Financial challenges of college students in the USA
Lumina Foundation (2010) Focus, Fall Indianapolis: The Lumina Foundation for Education
Although not directly about online learning, this document provides data and scenarios of the...
Some key findings from this year’s Sloan survey of online education in the USA
Allen, I. and Seaman, J. (2010) Class Differences: Online Education in the United States 2010 Babson Park MA: Babson Survey Research Group/Sloan-C
Babson Survey Group...
What’s a credit worth?
Kelderman, E. (2010) Credit hours should be worth the cost, House Panel members say Chronicle of Higher Education, June 16
I see US legislators are...
An essay on the impact of the digital age on scholarship and institutions
Katz, R. (2010) Scholars, Scholarship, and the Scholarly Enterprise in the Digital Age Educause Review, Vol. 45. No. 2, pp. 44-56
It is always interesting...
A marketer’s view of higher education in the USA
For those of you not familiar with Seth Godin's excellent blog on marketing, take a look at his latest blog:
The coming melt-down in higher...
A report of online learning activities in the USA
The European Re.Vica project has been building country reports on online learning and virtual campuses for a growing number of countries.
It has just published...
Struggling with the costs of teaching in higher education
Writer's block
As I have mentioned before, I am currently writing an old-fashioned book (you know, the thing with paper sheets bound together) on the...
Factors affecting time to degree completion
Bound, J., Lovenheim, M. and Turner, S. (2010) Increasing Time to Baccalaureate Degree in the United States Cambridge MA: National Bureau of Economic Research
This...
Canada’s digital divide and its implications for other countries
Marlow, I. and McNish, J. (2010) Canada's Digital Divide, The Globe and Mail, April 3
For those of you who don't read Toronto's national newspaper,...
National educational technology plan for the USA
U.S. Department of Education (2010) National Educational Technology Plan Washington DC: Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education published...