higher education
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Innovations for Student Success Working at ASU
With budget cuts, most state universities are just retrenching: raising tuition and reducing enrollment—anything to protect the current model. But the model is bankrupt—costs are spiraling out of control and outcomes are weak. ASU president Michael Crow speaks the language that every state university head should these days: There…
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Uniting Online Learning and Self-Directed Learning – A New Relationship
The concept of self-directed learning has long fascinated researchers in the field of education for quite some time. Becoming a self-directed learner is found to be most important as we develop into adults. It is often cited as being one of the most important functions of education. However, research has shown that there needs to be a readiness for self-directed learning that comes with maturity.
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So, You Want to Be Governor? Here’s Your Platform
The 2012 campaign season is in full swing for national and statewide races. Gubernatorial candidates are raising money and shaping messages. Other than a few states where new drilling technology has unlocked a new round of oil drilling, most states are broke and it won’t change for years. …
EdTech
Review: Schooling in the Workplace
A review of Nancy Hoffman's new book, School in the Workplace, How Six of the World's Best Vocational Education Systems Prepare Young People for Jobs and Life. Its blended learning workforce style.
EdTech
OERu: Open Content to Expand College Access
OERu seeks to create new affordable learning pathways for low income adults worldwide based on open education resources (OER). Sponsored by the OER Foundation and Hewlett Foundation, the work is advanced by 13 partner institutions including Empire State, SUNY.
EdTech
Infographic: The Unprepared Nation
Knewton recently publish a new infographic "The Unprepared Nation: College Readiness Today," which takes a close look at college readiness among high school graduates in the U.S.
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Open, Shared, and Collaborative
“EduCause is the annual Woodstock of higher education,” wrote James Marshall Crotty for Forbes. “With a particular emphasis on “the intelligent use of information technology” in the robust arena of online education.” Crotty quoted Don Kilburn of Pearson that: “The next…
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Tertiary Education in the US is Broken
Nicholas Kristof After the host announced that student debt in the U.S. topped $1 trillion, columnist Nicholas Kristof told CNN this morning that “Tertiary education in the US is broken.” Sal Khan explained how the old formula—get a degree, get a good job, have a good life—is…
EdTech
Report: Assessments for College Readiness in Florida
Jobs for the Future (JFF) released "Testing Ground: How Florida Schools and Colleges Are Using a New Assessment to Increase College Readiness," a report by Pamela Burdman that describes how Florida's Division of Colleges and K-12 partners designed and launched a new placement test as a part of a greater college-readiness plan.
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Kansas City: A Great Education Improvement Story
In what may be the most improved urban American district, Kansas City, Kansas achieved results by a sustained focus on rigor and relationships. They started with a new goal—college and career readiness (a novel idea ten years ago). They got to know their students, they got them in the right courses, and the teachers got on the same page about good teaching.