Inside Higher Ed The 100K Club The University of Phoenix’s online enrollment plummets while Western Governors and Southern New Hampshire near 100,000 students as they vie to rule the roost. By Lindsay McKenzie April 23, 2018 Few institutions have topped more than 100,000 students online, but Western Governors University and Southern […]
Education Dive Don’t look to Congress, HEA reauthorization to solve higher ed’s quandaries, experts say Autumn A. Arnett@A2Arnett April 13, 2018 Dive Brief: A group of higher education leaders at the Ronald Reagan Institute Summit on Education held Thursday in Washington, D.C. concluded that as a whole, the industry is […]
AEI April 12, 2018 | American Enterprise Institute Major Media Plays Favorites in Coverage of Education Policy Key Points We compare press coverage of 2017–18 Republican education policy proposals with coverage of 2009 Democratic proposals. The mainstream media was strikingly more skeptical of Republican education proposals than of Democratic proposals. The education-specific […]
Inside Higher Ed The Next Southern New Hampshire? Maryville University has bold plans for expansion online, with Pearson’s help, but experts warn that the small private university could struggle to stand out. By Lindsay McKenzie April 11, 2018 “Maryville … is that in Ohio?” a source asked. Actually, Maryville University, a small […]
Chronicle of Higher Education With Its Model Under the Gun, an Online-Education Leader Makes the Case for Mentors By Goldie Blumenstyk APRIL 10, 2018 An audit last year by an independent arm of the U.S. Education Department questioned whether the teaching model of Western Governors University, built around competency-based learning, […]
Inside Higher Ed New Study on Income-Driven Repayment Plans By Andrew Kreighbaum April 10, 2018 Enrollment in income-driven repayment plans for student loans can change significantly depending on the particular benefit emphasized to borrowers, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research paper released Monday. Using data from a survey of University of […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education 3 Ideas to Improve Higher Education From The Chronicle’s Fourth Annual Version of ‘Shark Tank’ By Goldie Blumenstyk APRIL 06, 2018 AUSTIN, TEX. The Chronicle’s Shark Tank: Edu Edition returned to the South by Southwest EDU conference in March to weigh in on three ideas for […]
The Hill Just Do It!: Modernize the Higher Education Act BY FORMER REP. STEVE GUNDERSON (R-WIS.), OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 04/10/18 11:35 AM EDT 26 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL The last time Congress reauthorized the Higher Education Act was in 2008. George […]
Inside Higher Ed Are You Flipping the Wrong Way? Finding many educators are using outdated flipped learning techniques, a new group proposes global training standards to keep them up to date. By Lindsay McKenzie March 27, 2018 More and more educators around the world are experimenting with flipped learning — a […]
Inside Higher Ed Serving California’s 2.5 Million ‘Stranded Workers’ By Paul Fain As California’s community college system develops a plan to create a statewide online community college — an idea proposed and strongly backed by Jerry Brown, the state’s Democratic governor — a nonprofit group has released an analysis that seeks to identify the “stranded […]