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Over the last quarter century, Americans got used to the idea of their children going on to colleges and universities. In the early 1970s, about 8.5 million Americans attended such institutions; by 2004 the number had doubled. The US population across this time rose by less than 50%. This spectacular growth in our student population […]
Last Wednesday, Michael Wesch was one of thousands of Internet users to add material to the video-sharing site YouTube. He posted a five-minute clip, set to techno music, that helps explain Web 2.0 — the so-called second wave of Web-based services that enables people to network and aggregate information online. The next morning, Wesch, an […]
PHOENIX — The University of Phoenix became the nation’s largest private university by delivering high profits to investors and a solid, albeit low-overhead, education to midcareer workers seeking college degrees. But its reputation is fraying as prominent educators, students and some of its own former administrators say the relentless pressure for higher profits, at a […]
Given that Harris N. Miller has spent most of his professional life working in high-tech fields, you’d expect him to lean toward metaphors and analogies with a 21st century spin. But when asked why he was interested in heading the country’s main association of for-profit and career-oriented colleges, Miller reaches not for the buzzwords of […]
The Sloan Consortium’s latest report, (“Making the Grade: Online Education in the United States 2006â€) estimates that 850,000 more students took online courses in fall 2005 than 2004, an increase of almost 40 percent. Although the online teaching continues to grow in popularity, it places greater demands on faculty than traditional courses. The Sloan report […]
BATON ROUGE — High-performance computing is impacting science, engineering and industry in profound ways, quickly outpacing other fields to become the leading technology of the 21st century.Read the Full Article
John Millsaps, the interim associate vice chancellor of defense for the state Board of Regents, saw this week’s blog item about his bosses’ on-line university ambitions.Read the Full Article
In September 2005, University of Illinois President B. Joseph White took the stage at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts and, in front of faculty, students, alumni and friends, delivered his inaugural address.Read the Full Article
The U.S. Department of Labor is awarding the College of Eastern Utah’s San Juan campus $1.2 million for nursing education. Read the Full Article
MANHATTAN, Kan., Dec. 14 /U.S. Newswire/ — Kansas State University is part of a new online master’s degree program that is the first of its kind in community development, according to program organizers.Read the Full Article