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Audio: Making higher education more accessible and affordable for adults
Richard Novak
Associate Vice President for Continuing Studies and Distance Learning, Rutgers University
The following interview is with Richard Novak, the Associate Vice President for Continuing Studies and Distance Learning, as well as the Director of Special Projects and Academic Affairs, at Rutgers University. Novak has a great amount of experience in adult higher education, having worked in the field for two decades and studied it extensively. In this Q&A, Novak discusses how institutions and governments could work together to make higher education more accessible and affordable for prospective and current adult students.
To listen to The EvoLLLution’s… Continue reading
Massively Big Thinking by Dean Cathy Sandeen
Cathy Sandeen
Ph.D, MBA
Dean, UCLA Extension
I recently ran across some notes I made when I attended the American Council on Education (ACE) annual meeting earlier this year. ACE is the premier umbrella organization representing all segments of higher education. The organization generally draws well known speakers and big thinkers to its events and its 2012 conference was no exception.
Two talks from the meeting stood out in my mind: Sal Khan, Founder of the Khan Academy and Michael Crow, President of… Continue reading
Student Commitment Is a Major Determinant of Quality
Patrick M. Callan, President
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
InsideTrack Advisory Board Member
The issue of quality cannot be separated from the question of how well higher education serves students and society. Do colleges and universities produce and certify graduates in sufficient numbers and with the requisite knowledge and skills to enhance opportunity, citizenship, and productivity in the knowledge-based global economy?
Educators, institutions, accreditors, and government have historically relied on institutional characteristics, processes, and practices—principally inputs—as proxies for educational quality. In the current environment, with the imperative to significantly raise rates of educational… Continue reading
Actually, College Is Very Much Worth It
Lately it’s become fashionable — especially among the highly credentialed — to question whether it’s really “worth it” to go to college. A recent report from the Harvard Graduate School of Education proposed deemphasizing college as the primary goal of our education system in favor of “multiple pathways” for students. Earlier this month, New York Magazine devoted almost 4,000 words to profiling venture capitalists (and college graduates) James Altucher and Peter Thiel and their efforts convince Americans that they’d be better off skipping college. Thiel is even creating a $100,000 fellowship for young people who agree to delay going… Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew J. Rotherham, college costs, college enrollment, Harvard Graduate School of Education, jobs for recent grads, low-income students, New York Magazine, Pew Research Center, Princeton University, student graduation, student persistence, student retention
Freshmen Persistence and the Undergraduate Experience
By Larry Penley
Once again in the midst of the ACE (American Council on Education) annual meeting, I was reminded of the real value of a national conference; its value comes from the opportunity to reflect on our challenges. The sessions, including plenary ones with people like Michael Mandelbaum, Michael Crow, and Charlie Cook certainly add to the experience of the meeting, but I have always found my greatest take-away comes from time to reflect on how we raise the quality of higher education.
This ACE meeting called attention to widespread concern with student access and success. ASU President… Continue reading
