in 2014
Straut, T.T. and Poulin, R. (2015) Highlights of Distance Education Trends from IPEDS Fall 2014, WCET Frontiers, 21 December
Source
WCET (the Western Co-operative for Educational...
U.S. university/college financing ‘stabilizing’
Unauthored (2015) Stability and Modest Growth Expected for U.S. Colleges, Inside Higher Ed, December 3
Lederman, D. (2015) 'Stabilizing' Financial Picture, Inside Higher Education, July 8
These two...
Research on ‘academic innovation centres’ supporting online learning
Bishop, M. and Keehn, A. (2015) Leading Academic Change: An Early market Scan of Leading-edge Postsecondary Academic Innovation Centers Adelphi ML: William E. Kirwan centre...
Why the fuss about MOOCs? Political, social and economic drivers
The end of MOOCs
This is the last part of my chapter on MOOCs for my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age. In...
WCET’s analysis of U.S. statistics on distance education
U.S.Department of Education (2014) Web Tables: Enrollment in Distance Education Courses, by State: Fall 2012 Washington DC: U.S.Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics
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The success or otherwise of online students in the California Community College system
Johnson, H. and Mejia, M. (2014) Online learning and student outcomes in California's community colleges San Francisco CA: Public Policy Institute of California, 20...