By Debbie Cavalier - EvoLLLution. 1. Why is it possible for online degrees to cost less than their face-to-face peers when the quality of education and outcomes are the same?
We’ve been teaching online for 12 years now and we’ve made a large investment in Berklee Online. We’re able to deliver high-quality education at a cost that’s lower than the on-campus experience. The on-campus students receive all kinds accouterments that aren’t available to the online students, so we’re not supporting practice rooms and ensemble rooms and recording studios and all of the facilities and the various counseling services. More...

By David Hofmeister - EvoLLLution. A conversation the other day with a financial planner about my plan to invest $24,000 with no guaranteed return raised her ire. She proceeded to raise mine when she asked why I would make such an investment. More...

By Gary Langsdale - EvoLLLution. 1. Why should student information security be at the top of the radar for every higher education IT leader?
Breaches and the sensitivity around them are increasing, both within higher ed and externally in the general population. There is an exponential increase, particularly in higher ed, in the use of systems for collaboration, which means that more personally identifiable information is out there in more places. More...

By Fatma Mili - EvoLLLution. No degree is an island, and for now competency-based degrees will live in a predominantly credit-based world. On the surface, this is a simple mechanical process by which we map between courses and competencies. Competencies are, after all, nothing but a manifestation of the outcomes we aim to achieve in courses. Thanks to the many accreditation and assessment requirements academic curricula are subjected to, this information is widely documented. The outcomes of a calculus class, for example, can be packaged into three or four relatively independent and self-contained competencies. More...

By Javier Miyares - EvoLLLution. 3. In July, a UMUC advisory board suggested that one way to close the enrollment gap would be to convert UMUC to a non-profit, public business entity with defined ties to the University System of Maryland. How would this move benefit UMUC in the short term?
The recommendation is not related to the short term. We’re beginning to see a rebounding of the declining enrollments. We have implemented many changes to increase our enrollment here stateside. We’ll be making some changes overseas, particularly in Asia, to increase our enrollment overseas. More...

By Edward Abeyta - EvoLLLution. Today I’m going to be talking about a perception gap. It’s an emerging topic in our country and it’s a perception gap that hits corporations and higher learning institutions. Specifically, the perception gap is around work preparedness. More...

By Allison Rossett - EvoLLLution. I often think about the condition of higher education, but was concerned not at all when I went to see “La Boheme” in a movie theater at the mall. More...