Public university becomes first to endorse untraditional online model
Some UW faculty members, after political clashes with Gov. Scott Walker, remain skeptical of UW Flexible Degree eSchool News Full Story
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Making It Count
Massively open online courses, or MOOCs, are not credit-bearing. But a pathway to college credit for the courses already exists — one that experts say many students may soon take. Inside Higher Ed Full Story
WGU Indiana Celebrates 2 Years as First of Its Kind
Indiana online university pioneered state-endorsed model at WGU SALT LAKE CITY — Two years after the launch of as the first online university formed in partnership between a state and national nonprofit Western Governors University, two more states have successfully established this innovative model. The result: More than 7,800 of WGU’s 33,000 students nationwide now […]
Self-Sufficiency or Privatization?
The Academic Senate at the University of California at Los Angeles voted 53 to 46 Thursday to approve a proposal to stop accepting any state funds for the university’s M.B.A. program, and to replace those funds with tuition revenue and private support. The proposal — the subject of intense debate for nearly two years — […]
Penn State’s World Campus reports 22 percent growth
Increasing at more than double the national average, Penn State’s online enrollments are the result of the strong partnership between the World Campus and the University’s academic colleges and campuses The Pennsylvania State University Full Article
Bukralia joins UW-Green Bay as associate provost for IT, library services
Rajeev Bukralia, an administrator with Black Hills State University in South Dakota, has been appointed associate provost for information services at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Bukralia will begin his new duties Aug. 6. His associate provost’s position also carries the title of CIO, or chief information officer, with universitywide administrative responsibility for information technology […]
Paying for Performance
As more college students have found themselves adrift and in debt following graduation, colleges have found themselves under increasing pressure to prove their value to stingy legislators and cost-conscious shoppers. Now one university is working with a major educational content company to shift some of that accountability from the institutions that enroll students in courses […]
Announcing the Formation of the Commission on Regulation of Postsecondary Distance Education
NEWS RELEASE For Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: Paul Hassen, APLU, 202-478-6073 Charles Lenth, SHEEO, 303-541-1601 Announcing the Formation of the Commission on Regulation of Postsecondary Distance Education May 23, 2012 — Former U. S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley and 20 other leaders have been invited to explore the regulation of postsecondary distance education on […]
The Mobile Campus: Ohio State announces plan to transform teaching, learning, and research
The Ohio State University has announced a plan to build an innovative, forward-looking learning environment that will enhance teaching and student learning. The plan, called Digital First, will expand classroom technology, foster a 21st century mobile learning environment with technology including iPads, and enhance digital learning content through tools such as iTunes U and iBooks […]
MOOCs and the Professoriate
Last week, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman wrote with evangelical zeal about the arrival of Massive Online Open Courses, the free courses from top institutions available to students anywhere in the world. Not only would MOOCs be a huge industry in five years, he said, but financially strapped community colleges could use the online […]