Internet2 Remembers Christianne Orto
The Internet2 community lost a cherished colleague this past week. Christianne Orto, Dean of Distance Learning and Recording Arts, Manhattan School of Music, died February 22, 2020. Internet2
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Download Report: Americans and Digital Knoweldge
A majority of U.S. adults can answer fewer than half the questions correctly on a digital knowledge quiz, and many struggle with certain cybersecurity and privacy questions Pew Research Center
Download Report: Education Pays 2019: The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society
As in previous editions, Education Pays 2019: The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society documents differences in the earnings and employment patterns of U.S. adults with different levels of education. It also compares health-related behaviors, reliance on public assistance programs, civic participation, and indicators of the well-being of the next generation. In addition […]
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Conversations About Quality In Higher Education: What Are They And Where Do We Take Them? “What is quality?” has been a staple of conversation in higher education, not only for decades but for centuries. In the current environment, this conversation is complex, involving many constituents and, at times, contentious. To explore and address the central […]
Stories of Plagiarism, Theories of Writing: How Public Access of Plagiarism Reveal Circulating Theories of Writing
Rhetoric and Writing Studies have long attempted to bend plagiarism complaints toward theories of writing and learning. Media coverage and institutional discourse, on the other hand, continue framing plagiarism as an isolated, individual problem (Adler-Kassner, Anson, & Howard, 2008). And so we find plagiarism exhaustively covered and still exhausting. Given decades of stalemate, one could […]
United States: ED Publishes Final State Authorization For Distance Education Rule
On Friday, November 1, the Department of Education published its final state authorization for distance education regulations in the Federal Register, The rule draws on the 2016 version of the state authorization regulations, ordered into effect by a federal court decision in May of this year, but contains important changes, notably around the scope of […]
Disruption in the U.S. Accreditation Space
It is a time of disruption, in politics and government, in many national economies and cultures. In the United States, disruption has also penetrated the accreditation space, with debates and differences about student achievement, access and affordability and transparency, topics also challenging quality assurance around the world. Higher education, accreditation and quality assurance are not […]
A Review of U.S. Department of Education Final Accreditation Regulations
On November 1, 2019, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) published final regulations on accreditation. Overall, these final rules reflect minor changes from the draft consensus language approved by USDE’s Negotiated Rulemaking Committee that met earlier this year Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Higher Ed Organizations Push Forward on Credential Transparency
Led by the American Council on Education (ACE), the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) and Educause, 15 national higher education organizations have signed a joint statement in support of credential data transparency. The signatories are “encouraging their members to describe their credential offerings with a common language and house the data […]
Connecting the Dots: The Changing Higher Education Landscape
At Distance-Educator.com we strive to keep you abreast of the latest news and developments in higher education and its relation with the world of work. New ideas in news items, however, may prop up at any time and very often not in chronological order. In “Connecting the Dots” we try to bring together recent news […]
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