Archive for the ‘Governance’ Category

EDUCAUSE COVID-19 QuickPoll Results: Fall Planning for Education and Student Support

As challenging as the current academic term has become, colleges and universities are facing an even longer list of unanswered questions and daunting obstacles for the fall. EDUCAUSE Review

Cal State Stands Alone

As many colleges line up to say they’ll be reopening campuses, California State University is planning for most courses to be online. What makes the system different? Inside Higher Ed

Are telemedicine and distance learning finally having a chance? | Guest View

Back in 1994 and 1995, I wrote grant proposals for telemedicine and distance learning. These new technologies were “the next big thing,” so we thought. Even with the subsequent rise of the internet, both telemedicine and distance learning have undergone 25 years of fits and starts to catch on. Now, a pandemic is giving these […]

Chicago School Officials Work to Close Large Digital Divide

Chicago Public Schools will distribute computers to the highest-need students, with priority given to eighth graders, juniors and seniors, who are all at critical moments in their educational careers. Center for Digital Education 

Schools Prep for Possibility of Not Returning to Classrooms

TNS) — Some Pennsylvania school districts on Tuesday announced plans to move forward with remote instruction, one day after the governor extended the school-building shutdown due to the coronavirus. Center for Digital Technology

Federal Guidance to Accreditors Will Impact Institutions

On March 17, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) Office of Postsecondary Education issued a document titled Information for Accrediting Agencies Regarding Temporary Flexibilities Provided to Coronavirus Impacted Institutions or Accrediting Agencies. The guidance document, which suspends some federal regulations due to COVID-19 disruption to campuses and travel, is intended to provide both institutions […]

Higher ed groups press for federal support for coronavirus response

As the coronavirus and the respiratory disease it causes, COVID-19, took hold in the U.S., colleges rapidly began to move courses online and assess how the situation would stress their budgets. Taking instruction remote has short-term costs, especially for colleges that lack a robust online infrastructure. In the letter, the groups recommend the government provide […]

The Future of Higher Education: Reports and Resources

How Technology Is Changing the Future of Higher Education Labs test artificial intelligence, virtual reality and other innovations that could improve learning and lower costs for Generation Z and beyond. The New York Times 2025: A Look Into the Future of Higher Education The Wiley Faculty Fellows, a group of distinguished instructors from Wiley’s partner […]

Democratic congressional inquiry targets OPMs

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, wrote letters to five online-program management (OPM) companies asking them to turn over the terms of their contracts with colleges and universities. The lawmakers argue that revenue-share agreements — in which OPMs receive a percentage of tuition revenue in exchange for covering the costs of launching an online […]

Open and distance learning – Making transformation happen

In a Times Higher Education report dated 19 November, a panel discussion on critical emerging issues in higher education evolved into thinking about ways that universities should modify their approaches to learning, teaching, technology and employability. These are the new realities of education. University World News