Chasing a generation of globally mobile students
By Helen Warrell. More than 150 years ago, the Catholic cardinal John Henry Newman set out his vision for a university as “a place of concourse, whither students come from every quarter for every kind of knowledge”. As students have become more mobile, and higher education institutions more international, Cardinal Newman might be surprised at the truly diverse concourse of the modern education market. More...
Competency-Based Education: No More Semesters?
By Anya Kamenetz. "I went to a four-year university." "That job requires a one-year certificate." "It's a two-semester course." "She's a fifth-year senior." What do these expressions have in common? They use time as the yardstick for higher education. Essentially, this means measuring not how much you've learned, but how long you've spent trying to learn it.
The conventions of the credit hour, the semester and the academic year were formalized in the early 1900s. Time forms the template for designing college programs, accrediting them and — crucially — funding them using federal student aid. But in 2013, for the first time, the Department of Education took steps to loosen the rules. More...
Measures needed to lessen financial burdens of college students in need
More and more college students have given up studying because of the inability to pay tuition fees. Supportive measures are needed to help students who want to learn devote themselves to their studies.
A survey taken by the education ministry found that, in the 2012 academic year, the number of those who dropped out of universities, junior colleges and similar institutions totaled 79,000. More...
Education reform - A good choice?
SCHOOL vouchers are a divisive subject in America. Proponents claim that vouchers not only grant parents the opportunity to send their children to a private school, but also raise the quality of all education by creating more competition between schools. Critics complain that these subsidies divert necessary resources from public schools, and rarely cover the full cost of a private education. To settle this debate, many have looked to Sweden, where vouchers were introduced in 1992. The results there have been cited as both a case for and against vouchers. More...
The MOOC Revolution Changes Shape
MOOCs may not have delivered on the revolutionary promise of a free college education for all, but instead, may be evolving into a technology offering solutions for many different types of learners. MOOC-offering companies like Udacity and Thinkful are seeing the value of winnowing down from a one-size-fits-all approach to a targeted strategy of delivering online learning to targeted populations. The MOOC revolution is still happening, but on a smaller scale.
Udacity’s new direction is a signal of the new MOOC environment. The company underwent a pivot taking it away from higher ed and into a model that bills itself as “built by industry for industry.” Udacity’s training is positioned to address the shortage of STEM workers in the tech industry. More...
Creating jobs, brighter future for youth
Like a colourful, graph-packed version of the Ivany report, the Community Foundation of Nova Scotia’s new publication on the state of the province’s young people is not a happy read.
The report, its statistics and the conclusions that can be drawn tie into how our economy is doing, which is not great.
The report has limited commentary and is presented mainly as statistics, which sometimes call out for more explanation or a broader context. For example, it compares suicidal thoughts and attempts among high schoolers across Canada, but omits the actual suicide rate. More...
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4ème Journée de culture commune du RREFH - Aix en Provence
Le Réseau régional pour l'égalité entre les femmes et les hommes (RREFH), animé par l`ORM et soutenu par l`Etat et la Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, vous convie à sa 4ème Journée de culture commune sur le thème : « L'évaluation des emplois : un levier vers l'égalité femmes hommes » Organisée en collaboration étroite avec le Défenseur des droits (DDD), et consacrée aux liens entre systèmes de classification des emplois et inégalités salariales
Date : Mardi 14 octobre 2014
Horaire : de 9 h à 16 h 30
Lieu : CREPS PACA - Domaine de la Madeleine Pont de l’Arc - CS 70445 - 13098 Aix-en-Provence cedex 2
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Sciences Po Aix dans la tourmente
Un courrier adressé au conseil d'administration de Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence par six Instituts d'études politiques (IEP) dénonce des partenariats passés entre l'établissement et des formations privées.
Il y a des publicités dont un établissement se passerait bien. Quelques jours après le tapage médiatique autour de l'étudiante voilée, l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques d'Aix-en-Provence fait encore parler de lui. Cette fois, l'établissement est accusé par six directeurs d'IEP de passer différents partenariats avec des instituts de formation privés. Voir l'article...
Contrat de plan Etat-Région 2014-2020 : Enseignement supérieur et Recherche au régime sec
Par Nicole Bremaud. Quelle planification prévue par l'Etat pour les 5 années à venir ? Ce matin en préfecture à Poitiers se sont réunis tous les représentants des collectivités locales et des services publics de Poitou-Charentes. L'Université fait les frais des réductions budgétaires de l'Etat. Voir l'article...
