Today, the largest university system in the world, the California State University system, announced a pilot for $150 lower-division online courses at one its campuses--a move that spells the end of higher education as we know it.
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Some fearless predictions about California's online initiative and what it all means for higher ed by Gregory Ferenstein
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Latest news and events at Southern Education Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia. Delete the scoop?
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It's almost impossible to put out messages that aren't seen to undermine academic values, says Andrew Derrington, but why not assume managers want to act in your best interests? Delete the scoop?
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TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) - Public university students in Florida next year will be able to start working toward college degrees without actually going to college, under a law Governor Rick Scott signed on...
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The folks at the Atlanta Fed are much impressed by Instapundit Glenn Reynold’s argument that the higher education “bubble” can’t go on forever. According to Reynolds, colleges have two different strategic choices: increase the value of the education for the current cost, or lower the cost of providing the current level of value. And he expects the most common response will be the latter, likely involving technology such as MOOCs and other innovations in teaching methods. Via Alberto Acereda, PhD Delete the scoop?
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Commission proposes recriprocity among states so colleges don’t need 50 separate regulatory approvals Delete the scoop?
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Forum hears doubts about uncollaborative and ‘imperialist’ initiatives
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Interesting excerpt: "Professor McAndrew warned that universities needed to start producing more polished open resources to share with the world in order to compete with the proliferation of off-the-shelf courses like Moocs. “Moocs have tackled a problem. They can offer something that is structured,” he said. “Often what we do in universities is we experiment in ‘catwalk technologies’ - where you dress something up so you can show it to the world, but you wouldn’t necessarily wear it in the rain. What we need to do is move towards ‘ready-to-wear’ things you can pick up off the shelf.” Delete the scoop?
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More robust budgets, not online courses, are the best answer. Delete the scoop?
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As March Madness gets under way, a less widely noticed kind of intercollegiate competition is forcing students to churn endlessly through the higher-education system, wasting their own — and taxpayers’ — money. Delete the scoop?
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The Rev. Donald J. Harrington’s announcement came a few months after the board of trustees requested an inquiry into possible improprieties at the university. Delete the scoop?
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Technology is transforming the way we learn. Universities must urgently adapt to ensure a new golden age for higher education, write Saad Rizvi and Katelyn Donnelly. Delete the scoop?
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In theory if you had a few credible competency-based programs out there, then differnt approaches to teaching could compete on the basis of being effective at imparting competency to students. In practice, I think it's all very challenging and there are good odds that USNH's initiative won't amount to much. But it's great to see someone trying and getting encouragement from the Department of Education. Via Alberto Acereda, PhD Delete the scoop?
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Apax Partners has purchased more than $800 million in Cengage Learning debt, making it both the main owner and a major creditor of the struggling textbook publisher. Delete the scoop?
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The world is changing. Education is not immune from this change. How different will higher education be by the year 2030? If it is to survive and thrive, very different. The Agenda examines the future of higher education in the latest installment of our Learning 2030 series. Via Alberto Acereda, PhD Delete the scoop?
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There are nearly 4,000 colleges and universities in the United States. Somehow, almost all of these institutions have continued to attract enough students to stay in business year after year. Delete the scoop?
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The higher education industry and its observers have wrung hands over rising costs long enough. It’s time to create the common financial language that can explain it. Delete the scoop?
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A funding initiative in Tennessee has changed the way governments fund postsecondary institutions to focus on student outcomes Delete the scoop?
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A while ago I came across this Solar System sampler in the Museum’s textiles store. It was uncanny - the arrangement of concentric rings was so familiar and immediately recognisable, but so strange... Delete the scoop?
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Does technological innovation have to come from within the sector? Claire Shaw hears from the current wave of edutech players with their roots firmly in higher education Delete the scoop?
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John Shank's curator insight,
March 22, 10:51 AM
"Unless technology allows colleges massively more efficient more quickly than anybody currently expects, or state coffers heal enough to start restoring these lost dollars, we're going to be living with the effects of these cuts for a long time." Is this why some think MOOCs are the future of Higher Ed.? Delete the scoop?
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In the UK, we probably need to end futher education as we know it, or at least build significantly on the current system!
The author did a great job of explaining the systematic steps that will change due to this big decision. This is a valuable read.