On May 10, 2012, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan issued a call for more education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). He noted that, “for the first time, all 50 states participated in the science assessment with no…
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As politicians reject the extension of low college loan interest rates, they would be wise to consider the political value of colleges and universities, which provide important services to our body politic. They educate not only students but also citizens…
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The news that Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have joined forces to offer free massive online open courses (MOOCs) was announced with fanfare and excitement. The project is a non-profit collaboration separate from MIT’s decade-old OpenCourseWare…
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This is National Teacher Appreciation Week, and it makes me think about the first time I walked into a classroom as a teacher in 1989. I had a slight case of anxiety, but mostly I was filled with excitement about…
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The world of higher education has changed, and many classrooms around the world no longer have a teacher standing at the podium in front of the class, like the Economics teacher in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, who hopelessly—and endlessly—asked a…
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There’s good news and bad news about equality in higher education for African American college students. According to a study released by the College Board Advocacy & Policy Center on June 20, 2011, only 26 percent of African American men…
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One of the transfer students in my course at a community college, let’s call her Nichelle, came to me last month to talk about the paralegal program she had just enrolled in. She was beside herself with anger and fear,…
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Recent reports on the graduation rates at community colleges, for-profit colleges, and online colleges indicate that all are struggling to provide students with cost-effective, efficient, and productive paths toward graduation. In Texas, only 30% of all full-time community college students…
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Deep Springs College is a tiny, tuition-free 2-year school high in the desert of California’s Death Valley that sends 80% of its graduates on to Ivy League schools. IT was once famously described by Evgenia Peretz in Vanity Fair magazine…
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L. Rafael Reif, who has served as provost at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the past seven years, has been named the university’s 17th president, the school announced May 16. He will begin his new role July 2, succeeding…
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Walden University announced May 16 it is now offering two new specializations in its online Master of Science in Nursing program. Students can now specialize to become either an adult-gerontology nurse practitioner or a family nurse practitioner. The online MSN…
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Joi Barkley has been appointed faculty dean of Ashworth College’s online school, the college announced today. Barkley served as faculty coordinator at Ashworth since 2011, and her responsibilities included managing degreed faculty, the teaching and learning process, and monitoring performance….
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