White House Blog: Week-Long Focus on Education
[I am pleased to share another guest post from my colleague, Kate Harrington, Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and International Relations, University of Massachusetts President’s Offfice.]
Recently the White House blog gave the U.S. Department of Education a week’s worth of time and space to blog about important issues and events. At the end […]
Six Reports on ‘Promising Practices in Online Learning’ Available Online
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) is a non-profit association with more than 3,400 members representing a diverse cross-section of school districts, charter schools, state education agencies, non-profit organizations, colleges, universities, research institutions, corporate entities and other content and technology providers.
On their site, they feature six reports on ‘Promising Practices in Online Learning.’ […]
A Credit-based Educational System
Whether you are taking an on-site or an online program at an American university, a fundamental concept that you will be dealing with is “credits.” Although Chinese universities have introduced the concept of credits into their grade reporting system, they have not used this concept as extensively as American universities do.
In Chinese universities, the number […]
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 […]
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