It’s all happening, people. The education ecosystem is basically in the middle of a spiral domino effect – as if you didn’t realize this already. We start our first piece today with The Carnegie Foundation – inventor of the credit hour – as they announce a year long “intervention”, if you will, to determine a new standard for measuring […]
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Release: Three Saylor.org Courses Yield College Credit Recommendation
An announcement we’re really happy to make! Not in a mood to read? Basically, this: pass proctored exams for three of our courses, get recommended for college credit…9 credit hours for $75 or less (subject to your institution playing ball, of course, but more than 1500 have officially signed on to at least consider the […]
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Monday Morning Digest: Digital Citizenship Beyond Facebook?
Good Monday, everyone! This week we start out by exploring a story – a podcast, actually – about providing university students and faculty with their own personal web domains. University of Mary Washington has piloted A Domain of One’s Own to hand over “digital citizenship” to their co-eds and integrate an online presence to their 4-year college experience and […]
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Monday Morning Digest: Never Say Never
Reducing the cost of higher education is a debate that is around for the foreseeable future. In our first entry this week, Texas and Florida have laid down a gubernatorial challenge to their state schools that begs the question: Isn’t “gubernatorial” kind of a funny word? But in all seriousness, is asking brick and mortar […]
Monday Morning Digest: Wrong Answer
For those back from holiday, we hope it was a good one, and for one and all, our best wishes for a wonderful week ahead. Some heavy topics ahead…we’ll touch on professors’ salaries, gender equity in promotions, academic freedom, and (ugh!) human error…we end on some high notes. If you find food for thought, by […]