By Brian Williams - EvoLLLution. Sweet Briar College’s decision to close has given heightened attention to a set of thorny questions that higher education leaders, particularly those in liberal arts colleges, have pondered for some time, revolving around a central theme: “Why do liberal arts colleges need to change their business model and what should that change entail?” More...
By Richard Pattenaude - EvoLLLution. Today’s higher education environment is immensely competitive, fast-moving and scrutinized by a range of key stakeholders, including legislators and students. One of the most significant critiques facing higher education is the charge that institutions are not meeting the needs or expectations of today’s learners, both academically and bureaucratically. More...
By David Hofmeister - EvoLLLution. For institutions that offer adult-oriented two- and four-year professional programs, as well as graduate programs, there are many potential students who seek personal and professional advancement through postsecondary education. More...
As intended, the recent publication of Open Access: Is a National Licence the answer?, a HEPI Occasional Paper written by Sarah Chaytor and me, stimulated press coverage (e.g. THE) and comment (e.g. Curry, Kernohan, Hillman, Taylor, Tickell and Jubb). More...
By . What does this mean for higher education in the U.K.? Times Higher Education has offered the following analysis:
By . First, this is one of the most interesting papers on the future of digital learning that I have read for some time. I have had to shorten it considerably but I highly recommend reading the whole paper carefully. It contains many interesting ideas and a useful set of resources that could be directly incorporated into current teaching and learning. This is not surprising as it is the result of ‘consultations with more than 70 community thought leaders’. More...
By Phil Hill. There is a fascinating essay today at Inside Higher Ed giving an inside, first-person view of being an adjunct professor.
2015 is my 25th year of adjunct teaching. In the fall I will teach my 500th three-credit college course. I have put in many 14- to 16-hour days, with many 70- to 80-hour weeks. My record is 27 courses in one year, although I could not do that now.
I want to share my thoughts on adjunct teaching. I write anonymously to not jeopardize my precarious positions. How typical is my situation?
The whole essay is worth reading, as it gives a great view into what the modern university and the implications of using adjuncts. More...
By Phil Hill. During yesterday’s K-20 learning platform panel at IMS Global’s Learning Impact Leadership Institute (the panel that replaced the LMS Smackdown of year’s past), Scott Jaschik started the discussion off by asking “what is the LMS?”. As I have recently complained about our Saturn Vue that replaced a Chrysler Town & Country, the answer I provided was that the LMS is the minivan of education. More...
By Michael Feldstein and Phil Hill. It seems like there has been an avalanche of high-profile books about the future of education lately—Kevin Carey’s The End of College, Jeff Selingo’s College Unbound, Anya Kamenetz’s The Test, Michael Crow’s Designing the New American University, and Fareed Zacharia’s In Defense of a Liberal Education, to name a few. More...
By Phil Hill. Today we are thrilled to release the initial episodes in our new e-Literate TV series on “personalized learning”. In this series, we examine how that term, which is heavily marketed but poorly defined, is implemented on the ground at a variety of colleges and universities. What does it really mean in practice? What problem is intended to solve? And how well is it working. More...
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