Is There Merit in a ‘Badge’ System That Certifies Higher Education Achievement?
A recent article published in The Chronicle of Higher Eduction and entitled ‘Badges’ Earned Online Pose Challenge to Traditional College Diplomas, explores the reasons why there is growing interest in this alternative (or additive) to the power of traditional degrees and credits. What are badges? The author of the article, Jeffrey R. Young, provides this: […]
M.I.T. Investing Millions in the Development of a New Online Learning Platform; Will Offer ‘Affordable’ Certificates
Recently, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) made two significant announcements that could very well have a significant influence or impact over all providers of online higher education. Just about everyone already knows that for about 10 years people anywhere could log in and access M.I.T. prepared course materials for free. According to The New […]
The National Dialogue on Higher Education Accessibility and Affordability Grows
Lately I have been giving a lot of thought to accessibility. More specifically, I have been asking myself and others if accessibility can ever really exist if affordability isn’t also present. Turns out, I’m hardly alone in weighing this and related issues. And, it seems, more and more educators and institutional leaders are giving voice to […]
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 […]
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