Posts Tagged ‘Massachusetts Bay Community College’

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Coming to Terms with MOOCs: A Community College Angle

by Mary L. Fifield

January 22, 2013

When MIT approached Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) to participate in edX, the new Harvard/MIT massive open online course (MOOC) initiative, we reacted with both interest and skepticism. What did MIT have in mind for Bunker Hill Community College? How would edX “transform the way that community college students learn” as edX President Anant Agarwal ...

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Reflections from Haiti

by Carole Berotte Joseph and Jackie Jenkins-Scott

November 11, 2010

In conjunction with International Education Week, the authors will present a talk entitled "Reflections on Haiti" on Thursday, Nov. 18, at 3 p.m. at the Wheelock College Campus Center. For more information, please call 617-879-2447.

On Oct. 25 and 26, we took part in an unprecedented convening of higher education leaders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Led by ...

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MassBay CC Gets its Largest-Ever Grant; New Program Aims to Boost Haiti Partnership

by Shoshana Akins

November 5, 2010

MassBay Community College was awarded a five-year, $2 million grant under the U.S. Department of Education's Strengthening Institutions Program, which aims to help campuses serve lower-income students by enhancing academic quality, institutional management and fiscal stability.

The Wellesley, Mass. college also won approval of a three-year Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) grant from ...

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