higher education
Many Students Fail Military Entrance Exam
NPR featured EdTrust report, Shut Out of the Military. EdTrust and AEE have great resources on the crisis and the solution.
The Other Higher Ed: P2P Learning
If you run a 2nd tier degree program, you better make it social, applied, engaging, and flexible. And you better find a way to make your program more affordable, because you're competing with Fred, and he's free.
Digital Learning Will Change Knowledge Creation
Scholarly publishers are in a new soup of knowledge creation, much of it outside academe. Read conclusions from Alix Vance, Scholarly Kitchen.
From Private & Expensive to Affordable & Online
Western Governors University: a more affordable and flexible way to receive your BA.
Strive for College
Most students strive for college but don't get much tailored advice about their post secondary decision; Michael Carter is trying to change that.
Placement Exams: The Hidden Gateway
Placement exams are the hidden gateway in American education. A new partnership may yield a more transparent and aligned system of high school exit and college eligibility.
Riots or Innovation?
Increasing higher ed costs are squeezing budgets, increasing tuitions are causing riots. Blended learning is the solution.
The Shadow Education System
With the launch of Skillshare, it seems likely that there is a shadow education system working in America. Who are the entrepreneurs running it? Michael Karnjanaprakorn, the CEO for Skillshare, is one.
A Bridge to College
Strive for College helps build the bridge to the best possible post secondary decision for students
WGU Growing 30% Annually
WGU is advancing affordable high quality competency-based education—and it’s starting to catch on.