Good Morning and Happy Monday! The word of the week is “OPEN.” We begin today with the Former U.S. Secretary of Education, Richard W. Riley. Riley hopes to reduce costs for the states by creating a “plan of interstate reciprocity.” This could dismantle barriers (often caused by various regulations) and open the road to streamlined […]
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Is the Pell Grant in Trouble? Are We?
Heard this on the radio the other day: Study: More Adult Pell Grant Students, Not Enough Graduating (02:54 | transcript) The US federal government-funded Pell Grant is a need-based award for 9 million US students. In sum, it’s quite a bit of cash: $34.5 billion each year, but break those numbers down, and we’re looking at […]
MMD: Different Schools of Thought
Good morning and happy Monday! As we begin our Monday morning routine here at Saylor, we are bringing some different ideas over onto you. This week different opinions, visions, and thoughts come from varied sources. We begin today with one radically different school of thought, a Hackathon. Former Microsoft CEO, Bill Gates and Facebook are […]
MMD: Open Sesame?
Good Morning and Happy Monday! As we enter the month of April, here at Saylor, we look at the world of open access. Some changes have occurred as to what one can easily access in the world of open education. edX, a journal’s editorial board, and others have taken a stand on what they believe […]
MMD: The Need For Reform?
Good Morning and Happy Monday! Sometimes, change can be a good thing. And in other places people believe a change still needs to happen. For this week we look at reforms and changes in U.S. Federal Aid for students in higher ed., the needs for: international accrediting offices, reform in certain U.S. states, and the […]