Imperative 2 is to develop specific approaches to create the fundamental change needed in higher education to reach the attainment goal. Specific structures within the U.S. higher education system — particularly finance and credentialing models — must be changed for attainment to increase to the levels required to reach the goal. Lumina will work to develop new models and to implement them throughout the higher education system.
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We found (some of the) MOOCs really engaging. But we needed to find a way to describe the dynamics of interaction and change wihin MOOCs. So we created a framework, and a visualisation tool ('footprints of emergence') . Delete the scoop?
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Trying to predict the future can ultimately affect its outcome, but it’s critical for higher education institutions to be aware of shifts in the industry and to remain open to massive changes. Delete the scoop?
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In California, higher education leaders and government officials are proposing a number of different solutions to address the overburdening of the state’s public higher education system, both at the community college and university level. Delete the scoop?
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While no one questions the quality of instruction offered by some of the finest minds in higher education, it is reasonable to question the extent of student learning from MOOCs. Delete the scoop?
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Billionaires like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg have more in common than their entrepreneurial skills: They were all college dropouts. Delete the scoop?
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As the online learning market adapts and grows to meet the needs of autonomous learners, increasing numbers of non-traditional providers will likely begin to offer courses and credentialing. Delete the scoop?
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There is a current STEM skills gap and some are even calling it a dilemma. Here's a primer on what you should know about it all. Delete the scoop?
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Lumen Learning and Instructure broke new ground for open education with the introduction of six open course frameworks that make teaching with open content easier and more effective than ever before. Now freely available for anyone to access through the Canvas platform, these frameworks serve as blueprints instructors can use for designing and teaching general education courses based exclusively on open educational resources. Delete the scoop?
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All the recent hype about online higher education and 'Moocs' misses the point, says Kel Fidler – universities have been doing it for years. Whatever the delivery model, success relies on the same fundamental principles of quality teaching, content and experience – and this is where I believe the debate about MOOCs often misses the point. Delete the scoop?
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That’s the appeal of competencies. Let the students demonstrate that they’ve picked up a skill, and let them move on. Where they picked it up doesn’t really matter. Some will move faster than others, and probably most will vary their speed depending on the task at hand.
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Capella Education Company is the privately owned, for-profit parent company of Capella University, an accredited online university based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Capella University has received approval from its regional accreditor to proceed with a pilot program in competency-based education that does not rely on the credit hour standard, an approach called "direct assessment." The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools approved the for-profit institution's "FlexPath" bachelor of science in business and master of business administration. University officials said the direct assessment tracks could reduce the cost of a degree and the time needed to complete it. Delete the scoop?
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Rising tuition, declining government subsidies, stagnant endowments, and increased competition are challenging higher education like never before. Delete the scoop?
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UK scholar Malcolm Brynin points to worsening odds on university ‘gamble’. Despite the economic benefits of a degree declining dramatically, paradoxically higher education is “more and more a prerequisite for a ‘good’ job”, Dr Brynin argues in the April edition of the British Sociological Association journal Sociology.
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A new chapter was added to the gainful employment saga last week after the United States Department of Education hosted the first of four hearings for different interest groups to voice their concerns about changes to the rule. Delete the scoop?
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Several dozen professors in Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences have signed a letter to their dean asking for formal oversight of the massive open online courses offered by Harvard through edX.
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More Americans than ever have earned bachelor’s degrees, putting them ahead of international rivals, but the gap is narrowing, according to new figures from the U.S. Department of Education. Delete the scoop?
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New education major at Colorado College, a thriving liberal arts college, challenges whether sector should still be defined by traditional disciplines. Delete the scoop?
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New technologies are changing the optimum size of educational institutions. The evolving scene in higher education and the growth of think tanks will lead to new educational offerings that will have a major impact on the quality and quantity of policy studies and public policy education. Delete the scoop?
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The U.S. Education Department today published its annual compendium of all the data you'd want to know about American education: "The Condition of Education 2013.". Here is the link to the area of higher ed in that report.
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Community colleges struggle to serve a growing share of disadvantaged students, report finds, while public funding skews toward four-year institutions. Delete the scoop?
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