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UPCEA Annual Conference: Student Success in Online, Competency-Based and MOOC programs
Please join us for this session at the UPCEA 97th Annual Conference.
Online and competency-based programs, massively open online courses (MOOCs), and other post-traditional modalities offer tremendous promise. They bring high-quality, post-secondary education to a new audience, but require students to be more self-directed, self-aware and accountable. See how universities can continue to drive student success as more students choose educational alternatives.
Moderator:
Kai Drekmeier
Founder and President
InsideTrack
Featuring:
John Ebersole
President
Excelsior College
Bruce Chaloux
Executive Director and CEO
The Sloan Consortium
Kevin Molloy
Vice President, Online Learning Solutions
… Continue reading
Posted in InsideTrack News, Online Education
Tagged InsideTrack, MOOC, online education, Student success, UPCEA Annual Conference
Top Online Schools in US for 2012
The students bearing the busy life schedules are likely to remain in a pell-mell for choosing between the campus-based study and online study. The malleability and flexibility offered by the online education drifts the trend of campus based study to online study.
A wide range of degree programs, diplomas and certificates are being proposed by different online schools and universities. The trend of online schools is seen to be increasing gradually and it does not seem to get stagnant in the short term.
Read more: askforeducation.com
Posted in Online Education
Tagged askforeducation.com, online education, Top Online Schools
College Enrollment Falls
By Larry Penley
The 2012 preliminary report on college enrollment indicates that enrollment in colleges and universities dropped in the fall of 2011 from the previous year. A decline, while not pointing specifically to the quality and availability of K-12 education, is likely linked to quality and choice at the K-12 level for students and families. The preliminary findings show the drop was almost 34,000 students. It indicates the decline was evident among American Indian and white students despite gains for Asian, Black and Hispanic students. The final report may provide more information about the… Continue reading
Posted in Enrollment, Online Education
Tagged college enrollment, graduation rate, Larry Penley, online education, STEM
Are the Sleeping Giants Awake? Non-Profit Universities Enter Online Education at Scale
By Chris Ross, Partner
For a decade, for-profit universities like the University of Phoenix, DeVry University, Ashford University, and Capella University took share from traditional higher education. The for-profit share of post-secondary enrollments doubled from 2004 to 2010, going from 6% to 12%. Recently, however, for-profit institutions have experienced enrollment declines while traditional non-profit universities capture headlines with new online programs, enrollment sgains, and growth initiatives that include open courseware such as Coursera and EdX.
With several non-profit schools surpassing 20,000 online-only enrollments – and even more signing partnerships with online enablers like Embanet, Bisk, 2Tor, and Deltak –… Continue reading
Posted in Enrollment, Online Education
Tagged Brand, for-profit universities, Non-Profit Universities, online education, Parthenon Group, Price
UPCEA: A seminar on the management of online programs
Nov 6, 1:00 p.m. – Nov 8, 12:00 p.m.
New Orleans, LA
The seminar will focus on the key strategic issues of online learning: new and emerging markets, online degree and certificate programs that expand access and meet workforce needs, the use of data analytics, assessing student online learning outcomes, and building for scale.
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