Voice of America
MOOCs Are Moving Forward
Voice of America
The movement toward education by computer is developing fast. Massive Open Online Courses, called MOOCs, are changing how people learn in many places. For years, people could receive study materials from colleges or universities and take part in ...
Coursera Launches Career Service to Connect Students with JobsCity Town Info Education Channel
Unlikely Pairing?Inside Higher Ed
Wellesley to offer MOOCs on edXWashington Post (blog)
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Report: Calif adult education needs restructuring
San Jose Mercury News
The report found five main deficiencies: an overly broad mission, no clear delineation at community colleges between adult education and college education; inconsistent state rules, little coordination between colleges and school districts and a lack ...
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New push for two-year degrees could be smart move for US, report says
Christian Science Monitor
If the US is to become a world leader once again in the percentage of citizens earning college degrees – as President Obama has called for by 2020 – it could go a long way by giving more attention to getting community college students over the finish ...
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The new face of higher education: technology with a pinch of Pinterest
Upstart (blog)
But exactly how much technology will change higher education is still up for debate, the infographic shows. TheBestColleges lays out to what degree universities are currently adopting technology like online courses and digital textbooks, and the ...
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FCIR
A Magic Number
Huffington Post (blog)
The governors also agree on the optimal price tag for a bachelor's degree: the appealingly round figure of $10,000. It has become a journalistic tic to refer to swelling tuition costs as a higher-education bubble on the verge of bursting, but the ...
IN THE 13th GRADEFlorida Courier
Palm Beach State College to offer $10K bachelor's degreePalm Beach Post
Opposing view: $10K degree a populist gimmickUSA TODAY
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -Forbes -FCIR
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MiamiHerald.com
Palm Beach College to offer $10K bachelor's degree
Palm Beach Post
Twenty-two of Florida's 28 state colleges offer bachelor's degrees in various disciplines, with nursing, information technology and business management courses among the most popular for the almost 900,000 students in the system. Palm Beach State's ...
Palm Beach State College Takes Up Rick Scott's $10000 ChallengeSunshine State News (blog)
13th Grade: At Miami Dade College And Across Florida, A Crisis of Unprepared ...Huffington Post
Is College Worth It?Forbes
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -USA TODAY -Northeast Arkansas Town Crier (blog)
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Digital Natives: Higher Education's Multicultural Marketing Challenge
Huffington Post (blog)
Ever-so-reasonably (by the way, I am not in business with Adam, and don't even know the guy outside a 30-40 minute conversation we had this morning), he planned a sure-fire win-win strategy for institutions of higher education. "I create, with you, a ...
The non-traditional path to higher education
Hays Free Press
WGU President Robert Mendenhall, graduate Elliette Teague and WGU Texas Chancellor Mark David Milliron at the university's recent inaugural commencement ceremony. Teague, who immigrated to the United States from the Philippines in 2002, was one ...
Four Companies Bringing Higher Education to Mobile Devices
Huffington Post (blog)
There's no denying it: mobile devices are revolutionizing the way our students access higher education. A visit to any institution of higher learning will show you that students are increasingly relying on their mobile devices for their daily lives. By ...
New Study Examines Public Perceptions, Student Needs Regarding Higher ...
Youth Today
“In a period where people are questioning higher education, the overwhelming majority of respondents through the survey believed very strongly that [the] American higher education system is a gem,” Aoun said. He stated that a majority of respondents ...
Virtual rise shrinks value of campus in US mindsTimes Higher Education
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