A new website for comparisons
The Chronicle reported today that a new website, College Insight, is up and running. The site provides data about colleges and universities, and presents them for comparison. Much of the data is probably gleaned from the colleges' and universities' websites.... Read more…
A hot button
Reduced university budgets cause major dislocations. And, as any budget cutting committee knows, just how to enact the cuts, who should bear the pain, is no easy task. How many courses should be eliminated and which ones? Should administrative staff... Read more…
New technologies, similar approaches, more multimedia
Over 10 years ago, Monica Devanas of CTAAR started using WebCt to teach her Biomedical Issues - HIV/AIDS course. She encouraged students to use a new feature in WebCt, the discussion board, which allowed them to discuss things asynchronously. When... Read more…
A new approach
Robert Zemsky, in his new book,Making Reform Work: The Case for Transforming American Higher Education, mentions a new initiative at the University of Minnesota, a new school with a new approach to teaching and learning.Today's Chronicle reports on this initiative, in Learning... Read more…
Accreditation provisions and the Higher Education Opportunity Act
Brent Ruben forwarded this to me. It's an outline of the proposed regulations for accreditation under the Higher Education Opportunity Act (2008) (HEOA) forwarded through the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). Click here to view.The good news is that... Read more…
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