The Government’s terms of reference for the ‘independent’ panel undertaking the current Review of post-18 education and funding in England exclude abolishing university fees. Instead, the panel is to work with the principle that students should contribute directly to the cost of their education. More...
HEPI is today publishing a new Policy Note, Benchmarking widening participation: how should we measure and report progress?, written by Professor Iain Martin, Vice-Chancellor at Anglia Ruskin University, which looks at each university’s success in widening participation and ensuring access to people from all backgrounds. More...
By Phil Hill. 10 days ago Arizona State University (ASU) and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released a report, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)1, titled "Making Digital Learning Work: Success Strategies From Six Leading Universities and Community Colleges". More...
By Phil Hill. Last year Blackboard celebrated their 20th anniversary as a company, and this year Instructure celebrated their 10th. Yes, the company with Canvas, the "new" LMS solution, is a decade old. To gain historical perspective, it is interesting to compare each company's first ten years in business in terms of primary financials - revenue and income - and performance in their core North American Higher Education market. More...
By Phil Hill. In Spring 2015 Moody's affirmed their B2 rating for Blackboard's nearly $1.4 billion in debt as part of the company's acquisition of Schoolwires, with a negative outlook for the ratings (meaning there was risk of a further downgrade). Three weeks ago, that downgrade took place. More...
By Michael Feldstein. A few weeks ago, I posted about our case study on the governance of the Courseware in Context (CWiC) Framework. CWiC is a laudable effort to take the traditional product evaluation matrix and get beyond "magic quadrant-ism" by adding some educational context to the selection process. Which product is "best" depends a lot on your goals, capabilities, and other contextual factors. More...
By Michael Feldstein. Too often, our conversations about education are weirdly bifurcated. On the one hand, we talk about big problems—helping massive numbers of people improve their economic status, educating a sophisticated citizenry, solving societal equity problems, and so on. More...
By Michael Feldstein. We have the first batch of Empirical Educator Project (EEP) summit videos available in the form of a four-episode interview case study. You can see the full set here. I'll be blogging about the series over the next week or so, starting today with the first episode on the definition of an empirical educator. More...
By Michael Feldstein. We'll have some more information to share about the Empirical Educator Project (EEP) next week, beginning with an ELI webinar on Monday at 1 PM ET. Phil and I will be moderating a star-studded panel of EEP participants. More...
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