By . At various times in the past (here, here, and here, for example), I have made the argument that lowering tuition fees is regressive because the benefits will accrue to people who are either the children of the wealthy, or people who will be wealthy, or both. I have also said that where neither of those conditions is true (for example, some types of community college programs), there is a reasonable case for free tuition. More...
By . I was poking around some data from the Canadian Undergraduate Survey Consortium the other day and I found some utterly mind-blowing data. Take a look at these statistics on the percentage of first-year students self-identifying as a “visible minority” on the Consortium’s triennial Survey of First Year Students. More...
By . You might remember that a little over a year ago, President Obama came up with the idea for the US Government to “rate” colleges on things like affordability, graduation rates, graduate earnings and the like. The thinking was that this kind of transparency would punish institutions that provided genuinely bad value for money by exposing said poor value to the market, while at the same encouraging all institutions to become more attentive to costs and outcomes. More...
By Debra Beck - EvoLLLution. The Community of Inquiry’s conceptualization of teaching presence offers both clarity about the specific challenges of instruction in an online environment and a framework for aligning practice with that setting. More...
By Amanda Smothers - EvoLLLution. One of the first ideas that came out of the planning phase was to create student forums that would allow interaction between users. Students were already utilizing Blackboard discussion boards to meet course requirements, therefore the infrastructure was ideal for hosting casual student forums. More...
By David Sam - EvoLLLution. A 2014 Northern Illinois University (NIU) Center for Governmental Studies report found that an Illinois community college graduate can expect a total lifetime earnings gain of over $570,000—an increase of 44 percent over the average total lifetime earnings of those who do not complete an associate’s degree or more. More...
By Todd McCullough - EvoLLLution. Today most colleges and universities have non-traditional students as part of their enrollment. If maximizing an institution’s engagement with this group were as simple as offering a few new resources, altering delivery styles, or acknowledging the existence of said population, then the discussion about how best to serve this demographic would be a short one. More...
By Anthony Picciano - EvoLLLution. Student enrollments in American higher education institutions continue to grow at a modest but steady pace. Over twenty million students are now enrolled in graduate, undergraduate four-year, and two-year colleges. More...
By Oliver Tomlin - EvoLLLution. Being a leader in today’s higher education climate is challenging. Declining budgets and skyrocketing expectations from students, staff, senior leadership and employers require leaders to be innovative, entrepreneurial risk-takers in a largely risk-averse environment. Today, leaders are expected to add one more skill to their arsenal: fundraising. More...
By Vincent J. Del Casino Jr. - EvoLLLution. It seems as if every month another university or college announces its intentions to develop fully online degree programs. For some institutions, the move online is tied to shifts in enrollments, as declines in eligible high school graduates give way to a focus on the so-called non-traditional learner. More...
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