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Download Report: Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2011; Financial Statistics, Fiscal Year 2011; and Graduation Rates, Selected Cohorts, 2003-2008 : First Look (Preliminary Data)

This First Look presents preliminary findings from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) spring 2012 data collection, which included four survey components: Enrollment for fall 2011; Graduation Rates within 150 percent of normal program completion time for full-time, first-time degree/ certificate-seeking undergraduate students beginning college in 2005 at 4-year institutions or in 2008 at […]

Grammar and syntax make their MOOC debut in course taught by Stanford scientist

Stanford medical faculty member Kristin Sainani launches an online science-writing class. Kristin Sainani is teaching her ‘Writing in the Sciences’ course online for the first time this fall. Here’s a really bad sentence: “This paper provides a review of the basic tenets of cancer biology study design, using as examples studies that illustrate the methodologic […]

Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-13

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings powered by Thomson Reuters are the only global university performance tables to judge world class universities across all of their core missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The top universities rankings employ 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons […]

New York U. Turns to Free Site to Help Teach Computer Programming

A department at New York University is beginning to use a free online service to help teach computer-programming courses. Wired Campus Full Article

UC Online Strives to Compete in an Era of Free Courses

Christopher Edley Jr., dean of the Berkeley School of Law, pitched the idea of a systemwide online-education program in 2010, suggesting private support. When that backing never materialized, the project was financed from within, to the chagrin of some faculty members. Chronicle of Higher Education Full Article

Higher Ed Disruption: Not So New

Are you a faculty member or administrator who thinks that the latest technologies are finally going to enable us to teach our students well, or do you at least hope that’s the case? If so, you should reconsider, because the vaunted elements of the latest technologies have been around for some 100 years. It isn’t […]

MOOCs – BlackBerry’s lesson for higher education

Universities with branch campuses should not be over-confident that they are the future of international higher education. MOOCs are evolving fast and could pose a serious threat, especially to newer branch campuses. University World News Full Article

Exclusive Interview with Mr. Jon Corshen, Chief Executive Officer, GoingOn

Dr. Saba: Mr. Corshen thank you for this opportunity to speak with you. How did you become interested in this field? Mr. Corshen: My interested in this field grew as I looked at my own children and their interactions with technology. I believe that the evolution of social web modalities has had the power to […]

The Crisis in Higher Education

Online versions of college courses are attracting hundreds of thousands of students, millions of dollars in funding, and accolades from university administrators. Is this a fad, or is higher education about to get the overhaul it needs? MIT Technology Review Full Article

Online Learning Task Force Outlines Steps To Advance Distance Education

The Inter-Organizational Task Force on Online Learning, consisting of representatives from six different national organizations for online and e-learning in higher education, has released a report outlining the steps it plans to take to advance online learning in higher education. Campus Technology Full Article