By Candice Bocala. After working for twelve years as an elementary school teacher, an instructor in higher education, and a facilitator for professional development workshops, I felt comfortable with instructional design — until I started working on a massive open online course (MOOC) for HarvardX. As part of the team that created the course Leaders of Learning with Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) professor Richard Elmore, I found my ideas about how to engage learners were challenged by the simple fact that I could not watch their reactions or gauge their responses in real time. Read more...
28 juin 2014
Principles of Learning
The Real Double-Shot
By Dan Butin. If the future of higher education is the question, Starbucks is not the answer. While the Starbucks-Arizona State University partnership got all the news last week (and far too many “venti” jokes), I would argue that we actually missed the real big story: Western Governors University (WGU) got top marks for its teacher preparation programs from the US News & World Report’s sponsored rankings done by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ). Read more...
Ten Years and Counting
By Matt Reed. I started this blog ten years ago this week. It started as a personal adventure in 2004. I went to five days a week (most weeks) in 2005, just to see if I could. InsideHigherEd picked it up in 2007.
What follows is the first post, from ten years ago. It was just a few weeks before the birth of The Girl. I would write it differently now, but as a time capsule, it’s pretty accurate. Longtime readers, enjoy!
Having done the politically-aware-graduate-student-of-the-1990’s thing (no money, but enough moral snobbery to more than make up for it), my 30’s have been a series of rude shocks. Read more...
Teach-outs and Bailouts
By Matt Reed. I was disappointed to see the discussion on Twitter when the news broke that the federal Department of Education was putting together a “teach-out” for Corinthian Colleges. Several people who should have known better described it as a “bailout,” and went on the attack against for-profits in general and Arne Duncan in particular. Read more...The Power of Giant Sticky Notes
By Matt Reed. This week I had one of the more satisfying creative experiences I’ve had in a while. It involved about a half dozen people and a few giant sticky notes. No, I’m not setting up a punchline. Without revealing too much, I’ll say that several of us from different functional areas are up against a shared -- and short -- deadline. We had to come up with a relatively detailed plan in a short time. Read more...Education Department Again Delays ‘State Authorization’ Rule
The U.S. Department of Education is again delaying the deadline for when colleges must comply with a requirement that they obtain authorization from regulators in each state in which they are physically located. The rule was set to take effect next month, but the department announced Monday that it is pushing the deadline back to July 1, 2015. This is the second time the department has provided such an extension for a rule that many colleges have said is confusing. Some have also said the rule is being enforced unfairly. The regulation is aimed at setting some minimum standards for how a state approves colleges operating within its borders. Read more...Nearly 70 Colleges Team Up to Assess Student Learning
Nearly 70 institutions are collaborating to better assess learning outcomes as part of a new initiative called the Multi-State Collaborative to Advance Learning Outcomes Assessment. The colleges and universities are a mix of two- and four-year institutions. Read more...Education Department Will ‘Pause’ on State Authorization Rule
The Obama administration is delaying its plan to develop a controversial rule that would require online programs to obtain approval from each and every state in which they enroll students, a top Education Department official said Wednesday. Read more...House Republicans Announce Three Higher Ed Act Bills
House Republicans on Thursday released a package of three bills that kick off their step-by-step approach to rewriting the Higher Education Act.
- The first bill aims to boost financial counseling for students who take out federal loans or grants. Read more...
California Auditor Criticizes CCSF's Accreditor
The California State Auditor on Thursday issued a scathing report on the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), the regional accreditor that has come under fire for its handling of the City College of San Francisco crisis. The auditor's office said the commission acted in an inconsistent manner with its decision to terminate City College's accreditation. Read more...
