Professors as Independent Contractors
Feb 13, 2013 by George Leef |
What today's academics could learn from Adam Smith.
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Disruptive Innovation or Distracting Technology?
Dec 13, 2012 by Robert L. Jackson |
Will “disruptive innovation” within higher education enable the market to close inefficient colleges and universities, while producing the best in content? Richard Vedder says yes.
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The Debate over Online Higher Ed
Dec 12, 2012 by George Leef |
The arguments at a recent Cato Institute debate shed light on the pros and cons of online higher ed.
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American Higher Education: Is It in Crisis?
Sep 25, 2012 by Richard Vedder |
Vedder foresees big changes coming in American higher education.
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UCLA Starts University for Illegal Immigrants
Aug 07, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
A new California-based online university features illegal immigrant faculty members teaching illegal immigrant students.
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Helium, Part 2
Jul 30, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood considers how the higher-education bubble could pop.
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NAS Board Member on Online Education
Jul 20, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
A report by NAS board member Thomas K. Lindsay charts the rise of online education, its reception in the academic world, and how best to take advantage of its benefits.
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Will College Officials Try to Stifle Competition?
Jun 22, 2012 by George Leef |
College officials will be tempted to maximize revenues for their schools by shutting out competition from online courses offered elsewhere.
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Regulatory Overreach
Mar 06, 2012 by Richard Vedder |
Richard Vedder says the approval by the House of Representatives of a bill ending credit-hour and “state authorization” legislation is an important step in reining in the Obama administration.
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Defending Online Learning, Part One
Feb 28, 2012 by Thomas K. Lindsay |
Once a skeptic, Thomas K. Lindsay now sees online education as a powerful means to address the crisis in American higher education.
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The Many Problems of Online Education
Dec 20, 2011 by J.M. Anderson |
Online courses are very popular with students, and have the enthusiastic endorsement of senior academic administrators. The only problem, says J.M. Anderson, is that the students aren't learning anything.
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Is Higher Ed on the Brink of Major Change?
Oct 12, 2011 by George Leef |
In the recent book by Clay Christensen and Henry Eyring, The Innovative University, the authors contend that many colleges and universities will be left in the dust unless they figure out how to adapt, much as companies have crumbled… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
Answering the Critics of Online Education
Aug 29, 2011 by Douglas Campbell, Shannon Lynch-McClure |
The online classroom is different from, not inferior to, the traditional classroom, argue two faculty members of an online university.
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What Happens to the Old Universities?
Aug 17, 2011 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood reviews the new book, The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out.
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Online Education and Student Attrition
Jul 26, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Our regular contributor Jason Fertig offers some thoughts about online courses at NRO, and links to a CHE story about a recent study concluding that such courses have significantly higher attrition rates than… Continue Reading | 7 Comments >
