Distance Learning Writing Tips for the Internet Generation
Last year I completed my MBA online from the University of Massachusetts. I mention this so you know I’m an avid internet user and I have had direct experience with communications to and from online professors and fellow online students. That’s why I am highly recommending a recent article that in considerable detail makes very […]
Presidents’ Forum Title IV Rules
On March 28th, Keith Lynip, Executive Director, Online Operations, UMass Dartmouth, and I attended the Presidents’ Forum meeting on The Federalization of Higher Education, which focused on the Higher Education Act (HEA) amendments to section 600.9 State Authorization. As you may know, we have been following the issue of State Authorization through the Observatory. Our […]
State Regulation- the wrong answer to the right question?
[The UMassOnline blog welcomes first time guest blogger, Richard Garrett, Managing Director, Eduventures.]
Hello, my name is Richard Garrett. I work at Eduventures, a Boston-based research and consulting firm focused on higher education. I oversee our Online Higher Education Learning Collaborative, a membership program for universities and colleges invested in online programming. We provide “big picture” […]
“The 40 Year Old… …Millennial”
“The interactive and collaborative nature of Web 2.0 tools, of which social media is just one category, clearly affords governments at all levels a significant opportunity to engage with citizens and the direct and indirect users of their services across a wide array of programs.” That’s the opening line of a 2010 National Association of […]



