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26 septembre 2018

Whatever Happened to Channel One?

Whatever Happened to Channel One?
Larry Cuban, Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice, 2018/08/06
Channel One was founded in 1989 as a way to pump marketing content directly into primary school classrooms (disguised as news content created by CNN). It was a going concern in the early 2000s, when I covered it here, but has faded from prominance since then. So what happened to it? "Channel One died at the end of the 2018 school year." No loss. More...

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26 septembre 2018

Canada’s Affordability Policies Are Worth a Good Long Look

Canada is perhaps the one country which is getting “high tuition/high aid” right, and for that reason is worth careful study. More...

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26 septembre 2018

What Campus Diversity Programs Can Learn From McCain’s Funeral

By Eboo Patel. Watching two former presidents eulogize the man they defeated for the highest office gave me some ideas for campuses. More...

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25 septembre 2018

Online as Backup

By Matt Reed. Hurricanes and learning management systems.
An occupational hazard of academic administration is that you hear or read about devastation and tragedy, like Hurricane Florence, and your thoughts turn to learning management systems. More...

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25 septembre 2018

On-Ramps and Off-Ramps: Alternative Credentials and Emerging Pathways Between Education and Work

By Paul Fain. The college degree is considered the best ticket to a rewarding career and the middle class. But many say the traditional degree pathway is failing to meet the nation’s postsecondary education and training needs. As a result, a growing number of colleges are partnering with employers -- or brokers who make those connections -- and noncollege education providers to offer alternative credential pathways. More...

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25 septembre 2018

George Washington Defends Research After Trump's Tweets

By Elizabeth Redden. George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health defended its study on Hurricane Maria-related mortality rates in Puerto Rico on Thursday after President Trump falsely said on Twitter that an estimated death toll of around 3,000 was manufactured by Democrats who wanted to make him look bad. More...

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25 septembre 2018

Shalala's Next Gig?

By Marjorie Valbrun. Three-time university president is running for Congress, as are several others who seek to move from halls of campus to halls of Congress. More...

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25 septembre 2018

The 2018 Surveys of Admissions Leaders: The Pressure Grows

By Scott Jaschik. Not only are a majority of colleges failing to fill their new classes by May 1, the traditional target date, but they are failing to do so by June 1 as well, according to the 2018 Survey of College and University Admissions Directors, released today by Inside Higher Ed, in collaboration with Gallup. More...

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25 septembre 2018

Colleges and Hurricane Florence

By Scott Jaschik. Hurricane Florence is still moving and it remains unclear how much damage it will do to colleges in the Carolinas. At Inside Higher Ed, we hope the damage is minimal and welcome reports from colleges on how they are faring. More...

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25 septembre 2018

Mercy of Ohio Will Join Bowling Green State University

By Scott Jaschik. Bowling Green State University and Mercy College of Ohio on Wednesday announced the start of a two-to-three-year process under which the college and its degree programs will become part of the university. More...

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