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 […]
The Invisible Computer Lab - Implications and Questions
I recently read an article titled The Invisible Computer Lab and found it interesting. It left me wondering how important virtualization may be for us and what types of questions it would raise. The article is a simple, very high level treatment of application visualization, but I think that it also points to a number […]
A Fundamental Root Cause of Regional Instability Around the World
In recent days much air time and ink has been spent spotlighting the implications of technologies like Twitter and Facebook to inform and propel protesters in global hot-spots where there is much unrest. Tunisia, Egypt, and Jordan, for example, come immediately to mind. Unfortunately, much less coverage in my opinion has been devoted to the underlying causes of the […]
Please Welcome Our New Chief Technology Officer Patrick Jay Masson
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce a distinguished colleague who has recently accepted our offer to serve as UMassOnline’s next Chief Technology Officer and joins us on May 3rd. I have had the opportunity to follow Pat’s career and to observe his role as a facilitator and catalyst for organic and emergent […]
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