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Can Accreditation Make a Difference?
The last decade of discussion of higher education has occasionally addressed the role of the accrediting bodies for higher education institutions. There are two types of accrediting bodies in the US. The first accredits institutions. The second accredits programs such as engineering, business, and public health. Criticism of both types has opened discussion about whether accrediting bodies make any real difference to students and employers in terms of quality. This is essentially a question of their efficacy.
That is why it was heartening to see the changes under consideration by one accrediting body – AACSB… Continue reading
Useful New Book Offers Inspiration, Guidance to Finish that Degree — Affordably
According to recent sobering statistics, more than 50 million working-age Americans have some college but no degree.*
Courageous Learning: Finding a New Path through Higher Education (John Ebersole and William Patrick; Hudson Whitman/ECP) may help. The book is aimed squarely at working-age Americans with no degree, and was written to guide adults—whose financial and time constraints differ from traditional campus-bound students—to finish their degree at accredited institutions.
Dr. Ebersole, president of Excelsior College and a leading advocate for adult degree completion said, “Courageous Learning was written to demonstrate options, and to show that a student can finish a degree… Continue reading
Investors Backed by Publishing Giant Team Up With Calif. University to Start a Bilingual College
By Goldie Blumenstyk
A $100-million investment fund backed by the German publishing and media giant Bertelsmann and the endowment for two Texas public university systems is jumping into higher education with two ventures aimed key markets.
One is a new bilingual college aimed at Hispanic students, in partnership with an affiliate of Chapman University. The other is a new London-based distance-education company that will assist European universities in creating, marketing, and managing online courses and degree programs.
For the yet-to-be-named Hispanic-serving college, the new fund, called University Ventures, will form a partnership with Brandman University, an 11,000-student nonprofit institution now… Continue reading
Web Conference: Shifting Demographics
Today’s Adult Learner and the Disappearing “Traditional” Student
Kristen Betts, Director of Online and Blended Learning
Armstrong Atlantic State University
January 26th / 8:30 am PST, 11:30AM EST
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Dr. Kristen Betts is Armstrong Atlantic State University’s first Director of Online and Blended Learning. In this position, Dr. Betts is leading innovative initiatives to support student and faculty success in online and blended education. Dr. Betts has over 15 year of experience in online instruction and program development with private and public institutions. She is a recognized speaker and author as well as serves as a… Continue reading
Googling Education: Data from Google on Edu Searches
Despite having its largest year-over-year growth in the first quarter of 2011, searches for arts & design programs had their biggest year-over-year decline this past quarter. Searches for education and criminal justice programs also fell, while searches for health care programs remained steady. Of the areas in Google’s report, technology and liberal arts programs saw the biggest increase in searches over this time last year.
Continue reading: insidehighered.com
