There is speculation that the Chinese government may be punishing the University of California, San Diego, for inviting the Dalai Lama to be its 2017 commencement speaker after claims emerged that the China Scholarship Council may have put a freeze on funding scholars to the institution, writes Elizabeth Redden for Inside Higher Ed. More...The Online Student Connectedness Survey: Evidence of Initial Construct Validity
The Online Student Connectedness Survey (OSCS) was introduced to the academic community in 2012 as an instrument designed to measure feelings of connectedness between students participating in online degree and certification programs. The purpose of this study was to examine data from the instrument for initial evidence of validity and reliability and to establish a nomological network between the OSCS, the Classroom Connectedness Survey (CCS), and the Community of Inquiry Survey (COI), which are similar instruments in the field. Results provided evidence of factor validity and reliability. More...