JPMorgan Chase is donating $3 million to help prepare Dallas County students for high demand careers in partnership with Dallas County Promise. More...
29 mai 2018
28 mai 2018
What is AI anyway? The U. of Helsinki’s free online course will explain it
You know that Seinfeld episode where Jerry doesn’t remember the name of a woman he is dating, only the fact that it rhymes with a part of the female anatomy? He spends the entire episode faking his way through conversations, trying to cover for himself until he’s unmasked as a very bad boyfriend. More...
28 mai 2018
Free content: Why not?
Free content: Why not?
If you produce educational content and hope to get paid for it, read this article closely. The author is describing exactly the distribution model for music that I am predicting for educational content. He begins, "The best way to stem this tidal wave of thievery is to give the music away." How so? He draws the comparison with coal. More...
28 mai 2018
When a Free Download Isn't Free
When a Free Download Isn't Free
There's a lesson in this. When Glenn Fleishman's new book, a hefty 23 megabyte PDF file, was offered for free on his website the number of downloads left his web server staggering under the load and Fleishman facing a $15,000 bandwidth charge from his service provider. More...
28 mai 2018
Partnership Provides Free Test Preparation Course For Idaho Students
Partnership Provides Free Test Preparation Course For Idaho Students
Leaving questions about the appropriateness of such tests aside, this is the direction that we want to see in online learning. It becomes possible (though not required) for students to prepare themselves for these tests. More...
28 mai 2018
Dangerous questions: Why academic freedom matters
The course is aimed first at anyone in higher education – leadership, administrators, academic staff and students. Second, the course is aimed at anyone outside the sector who has an opinion about higher education, especially critical opinions. More...
28 mai 2018
Academic freedom faces ‘grave threat’ from parliament
By Yojana Sharma. Academics are normally happy to provide expert opinion and testimony to parliamentary hearings in democratic countries, but the way one expert witness invited to a Singaporean parliamentary committee hearing on ‘fake news’ was treated has caused consternation around the world. More...26 mai 2018
Income Caps
By Matt Reed. Free community college should be available to all.
’m glad to see that Maryland is joining the list of states either rolling out or seriously considering a free community college program. More...
23 mai 2018
Free Tuition Policies Don't Guarantee Access
By Elizabeth Redden. Free tuition policies are rooted in strong philosophical and social traditions but do not necessarily lead to increased access or student success, according to a new paper in the journal Higher Education Policy titled “There Is No Such Thing as Free Higher Education: A Global Perspective on the (Many) Realities of Free Systems.” More...
22 mai 2018
Buy One, Get One Tuition-Free
By Ashley A. Smith. A two-year college in Ohio will award students a free second year of tuition if they successfully finish their first year while completing at least 30 credit hours. More...
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