By Michael Feldstein and Phil Hill. As you probably know, we run a consulting business (MindWires Consulting) and sometimes work with the companies and schools that we write about here. Consequently, we periodically remind you and update you on our conflict of interest policies. We do our best to avoid or minimize conflicts of interest where we can, but since our system isn’t perfect, we want you to understand how we handle them when they arise so that you can consider our analysis with the full context in mind. We value your trust and don’t take it for granted. More...
Bachelor-Abschlüsse dauern länger als geplant
Die Bologna-Reform sollte das Studium beschleunigen, doch der Bachelor wird nur selten in sechs Semestern geschafft. In Bayern, Berlin und NRW dauert es ein Jahr länger.
Sechs Semester beträgt die Regelstudienzeit beim Bachelor-Abschluss an deutschen Universitäten – aber das Studium dauert im Durchschnitt erheblich länger. Statistiken aus Nordrhein-Westfalen, Berlin und Bayern belegen dies laut einem Bericht der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung. 8,64 Semester war demzufolge der Schnitt 2013 in NRW, wo ein Viertel der deutschen Studierenden eingeschrieben ist. Mehr...
"Müssen Studenten Latein lernen?"
Von . Viele Lehramtsstudenten oder Doktoranden anderer Fächer brauchen ein Latinum. Wird so analytisches Denken gefördert, oder ist der Aufwand unnötig? Ein Pro und Contra.
Latein ist ein Bildungsfossil. Aber was wäre unsere Welt ohne Fossilien? Ein Paläontologe kann anhand der Versteinerungen die Geschichte des Lebens nachvollziehen. Mehr...
Soll ich in der Wirtschaft promovieren?
Von . Wer an der Uni schreibt, hat mehr Freiheit, im Unternehmen knüpft man Kontakte. Was ist besser?
Ich wollte während meiner Promotion erste Schritte ins Berufsleben machen, genauer: in die Wirtschaft. Deshalb schreibe ich meine Dissertation im Rahmen einer Forschungsarbeit für SAP, die größte europäische Firma für Unternehmens-Software. Mit einem Kollegen entwickle ich dort ein Programm zur Social-Media-Analyse. Mehr...
The MOOC metrics we should be tracking
By - . Understanding student demographic factors might help us teach a new generation of learners how to succeed in MOOCs. An important technique for understanding what might really be happening in the world is to avoid being bowled over by stunning numbers. More...
Mission is key to MOOCs, online programs
By Meris Stansbury - . By now, most colleges and universities know that providing some type of online program—fully online, MOOCs, or blended learning—is critical to staying current in today’s changing higher ed landscape. But how do you determine your institution’s online readiness, and how can MOOCs work for everyone? More...
Colleges: Federal sign up available for competency experiments
By Meris Stansbury - . Competency-based experiments, once buried, get new life and could be huge opportunity for colleges and universities.From badges to skills pathways, more higher ed institutions are not only feeling the pressure to accept, but realizing the benefits of implementing, alternative credentials for a broad range of students. More...
The eCampus News 2014-15 Readers’ Choice Awards
By - . This past spring, we asked readers to give us their top picks for school hardware, software, websites, and services—and more than 1,300 readers responded online.In nominating their favorite products, we asked readers to tell us how they’re using these products to improve teaching, learning, or school administration—and to what effect. We then chose the 50 best responses, which appear alphabetically by product name. More...
3 ways to bolster competency in higher education
By - . Competency based learning, or CBE, has been pushed by educators and lawmakers who want to increase the number of U.S. degree holders by helping nontraditional students — working adults and military veterans among them — turn their professional experience into college credits. More...
Revolutionizing Student Advising, Tracking and Intervention
By Elizabeth D. Capaldi Phillips - The evolllution. Individual student advising can be improved by the use of data mining and analytics. At Arizona State University (ASU), we developed eAdvisor, a system that requires students to take courses that diagnose likelihood of success in a major early-on so struggling students can be rapidly redirected into a major where they will graduate. More...