Posts Tagged ‘distance learning’
NEBHE President Invites Nominations for Nat’l Reciprocity Board to Streamline Online Offerings Across States
by NEBHE Staff
July 2, 2013
NEBHE President & CEO Michael K. Thomas posted the following invitation for nominations to the board of the National Council on State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NCSARA) ...
Dear Colleague:
We invite nominations and applications for the board of the National Council on State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements. As described in the final report of the Commission on the ...
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Among Comings and Goings: Former UConn Chief Resigns after Short Stay with Illini; UVM Lands New Prez from Minnesota
by John O. Harney
March 23, 2012
Former University of Connecticut President Michael Hogan resigned as president of the University of Illinois less than two years after he was hired to repair damage done by an admissions scandal. He will be succeeded by longtime university administrator Robert Easter, who reportedly agreed to do the job for two years.
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DC Shuttle: Duncan Hints at NCLB Alternative, Distance Learning Boosted and Other Higher Ed News from Washington
by The New England Council
June 20, 2011
On June 11, Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced that if Congress is unable to pass a comprehensive overhaul of the 2001 No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education law before the beginning of the 2011-12 school year, he would grant states waivers for the law's most burdensome requirements if they agreed to implement a set of ...
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Unintended Consequences: An Uncertain Future for Distance Learning
by Jay A. Halfond
June 9, 2011
While most in the academic community know about the attempt to rein in the for-profits, few are aware of its collateral damage. In October, the Department of Education issued its Program Integrity Rules, intended to protect federal funds especially from those for-profit institutions with high student loan default rates. Well-intentioned though this was, the DOE ...
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A Start-Up in Peace: Israeli and Palestinian Students to Launch Businesses at Babson
by John O. Harney
May 18, 2011
More than 40 Israeli and Palestinian students will learn about entrepreneurship and establish businesses this summer at Babson College and, ideally, bring a spirit of peace and understanding back to their countries.
The three-part program will begin with orientation in the Middle East during the last week in May, entrepreneurship education at Babson during July and ...
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Distance Learning 2.0: It Will Take a Village
by Jay A. Halfond
January 17, 2011
Last month, I suggested we separate hype from reality—not so much to criticize distance learning, but to seek an even higher ideal. Much of what is thrust under the umbrella of distance learning isn’t conducted at much distance, isn’t well supported and limits opportunities for institution-wide collaboration and innovation. ...
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Distance Learning: Untried and Untrue
by Jay A. Halfond
November 12, 2010
G. K. Chesterton famously once said: “Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.” This, I believe, applies to distance learning as well. There is far too much self-congratulatory hyperbole about the growth and pervasiveness of online learning – which exaggerates reality and overlooks the true revolution ...
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The Profit Prophets in Higher Education
by Jay A. Halfond
September 30, 2010
The nation seems to have suddenly awoken to the reality that for-profit academic institutions are a force to be reckoned with. For so long, they have been ignored as inconsequential, second-rate competition, and vilified for their greed and lack of quality. Two events seemed to have changed their image into something far more formidable: the ...
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New Directions for Higher Education: Q&A with ACE’s Molly Corbett Broad on Attainment
by Philip DiSalvio and Journal Staff
July 9, 2013
In April, NEJHE launched its New Directions for Higher Education series to examine emerging issues, trends and ideas that have an impact on higher education policies, programs and practices.
The first installment of the series featured Philip DiSalvio, dean of the College of Advancing & Professional Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, interviewing Carnegie Foundation ...
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