If You’re in College, are You a Student or a Customer? Both?

In the first full week of this new year, a New York Times blog called Room for Debate featured five academic voices from higher education giving their opinion on the question of whether or not college enrollees are students or customers. It’s a conversation The Times acknowledges was ignited by an article in The Chicago […]

Great Blog Source for eLearning Development and Delivery Ideas and Solutions

Thanks to an article by Andy Petroski, writing for the Central Penn Business Journal, a unique blog site was identified that is a great source of information for eLearning professionals. Mr. Petroski’s news piece is focused on organizational learning. But while the blog site he references as a source of help does seem useful for […]

Philosophy Professor Argues for Evidence-Based Educational Approaches

Paul Thagard is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo and author of The Brain and the Meaning of Life. This month, on a Psychology Today blog site he has posted an article with the headline “Education, Evidence, and Ethics: How should university students be taught?” Professor Thagard, by the way, has examined both […]

Expert’s Guide to Completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

According to this article I found in The Sacramento Bee, it was authored by an independent college adviser based in Charlotte, N.C. named Lee Bierer. While we can’t and don’t vouch for the services of individuals or any third-party entities or organizations, the substance of this article, entitled “Countdown to college: Terms you need to […]

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